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May 25, 2012
Fernando Sanchez and Jessica Gascon Allegedly Posted Facebook Threats, Conspired to Murder
As if Facebook isn't having enough problems this week, the social networking site is being dragged into a teen murder conspiracy case in Costa Mesa.Fernando Sanchez, 17, of Santa Ana, is facing charges as an adult of posting criminal threats against a Costa Mesa 20-year-old on Facebook before conspi ... More >>
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May 25, 2012
Michael Burgin, One of Two Final Defendants in Crime Ring That Hit OC Jewelers, Gets 90 Years
The final two North San Diego County gang members who were part of a crime ring that robbed Tustin Village Jewelers and Baca Jewelers of Laguna Beach in 2009 received their sentences today--and one was the largest handed out in the case: 90 years to life in state prison. Michael Burgin, 32, received ... More >>
News
May 24, 2012
Tom Fuentes Is Burning in Hell
And other recent revelations from the world of pedophile-priest protectors in the Diocese of Orange
News
May 24, 2012
A Driver's Guide to DUI Stops
[Summer Guide 2012/Better Call Glew!] What will happen and what you should do
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May 24, 2012
Tom Fuentes' Funeral a Parade of Pedophile Protectors and Apologists
We at the Weekly had enough respect for former GOP chairman Tom Fuentes to not invade his funeral yesterday and cause a scene--but we're beholden to the truth, so damn straight we're going to blast his funeral for the parade of pedophile apologists and protectors that it was.The main attraction, of ... More >>
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May 23, 2012
Stephen N. Zack, Past American Bar President, Warns Budget Cuts May Doom Equal Justice
"Equal justice does not mean justice for the rich, for the powerful, for the privileged. . . . It means justice for everyone that lives in this country."-Stephen N. Zack, immediate past president of the American Bar Association and administrative partner at Boies, Schiller and Flexner LLP, during hi ... More >>
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May 23, 2012
[UPDATED with Booking Photo:] Andrew James Jurjaks, Skinhead Brother of Hate Crime Convict, Held in Murder Attempt
UPDATE, MAY 23, 2:23 P.M.: The Costa Mesa Police Department has released the booking photo of Andrew James Jurjaks, the 30-year-old local skinhead accused of trying to fatally stab a man early Tuesday.The full version of the shot at right follows on the next page . . .
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May 22, 2012
Jose Alday, Seal Beach Jailer, Gets 2 Years for Taking Cash, iPad, Cell Phone Bribes from Inmate and Having Steroids and Meth Pipe
The last time we checked in with Jose Alday--in December--the Santa Ana 33-year-old was pleading not guilty to accepting bribes from an inmate as a jailer in Seal Beach's for-profit city jail.What a difference five months make, as Alday pleaded guilty to taking money and an iPad in exchange for lavi ... More >>
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May 21, 2012
Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo, Accused Serial Killer of Orange Countians, to Face Death Penalty
The death penalty will be sought against Yorba Linda 24-year-old Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo, the accused serial killer of four homeless men and a mother and grown son fatally stabbed etween October 25 and January 13, prosecutors announced today.Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas convened a ... More >>
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May 21, 2012
John Kirk McKinney Guilty of Killing Elderly Army Vet Cecil "Lucky" Warren on Veterans Day
Closing the book on a Veterans Day 2003 murder, a jury today convicted the second defendant in the killing of 77-year-old Army veteran Cecil "Lucky" Warren. Huntington Beach 30-year-old John Kirk McKinney was found guilty of second degree murder and faces up to 15 years to life in state prison at h ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
Manuel Levi "Manny" Loggins Jr.'s Family Sues County and Sheriff Over Marine's Slaying
With the County of Orange having rejected the claim filed by the family of the late Manuel Levi "Manny" Loggins Jr., the Camp Pendleton Marine sergeant gunned down by Deputy Darren Sandberg on Feb. 7, the family has now filed a federal lawsuit against the county, the sheriff's department and Sandber ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
Alvin Reed Lovely, Pfc., Gets 15 Years in Killing of Camp Pendleton Marine Stephen Serrano
A Camp Pendleton Marine who had been facing a murder charge related to the shooting death of a fellow Marine pleaded guilty to lesser counts and was sentenced today to 15 years in state prison.Alvin Reed Lovely, 24, of Dallas, Texas, pleaded guilty to one felony count of voluntary manslaughter, on ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
Nanette Ann Packard Gets Life Without Parole for '94 Murder of Boyfriend William McLaughlin
The former girlfriend of a wealthy Newport Beach man was sentenced today to life in state prison without the possibility of parole for the 1994 cold case shooting-murder of him that has also been pinned on a former NFL linebacker. Nanette Ann Packard (formerly Johnston), 46, of Ladera Ranch, was f ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
Better Call Glew: A Driver's Guide to DUI Stops
