Email Author MATT COKER

Awards

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published February 4, 2010

  "Douchebag Does Sundance"

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2011 Stories by MATT COKER

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  [UPDATED with Driver Turning Herself In:] Gregory Martin Hit by One Car and Dragged by Another

  published Dec 30, 2011

  UPDATE, DEC. 30, 10:53 A.M.: Garden Grove Police say Guadalupe Quinonez turned herself in as the hit-and-run driver who struck Gregory Martin before the 54-year-old was dragged 750 feet by a second ca... More >>

• Jennifer M. Loughran, Alleged Methhead Driving with Child, Ugly Police Mugshot Winner

  published Dec 30, 2011

  The booking photographer may have been having a bad day or the shot was snapped before Huntington Beach 37-year-old Jennifer M. Loughran had time to put on her make-up. In any event, there you are. Sh... More >>

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  Tricky Dick Nixon Gay Talk in New Book Swatted Down by Loyalist John H. Taylor

  published Dec 30, 2011

  Dick & Bebe sittin' in a tree . . . A new book's assertion that Richard M. Nixon may have shared his Tricky Dicky with longtime pal Charles "Bebe" Rebozo lights up the blogosphere and media world.... More >>

• Duck! It's Not a Puck! It's a Dead Duck Coming at Your Anaheim Ducks

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Longtime listeners of Jim Rome know of the sports radio host's references to (and encouragement of) octopus being tossed onto the ice at Detroit Red Wings games. While you ponder how one sneaks a ceph... More >>

• State Supreme Court Upholds Abolition of Redevelopment Agencies

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Governor and Norcal Democrat Jerry Brown and Assemblyman and OC Republican Chris Norby don't agree on much, but they do see graying eyebrow to graying eyebrow on abolishing local redevelopment agencie... More >>

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  Suicide by Metrolink Trainr

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Suicide by trainr That's the assumption of the Orange Police Department when it comes to the woman who was struck and killed by a Metrolink train this morning.The operator of the southbound Inland Emp... More >>

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  11 Ucked Fup OC Murder Incidents from 2011

  published Dec 29, 2011

  The body count is piling up in Orange County this last month of 2011, with some slayings so awful they made the following compilation of the 11 most ucked fup murder scenes of the year.Please note tha... More >>

• James Robert Anderson Accused of Posing as DEA Agent to Rip Off Man and His Family

  published Dec 29, 2011

  A South Dakota man who allegedly posed as a DEA agent, robbed a Tustin man and then stole from the victim's family earlier this month was traced by police to an Anaheim Motel 6, where he was busted.Ja... More >>

• [UPDATED with Not-Guilty Plea:] Jose Alday, Seal Beach Jailer, Charged with Accepting Bribes, Having 'Roids and Meth Pipe

  published Dec 28, 2011

  UPDATE, DEC. 28, 5:51 P.M.: Seal Beach city detention officer Jose Alday pleaded not guilty at his arraignment today.He has a pre-trial hearing scheduled Jan. 4.ORIGINAL POST, DEC. 28, 1:46 P.M.: A S... More >>

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  [UPDATED with Paddle Out Details:] Sean Collins, Surfline Founder, Dies

  published Dec 28, 2011

  UPDATE, DEC. 28, 5:38 P.M.: A paddle out in memory of Surfline founder, president and chief forecaster Sean Collins is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Jan. 7 on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pi... More >>

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  Are Dueling Pro-Christian and Pro-Atheist Billboards the Reason for the Seasonr

  published Dec 28, 2011

  Break out the banjo, geeee-tar and Deliverance song book 'cause it's time to raise a holler over dueling billboards along the 55 freeway.On one side, hanging on a 40-foot trailer in the O'Neil Storage... More >>

• [UPDATED with Charges, Victim I.D.:] Zazell Preston, OC Homicide No. 68: Husband William Wallace Held in Her Murder

  published Dec 28, 2011

  UPDATE, DEC. 28, 11:48 A.M.: The woman beaten to death Christmas morning--allegedly at the hands of her husband--has been identified as Zazell Preston. An Orange County District Attorney's office (OCD... More >>

