Coach Inc.

Edwin Alan Wikstrom, Katella High Baseball Coach, Faces Nearly 4 Years for Sexting Teens

See the update at the end of this post about the charges prosecutors have leveled against Wikstrom and the punishment the veteran local baseball coach faces with a conviction.ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 13, 9:47 A.M.: Another high school baseball coach in Anaheim has been accused of using social media to ge ... More >>

Justin Alvin Masao Tombleson Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter in Fatal Stabbings; He Faces 34 Years for Prior Strikes: Update

See the update at the end of this post about Justin Tombleson facing another trial for prior convictions that could send him to state prison for 34 years with a conviction. Bajador Hossain Saidian name corrected throughout.ORIGINAL POST, MAY 23, 3:05 P.M.: An Orange County Superior Court jury today ... More >>

Zachary Joshua Reeder, Teacher-Coach Alleged to Pose as Girl to Lure Boys, to be Arraigned

After Zachary Joshua Reeder, a 30-year-old teacher at the all-boys Catholic Servite High School who'd also taught or coached baseball at Irvine's Beckman and Mission Viejo's Capistrano Valley high schools, was arrested in February for allegedly posing as a girl on Facebook to lure underage boys, we ... More >>

The Five Must-See Shows in OC This Weekend

Friday, April 5 Feeding PeopleFingerprints Feeding People play a delightful brand of fuzzy-buzzy garage rock seasoned with reverby vocals and spooky-circus guitar riffs. At times, they're reminiscent of the Doors (but if the Doors had made it to the late '70s.) Another way to conceptualize Feedin ... More >>

Scott M. Reid of the Register Brings Down Two More Coaches Who Got Too Close to Teen Girls

I don't know how the Orange County Register's Scott M. Reid got the beat, but no one's better at exposing adult coaches accused of sexually inappropriate relationships or behavior with their sports players who are teen girls, some of them minors. Indeed, if these were not coaches but politicians, Re ... More >>

Joseph Manuel Orduna, NFL Player-Turned-Teacher, Has Child Annoyance Case Dismissed

Two days after a jury deadlocked 8-4 in favor of acquittal, a judge dismissed the misdemeanor child annoyance case against Joseph Manuel Orduna, the former NFL running back who was teaching at Godinez Fundamental High School in Santa Ana at the time of his arrest in February.Orange County Superior C ... More >>

[UPDATED with Threats, New Coach:] Lakers Fire Coach Mike Brown

See the update at the end of this post about the Lakers hiring a new coach, a Mike Brown spotting near my house and threats his son received.ORIGINAL POST, NOV. 9, 1:29 P.M.: An Anaheim Hills dad is going to have more time to watch his son play for basketball powerhouse Mater Dei High School of Sant ... More >>

Luis Alberto Pineda, Youth Soccer and Karate Coach, Guilty of Sex Acts with 10 Boys and a Girl

Luis Alberto Pineda could have 255 years to think about the disgusting things he did to 10 boys and a girl he met through coaching soccer or teaching martial arts in North County.That's the maximum prison time the Anaheim 31-year-old faces after a jury found him guilty Monday of more than 20 felony ... More >>

Luis Pineda, Accused Rapist, Does the Courthouse Shuffle

Though a common court house slogan reads "Justice is Blind," a more accurate slogan would  be "These things take time-- even if the suspect is a psychopathic accused super-rapist." The trial of 31-year-old accused child molester and rapist Luis Pineda was scheduled to begin today in Orange Coun ... More >>

In Print this Week: The English Beat, Strung Out, Wild Pack of Canaries, Ask Exene

[Editor's Note: Every Thursday, in addition to bombarding you with blog posts, this newspaper does something really crazy...we write a print version! Here's a taste of our top stories this week]1) Our lead story this week checks in on the English Beat, and their tireless frontman Dave Wakeling. Di ... More >>

Robert Vincent Peace, Ex-Youth Soccer Coach, Red Card for Child Porn: 8 Years, 8 Months

