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Adam Harrison Hall Gets 17 Years for Murder of Pedestrian He Drove into Blazing on Meds

A driver found guilty in February of murder, DUI and forging prescriptions was sentenced today to 17 years to life in state prison.Asked in January if a murder count for the DUI-related slaying of a pedestrian was proper, Weekly readers engaged in a lively debate in our comments section.

Oytun Ayse Mihalik, Former CVS Pharmacist, Gets 5 Years in Federal Prison for Aiding Al-Qaeda

Earlier this month, Moxley told us the fabulous tale of one Oytun Ayse Mihalik of La Palma, a former CVS pharmacist whom the feds accused of raising money for Al Qaeda. Using the name "Cindy Palmer," Mihalik sent a couple of thousand to folks in Pakistan who wanted to harm American soldiers--she ple ... More >>

50 Important SXSW Questions

By: Nick LucchesiEditor: We have so many questions here in Austin. Here are 50 of them. 1. Will I like the pedicab costumed as The Hulk if he gets angry? 2. Are we all really just in New York? 3. Is this t-shirt rad? 4. Do you want to get some 'za, which is now absolutely the slang for pizza? ... More >>

Adam Harrison Hall, Twice Convicted of DUI and Accused of Blazing on Meds in Fatal Crash, Faces Murder Count; Is That Right?

Trial began last week for a 29-year-old Placentia man facing a murder count for allegedly raging on methamphetamine, Diazepam, Nordiazepam, Alprazolam, Hydroxyalprazolam, Oxazepam, Temazepam, amphetamine, Morphine, and 11-nor-9-carboxy-delta-9-tetrahyrocannabinol (THCA) before causing a car crash ... More >>

Orange County CVS Pharmacist Admits Aiding Middle East Terrorists, Faces Feb. 15 Sentencing

Despite initially claiming post-2011 arrest innocence and implying that the FBI had manufactured a false case that she aided Middle East terrorists, an Orange County pharmacist has pleaded guilty and faces sentencing next month.Turkey native and legal U.S. resident Oytun Ayse Mihalik of La Palma wor ... More >>

Snoop Dogg Finally Smokes Too Much Weed and Creates a Reggae Album as Snoop Lion

This week, we've been convinced that Snoop Dogg has finally, once and for all,  smoked too much weed. The iconic, Long Beach-born rapper is currently working on a reggae album titled Reincarnated with EDM wiz Diplo as the executive producer. Under his new found moniker Snoop Lion, a music ... More >>

It's Here! The Girl Scout Cookie Candy Bar Hits Stores

After being taunted for months with leaked photos and pre-sales, we can finally get our hands on the real thing. The Nestle Crunch Girl Scout Cookie Candy Bar has hit stores! Reunite with the cookie flavors you never thought you'd see until those cute little girls with clipboards come knocking on yo ... More >>

Louie Melendrez Should Have, Ahem, Acquired a Working Car Before Alleged Theft from Store

An important tip to all you drugstore cowboys out there: If you are going to grab a bunch of items from pharmacy shelves before darting out to your car for your getaway, make sure you're current on vehicle maintenance.Otherwise, you might winds up like happy-go-luckless Louie Melendrez over here at ... More >>

Mother, Father Arrested Near Disneyland For Pimping 14 & 17 Year Old Girls

Accused pimp Eric Lamar Wells and his girlfriend Tonisha Alecia Moore, who is also a prostitute and the mother of his child, are in federal custody today for allegedly using the Internet to sell the sex services of two, unrelated minor females, ages 14 and 17.Federal records show that last month on- ... More >>

[UPDATED with New Not Guilty Plea:] Itzcoatl Ocampo, Serial Killer Suspect, Accused of 6 Fatal Stabbings

​UPDATE, FEB. 21, 11:40 A.M.: To give you the proper visual for this post, picture Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo at right with an al Qaeda beard. That's how he appeared in a Santa Ana courtroom this morning when he pleaded not guilty to the stabbing-murders of a mother, her son and four homeless men sinc ... More >>

Five Great Local Places to Go When Hung Over

​Hangovers aren't pretty, and they're almost never subtle. They aren't things we really plan for--it's not like our calendars will reflect being hung over; your phone will never go off with a reminder that you're supposed to be hung over at any given moment. They aren't planned events; they're eve ... More >>

[UPDATED with CEO's Response:] Nad's Removed Integrity Along With Hair, Claims Whistleblower Case