• [UPDATED with No Charges:] Sean Brown, Nephew of Late Nicole Brown Simpson and Son of Anti-Domestic Violence Group Founder, Held for Spousal Abuse

  published Dec 28, 2011

  UPDATE, DEC. 28, 11:08 A.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office declined to file charges against Sean Brown and his girlfriend Amy Johnson, according to MSNBC.ORIGINAL POST, DEC. 27, 12:59 P... More >>

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  [UPDATED with 476 Arrests, More Stops Coming:] It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Checkpoints

  published Dec 28, 2011

  UPDATE, DEC. 28, 10:57 A.M.: During the first 10 days of the "Avoid the 38" campaign's Winter Holiday Anti-DUI Crackdown--which ran from 12:01 a.m. Friday, Dec. 16, through midnight Sunday, Dec. 25--o... More >>

• [UPDATED with Decorative Cause:] Bomb Squad Called to Anaheim Church

  published Dec 28, 2011

  UPDATE, DEC. 28, 10:27 A.M.: The cause for alarm that prompted the Orange County Sheriff's Department bomb squad to swoop down on Faith Lutheran Church in Anaheim this morning has been revealed:A box ... More >>

• Unidentified Man, OC Homicide No. 69: Stabbed Near River Trail

  published Dec 28, 2011

  Anaheim Police were called this morning to the Santa Ana River Trail between Tustin and Lakeview avenues this morning to investigate a man down.Officers and paramedics who responded to the 6:15 a.m. c... More >>

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  [UPDATED with Reviews Are In:] Eighth Sign of the Apocalypse: Octomom Nadya Suleman Paid "Six Figures" to Give Advice

  published Dec 28, 2011

  UPDATE, DEC. 28, 9:31 A.M.: During her inaugural, Christmas Day advice show that streams live Sundays on the web, Octomom Nadya Suleman of La Habra apologized for being 10 minutes late, mumbled, shame... More >>

• Gerald M. Shaw, Fraudster Who Stung Investors for $4.3 Million, Gets 70 Months in Club Fed

  published Dec 28, 2011

  Not to get all Andy Rooney on you, but have you ever noticed that convicted fraudsters often fall "ill" just prior to sentencing, as if the federal court is going to take mercy on the sacks of lying s... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  What We Learned

  published December 29, 2011

  Ladies and germaphobes: With apologies to Jerry Springer, here's what happened in 2011 on our news blog and what we learned from it all.... More >>

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  Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who is the Richest Orange County Congressman of Them Allr

  published Dec 27, 2011

  U.S. Rep. Gary G. Miller (R-Brea), is the eighth wealthiest Member of Congress, the 18th wealthiest when combining members of both houses and Orange County's richest congressman by far, according to n... More >>

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  [UPDATED with Charges, Suspect I.D.:] Dylan James Austin, OC Homicide No. 66: Quiet Park, Loud Commotion, Stabbing Death

  published Dec 27, 2011

  UPDATE, DEC. 27, 3:25 P.M.: An Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) statement on the charges against the suspected murderer of Huntington Beach's Dylan James Austin, 19, identifies him as J... More >>

• Eric Dondero, Now Blasting Ex-Boss Ron Paul, Used to Beat Up the Register's Steven Greenhut

  published Dec 27, 2011

  Ron Paul's former aide Eric Dondero blogged over the holiday weekend that his former boss was anti-Israel, isolationist on foreign policy, uncomfortable around homosexuals and out of touch with black ... More >>

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  Kobe Bryant: The New Tiger Woodsr

  published Dec 23, 2011

  When Kobe Bryant was busted for infidelity in 2003, we remarked that he had accomplished yet another feat of the NBA great whose shadow has always been cast over Black Mamba, Michael Jordan.Jordan's i... More >>

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  Shane Norman Crawford, School Bus Driver, Accused of Molesting 3 Kids Ages 3 to 14

  published Dec 23, 2011

  A school bus driver who has spent 12 years behind the wheel, most recently for a company that supplies drivers and buses to several Orange County schools, is accused of sexually molesting three boys a... More >>

• Irvine Has Sobriety Checkpoint Tonight While Other Agencies Conduct Saturation Patrols

  published Dec 23, 2011

  The Irvine Police Department conducts a sobriety checkpoint from 8 tonight to 1 a.m. Saturday at Culver Drive and Farwell.That's not the only cop show going extra hard at impaired drivers, as the "Avo... More >>