Former Irvine youth soccer coach Robert Vincent Peace changed his not guilty plea to possessing piles of child porn--including sexually explicit photos he coerced out of 13- and 14-year-old girls he met in chat rooms--to an admission of guilt, earning an eight-year, eight-month prison term and lifet ... More >>

Todd Robert Sousa, Paroled Sex Offender, Accused of Sex with Second Girl Swim Student

Todd Robert Sousa, a former youth swim club coach who owned a swimming school with his wife, was reportedly jailed Wednesday on suspicion of having sex with an underage girl who took lessons from him.That's especially rough for the 38-year-old Irvine father--and son-in-law of a retiring Laguna Hill ... More >>

Orange County "Wealth Coach" Sentenced To Federal Prison For Running $25 Million Scam

Thanks in part to licenses to practice law and mortgage brokering in California, Gerald Lawrence Wolfe once boasted that he and his wife enjoyed monthly income that topped $150,000.Wolfe, 42, bragged so much about his financial acumen that he confidently presented himself as a "Wealth Coach" with a ... More >>

[UPDATED with Reid Clarifies Coker:] Did Nadadores Swim Club Bury its Head in the Deep End as Underage Sex Claim Surfaced?

​UPDATE, MARCH 26, 5:27 P.M.: Appreciative that someone other than family reads his Orange County Register pieces, staff writer Scott M. Reid just shot over an email clarifying the time line in my original post about his bombshell story on the internationally known Nadadores Swim Club of Mission V ... More >>

Allensworth Win Best Acoustic Band at OC Music Awards

​The winner of this year's best acoustic band at the 2012 OC Music Awards was announced at last night's showcase held at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano. And the winner is...Allensworth. The soul-skewing rock quartet played an incredibly tight set of songs swinging with loose grooves. ... More >>

Laguna Hills Adopts Law Banning Sex Offenders Like Councilman's Son-in-Law From Parks

Joel Lautenschleger​Laguna Hills City Councilman Joel Lautenschleger, who'd previously appeared on the fence about a ban on sex offenders in local parks, joined his council colleagues in unanimously approving the second reading of such an ordinance Tuesday night.The ban, which is modeled after the ... More >>

[UPDATED with Ban Approved:] Laguna Hills is Latest City to Prohibit Pervs from Parks

​UPDATE, NOV. 23, 8:28 A.M.: The Laguna Hills City Council on Tuesday night approved on first reading an ordinance banning registered sex offenders from city parks and, if homeowner associations request to join in, their private parks as well.The city will join La Habra, Westminster, Yorba Linda, ... More >>

[UPDATED with Laguna Hills Council Connection:] Todd Sousa, Irvine Swim Coach, Backstroking to Prison for Unlawful Sex with 15-Year-Old Girl

Lautenschle​UPDATE, OCT. 29, 9:54 A.M.: Swim instructor Todd Robert Sousa, who was sentenced Friday to prison time and a sex offender tag for unlawful sex with a 15-year-old girl he taught, is the son-in-law of Laguna Hills City Councilman Joel Lautenschleger. Sousa has children with Lautenschlege ... More >>

On the Line: Andrew Gruel of Slapfish, Part One

Photo by Meranda Carter​Fact: Andrew and Jethro decided on Tax Day to create Slapfish. Also a fact: Their food is truly sustainable and fresh, since they double as wholesale importers (triple if you factor in their future "Test Kitchen" endeavor). Did we reel you in yet? Follow our interview with ... More >>

Sheila E., Still Hot

[Mental Notes] Plus, Avenged Sevenfold's the Rev portrayed by a local 13-year-old drummer

Cameron Joseph Baca Gets 51 Years to Life for Molesting Three Boys, Possessing Child Porn

​Cameron Joseph Baca, an intramural sports coach convicted of molesting three boys, ages 11 to 13, and for being in possession of more than 2,000 explicit pornographic images and videos of children, was sentenced today to 51 years to life in state prison."I trusted you! I loved you like my own ... More >>

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