Sue Ismiel​UPDATE, SEPT. 9, 11:35 A.M.: Nad's brand of hair-removal products founder Sue Ismiel, who is also CEO of corporate parent Sue Ismiel & Daughters, Inc. (SI&D) of Australia, accuses her former president of U.S. operations in Garden Grove of falsely alleging he was fired due to h ... More >>

Montel Williams Opening Sacramento Marijuana Club

​The longtime host of the Montel Williams Show is opening a medical marijuana dispensary in Sacramento, according to various news outlets including Village Voice Media's very own Toke of the Town blog. Williams, who suffers from multiple scleroris, has been an outspoken advocate of medical cannabi ... More >>

The Crazy-Ass, Psychedelic, Uber-Blond Commercial for "The Swedish Diet" Weight-Loss Product

CVS Pharmacy is actually more gourmet than its stained carpets and weirdly tattooed patrons might suggest--but that's another post. This one deals with a weight-loss product they sell called The Swedish Diet. How can you not love a product that proclaims, "Given the choice... what would you rather d ... More >>

Most Alarming Angle to Latest Octomom Story?

​As Chasen Marshall noted earlier, Orange County's Nadya Suleman has allegedly failed to pay $450,000 on loans for the house she shares with her 14 kids causing the man who says he's been shortchanged to again threaten foreclose.Amer Haddadin, the self-styled victim, said this weekend that if ... More >>

John Kobyalt of KFI's John and Ken Show on Santa Ana: "No Longer Part of the United States"

Fact-hater, at left...​I've regularly listened to KFI-AM 640's John and Ken Show for nearly a a decade now, not so much because I agree with most of the views of host John Kobyalt and Ken Chiampou (although you'd be surprised) but because they make great radio--the faux outrage, the scorched-earth ... More >>

Thomas Michio Taniguchi Learns it Pays to Discover--and That Crime Does Not Pay

​It pays to discover. In fact, Thomas Michio Taniguchi, who is already sitting a state prison cell serving a four-year term for credit-card fraud, just discovered he will be paying another seven years behind bars for his Discover Card misuse at 33 Orange County locations.The 50-year-old former Nor ... More >>

Student Discounts and Beyond, for Clothes and More

[Trendzilla] Google, others can be your price-cutting pal

[UPDATED:] Photo AND VIDEO Released of Young Guy Caught Grinding Lady in Her 50s

​UPDATE: See video at end of post .  .  .Fullerton Police have released a photo captured on surveillance video from a CVS Pharmacy of a young man who went on to thrust his pelvis into the buttocks of a female shopper.From the photo, he appears to be 18 to 21, while police say the victim ... More >>

What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship

Ronald Allen Bramlett Gets Prison for White Supremacist-on-Black Male Hate Assault in Costa Mesa. No, Not That One, The Other One

​The Weekly's intrepid investigative reporter R. Scott Moxley and I were confused when word came down today that a white supremacist had been sentenced to eight years in prison for an unprovoked assault on a black male outside a Costa Mesa store last December.Last December? Didn't that incident ha ... More >>

Crime Time: Creepy Toys, Slick Bank Robbers, Egged On Victims, Dog-Beating Dipshits and At Least [Alleged] Criminals Still Read Newspapers

It's the Weekly's weekly roundup of local police calls and assorted mayhem.MONDAY, NOV. 2". . . and I don't like you!" ​"I'm Talking Tina . . . and Things Are Going to Be Different Around Here" A woman called 9-1-1 around 3:45 in the morning to say she heard a baby toy go off downstairs in her hom ... More >>

[Hole in the Wall] Throw Pho Quang Trung's Chicken Pho Before Swine (Flu)

Crime Time: Boozy Mom, Asshole Cop, Thieving Aliens, Fast-Acting Pharmacist and Lotsa Stabbers

It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more boozy moms, asshole cops, fast-acting pharmacists, apartments full of thieving aliens and loads of stabbings!Courtesy of Costa Mesa Police DepartmentCraig Anthony McVay, 48, of Garden Grove, was in the midst of three years probat ... More >>

[¡Ask a Mexican!®] Stay Home and Watch 'COPS' With Your Traditional Mexican Woman

Register Bootlicker Returns for Special Easter Sermon!

Holding a gun with both hands sent sensations racing down his spine to a semi-firm point between his legs. Gordon Dillow wanted to moan—purr, really—like he did in the privacy of his home. But he’d been warned twice before about fondling weapons inside Orange County Register headquarters. Ther ... More >>

Skunk As a Drunk

How to stay hammered until 2007