What should I do if I get pulled over after one too many drinks?The first thing an officer looks for during a traffic stop, are objective signs of intoxication (OSI's), including bloodshot watery red eyes, the odor of alcohol, thick or slurred speech, flushed face, fumbling with a wallet to get the ... More >>
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May 14, 2012
Robert Luis Reil Gets 50 More Years to Engage in Mexican Mafia Mayhem Behind Bars
The good news for those clinging to truth, justice and the American way (brought to you by Mennen) is Robert Luis Reil was sentenced Friday to 50 years to life in state prison for his participation in the first Orange County murder of 2010. The bad news for those residing in the correctional facilit ... More >>
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May 11, 2012
Mother's Day Vigil Planned in Anaheim for People Killed in Officer-Involved Shootings
When Theresa Smith lost her son, Caesar Cruz to a fatal December 11, 2009 officer-involved shooting in Anaheim, she hoped her family would be the last to have to endure the pain of such a devastating loss. "As soon as he was killed," Smith, a resident of Fullerton, says, "I wanted awareness." Her 3 ... More >>
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May 3, 2012
Corrina Atuatasi Gets Year in Jail for Causing Baby Son's Halloween Suffocation Death
Over the objections of prosecutors, a mother who went on a drinking binge that ended with the suffocation death of her unattended 2-month-old baby was sentenced today at Westminster Justice Center to a year in jail. Senior Deputy District Attorney Susan Price argued that the seriousness 27-year-old ... More >>
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May 2, 2012
[UPDATED with Victim I.D.:] Daniel Gonzalez Jr., OC Homicide No. 11: Shot Sitting in Car
UPDATE, MAY 2, 9:42 A.M.: The 21-year-old man shot to death Friday afternoon in what Santa Ana Police believe was a gang shooting has been identified as Daniel Gonzalez Jr. of Santa Ana.A description of his suspected killer has not been released, but police are investigating the murder of the Santa ... More >>
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April 20, 2012
Sarith Yin Gets Life Without Parole for Murder of 16-year-old Juan Carlos Rodriguez
When 16-year-old Juan Carlos Rodriguez was murdered outside a Tustin house party in January 2010, police employed something of a "round-up-the-usual-suspects" strategy, hauling off eight or so young men and women for the murder. The list was later cut to six suspects. A statement from prosecutors on ... More >>
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April 19, 2012
Victim Jose Garcia Says His So-Called Attempted Murderer Ramiro Alex Huerta Is Innocent
[Moxley Confidential] Appelllate courts uphold the convictions of the La Habra-based Monos gang member anyway
Blogs
April 17, 2012
Rapist Anaheim Cop Again Blames Intoxication For Guilty Plea, Demands New Trial
Bradley Stewart Wagner, the veteran Anaheim police officer who targeted at least three illegal immigrants near Disneyland for violent sexual assaults while on duty, is nothing if not persistent.This week, Wagner--who managed to stall his criminal case for more than five years--sent his defense lawye ... More >>
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April 12, 2012
OC Prosecutors, Cops To Host 2012 Crime Victims' Rights March & Rally on April 27
In honor of the upcoming National Crime Victims' Rights Week, the Orange County District Attorney's office and other area law enforcement agencies will host the region's 4th Annual Victims' Rights March & Rally on April 27.The Santa Ana event will begin at a 9:30 a.m. reception with District Att ... More >>
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April 12, 2012
Igor Olenicoff, OC Billionaire, Has Suit Tossed Against Swiss Bank That Hid His Money
Billionaire Igor Olenicoff, who lives in Laguna Beach and oversees Newport Beach-based Olen Properties, lost his bid in federal court to blame Swiss bankers for his guilty plea to felony tax evasion. In a 28-page decision tossing Olenicoff's suit against Zurich-based UBS AG, Judge Andrew J. Guilford ... More >>
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April 6, 2012
Teen Member of Eastside Buena Park Gang Gets Life in Prison Term
California's uncompromising anti-gang laws reached inside an Orange County courtroom this morning, gave a Buena Park teenager severe punishment and left the defendant's family, who firmly believe the kid's innocent, terribly distraught.Superior Court Judge William R. Froeberg sentenced Jesus Art ... More >>
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March 26, 2012
[UPDATED with 2nd Mistrial:] Charles Anthony Murphy Jr. Accused in Grisly Family Murders
UPDATE, MARCH 26, 4:21 P.M.: Charles Anthony Murphy Jr. is now 2-for-2 in murder trials against him ending in mistrial. His first was declared in December, and today Orange County Superior Court Judge Thomas Goethals declared a second to give the defense more time to examine evidence the prosecut ... More >>
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March 23, 2012
Oscar Manuel Vaquera Accused of Touching Young Boys' Penises, Videotaping Crimes and Possessing Tons of Little Boy Porn
An Anaheim man is to be arraigned this morning on charges of sexually assaulting two boys, ages 9 to 11, and possessing graphic child pornography featuring young boys. Held on $1 million bail, Oscar Manuel Vaquera, 37, faces up to 45 years in state prison if he is convicted.
