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2011 Stories by R. SCOTT MOXLEY

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  Costa Mesa Kills 'Luxury' Police-Helicopter Program

  published Feb 15, 2011

  Led by freshman Republican councilman Jim Righeimer, the Costa Mesa City Council late tonight voted to kill an expensive police-helicopter program to help to resolve a massive budget shortfall."We nee... More >>

• Man Who Attacked Theatergoers at Horror Movie Wins Appeal

  published Feb 15, 2011

  Steven Walter Robinson, better known as the Fullerton AMC slasher, was improperly convicted and sentenced to 22 years to life in prison for attempting to murder fellow theatergoers at a 2008 screening... More >>

• Tan Nguyen Gets Prison for Anti-Loretta Sanchez Vote Scheme

  published Feb 14, 2011

  Tan Nguyen--the bizarre Little Saigon political figure who couldn't decide if he was a Republican or a Democrat--at least had one question resolved today: his future housing situation.Federal Judge Da... More >>

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  Did Newport Beach Sperm Attack Inspire New Mexico Caser

  published Feb 10, 2011

  You may recall Michael Kevin Lallana, the 31-year-old Newport Beach financial-services employee who was arrested last year for secretly spiking a female co-worker's water bottle with his sperm.Orange ... More >>

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  How Many Prison Years Should a Sock Thief Getr

  published Feb 10, 2011

  Though he had three prior theft strikes against him, Orange County's Dung Hoang Duong just couldn't help himself.In November 2009, Duong entered a store, shoved a package of cheap socks into his ... More >>

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  Dirty Dad: Daughter Didn't Adequately Fight Sodomy Attack

  published Feb 10, 2011

  One night in August 2002, Refugio Tochihuitl looked at his sleeping 5-year-old daughter and decided to do the unthinkable.He removed her clothes and inserted his erect penis into her butt.For five yea... More >>

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  Elementary School Girl Asked Man to Molest Herr

  published Feb 09, 2011

  Israel Antonio Olarte offered what he thought was a valid explanation for sexually molesting an 11-year-old Orange County girl in April 2008:She wanted it.I'm not making this up.After entering a kitch... More >>

• OC Restaurant Manager's Employee Rape Conviction Upheld

  published Feb 09, 2011

  Village Inn Restaurant manager Mohammad Yaqoob may not have had any prospects for a Valentine's Day date in February 2007, so he decided he'd focus his lust on a 17-year-old high-school girl who was w... More >>

• Mike Carona: No More Excuses

  published January 13, 2011

  In the wake of his historic 2007 arrest by FBI and IRS agents, straight-faced Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona suggested he was the victim of... More >>

• Sen. Lou Correa Praised for Proposed Online-Gambling Bill

  published Jan 07, 2011

  Orange County state Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) is better than a handful of aces, if you ask the California Gaming Association.The group is praising Correa's proposed Senate Bill 40, which would ... More >>

• Ex-White House Speechwriter Peggy Noonan Is Coming to Orange County

  published Jan 07, 2011

  Peggy Noonan, a White House speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan, has been invited to be the keynote speaker for the 2011 Annual Dinner of the Orange County Business Council (OCBJ), a corporate lo... More >>

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  UPDATED: Newport Coast Squatters Featured in OC Weekly Get Arrested

  published Jan 06, 2011

  Christopher and Robin Duncan, the subjects of an exclusive November OC Weekly cover story, must have had the shock of their lives today.Newport Beach Police Department detectives slapped handcuffs on ... More >>

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  Ninth Circuit Upholds Sheriff Mike Carona's Corruption Conviction

  published Jan 06, 2011

  Orange County's long, disgusting law enforcement nightmare is finally over.Disgraced ex-Sheriff Mike Carona, once absurdly hailed as "America's sheriff" by CNN's Larry King, is going to federal prison... More >>

• Loretta Sanchez Pushes Anti-Stalking Law With Anti-Gay Dingbat

  published Jan 06, 2011

  In a bipartisan effort with a notorious North Carolina Republican, Orange County Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez is proposing a new federal anti-stalking law that is designed to aid law enforcement in c... More >>

• Laguna Beach, The Hills Star Audrina Patridge Gets Her Own Show

  published Jan 06, 2011

  There's more great news for 24-year-old Yorba Linda (or Placentia, depending on the source) native Audrina Patridge.Patridge, who appeared on MTV's Laguna Beach and The Hills, is being called a "break... More >>

• Ex-OC Sheriff's Applicant Under Investigation for Fraud

  published Jan 06, 2011

  Beau Babka, the Utah lawman who applied to become Orange County's sheriff in the wake of Mike Carona's resignation to (unsuccessfully) fight corruption charges in 2008, is under investigation for comm... More >>

• Scott Baugh: The Manchurian Party Chairman?

  published January 6, 2011

  The role of the Orange County Republican Party should be obvious: elect Republicans, not Democrats or independents, to public office. For the... More >>

• "Everyday Affluent" Can Be Pampered in Newport Coast Vacation Home

  published Jan 05, 2011

  Do you consider yourself a member of the "everyday affluent" who has endured poor vacation experiences or, at least, been forced to congregate near common, working-class folksrWell, Brent Handler has ... More >>

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  Costa Mesa Blogger Makes New York Times for Anti-Minivan Remarks

  published Jan 05, 2011

  Kristen Howerton wants everyone to calm down.The Costa Mesa family therapist, who writes a local newspaper column and runs her own noteworthy blog, reports she is under siege from "anonymous armchair ... More >>

• OC Anti-Christian Persecution Group Slams North Korea, Islamic Nations

  published Jan 05, 2011

  What's the most dangerous place for Christians to practice their faithrNo, it's not San Francisco.Or Miami's South Beach.It's anywhere in North Korea, according to the annual Open Doors World Watch Li... More >>

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  Disneyland Jacks Up Ticket Price For Local Residents

  published Jan 03, 2011

  Attention, Anaheim visitors:This time, the unsavory character eyeing your wallet isn't a local hoodlum or a hooker.It's Mickey Mouse, and he's profit-hungry again.Or, at least, Mickey's bosses at Disn... More >>

• DUI Arrest in OC Unmasked No. Cal Killer in Dispute Over Vietnam

  published Jan 01, 2011

  Hoa Tran might still be roaming free if he hadn't driven a vehicle in Orange County while intoxicated in 2008.But the DUI arrest wasn't Tran's biggest problem.For five years, the Vietnamese immigrant ... More >>