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March 22, 2012
What Has Brown Done for Paul Crowder Lately? Gov. Again Denies Parole for Murderer of High School Basketball Star on Her Prom Night
For the second time in four months, Governor Jerry Brown has determined that Paul Crowder should not be set free from the California prison holding the convicted killer of Berlyn Cosman, a Crescenta Valley High School basketball star who was shot to death in an Anaheim hotel room on her prom nig ... More >>
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March 20, 2012
[Castro No Longer With Sheriff's Department] Mario Manuel Castro, Sheriff's Deputy, Convicted of Second DUI
UPDATE: March 20, 11:20 A.M.: Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department, says Castro "separated" from the department on Feb. 22. He wouldn't say if Castro was fired or quit, citing employment privacy laws. Mario Manuel Castro apparently ditched class the day the Orang ... More >>
Blogs
March 20, 2012
John David Hines, Ex-Fire Captain Who Mowed Down Cyclist While Drunk, Gets Full 4-Year Prison Ride for Making Booze in Surf City Jail
Former Long Beach Fire Capt. John David Hines--who was looking at a suspended four-year prison sentence in exchange for paying fines and spending five years on probation and a year in a pay-to-stay jail cell for driving drunk and mowing down a cyclist--now has serve the full ride because he got m ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2012
Police Scoop Up 26 OC Teens in Curfew Sweep
Last night, in what's become an annual scavenger hunt of sorts, Orange County officers nabbed 26 unsuspecting minors who were out past curfew. The event is a curfew sweep, and its goal, according to the District Attorney's office, is "to prevent juveniles from being victims of or participants in ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2012
Nicholas James Needham: 6 Years for Touching Boy's Penis to Go with 9 Years for Kiddie Porn
As expected, registered sex offender Nicholas James Needham was sentenced today to six years in state prison for touching a 5-year-old boy's penis in an Orange mall restroom.The Laguna Beach 28-year-old's sentence will be served concurrent with a nine-year term he received in federal court chil ... More >>
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March 7, 2012
Michael Delgado craigslist Rape Case Tossed
Michael Delgado, who could have won Ugly Police Mugshot of the Week honors from the Weekly had the Fullerton 300-pounder not been smoked by first-ballot Ugly Police Mugshot of the Week Hall of Famer Marten Joseph Brandel, had his rape case tossed.On Monday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Stev ... More >>
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March 5, 2012
Mark Moen, OC Weekly's "Marijuana Martyr," Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering
Mark Moen, the former owner and operator of Lake Forest's 215 Agenda medical marijuana dispensary, has pleaded guilty to 73 counts of money laundering, four counts of selling marijuana, two counts of possessing it with the intent to sell, and one count of possessing more than $100,000 in cash fro ... More >>
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March 5, 2012
Disneyland and AIDS Charity Sued for Darth Vader Swinging at Angry Bird But Hitting Lady
A woman is suing Disneyland and the AIDS Services Foundation of Orange County in Superior Court because she claims her back was injured by a Disney employee dressed as Darth Vader and doing battle with a bird during the 2011 AIDS Walk Orange County at the Anaheim resort. If the incident had happe ... More >>
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March 2, 2012
Robert Vincent Peace, Youth Soccer Coach Accused of Holding Child Porn, Faces New Charges
Remember Robert Vincent Peace, the local youth soccer coach who pleaded not guilty in January to possessing hordes of child pornography? You know, the one who was also looking at a sentencing enhancement allegation for substantial sexual conduct with a 13-year-old girl.He was charged additionally ... More >>
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March 2, 2012
Christian William Carney, Who Murdered Fellow Marine over Drug Money, Gets 28 Years
A Camp Pendleton Marine and drug dealer was sentenced today to 28 years and eight months to life in state prison for murdering a fellow Marine in a secluded area of San Clemente in 2008.Lance Cpl. Christian William Carney, 25, of Manorville, New York, was found guilty by a jury in December of ... More >>
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February 28, 2012
Rodney King Cuts Reckless Driving Plea Deal
Rodney King pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor reckless driving in connection with last year's DUI arrest in Moreno Valley that, fortunately, did not involve a videotaped beating by cops followed by intense inner-city rioting.Mr. Can't We All Just Get Along was not present for the plea and ... More >>
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February 27, 2012
Stanton's 18th Street Gang Used SUV as Lethal Weapon in Turf Battle
Ruben Roa: Second time is a charmIn a narrow Stanton alley at about 8 a.m. on Nov. 2, 2006, Rito "Boxer" Guajardo pedaled his mountain bike as fast as he could because the angry occupants of a pursuing, white Mercury Mountaineer SUV--three rival Latino gang members, including one nicknamed "Sick ... More >>
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February 24, 2012
Ivan Von Staich: Killer Loses Parole Battle But Wins the Ugliest Mugshot of the Week War
The ugliest police mugshot of the week comes not from a cop shop or district attorney's office but the California Department of Corrections, which is charged with continuing the incarcerate Ivan Von Staich with the governor's reversal of the Lake Elsinore 56-year-old's parole.For reasons known on ... More >>
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February 24, 2012
Sinful Sex at TBN and a Motor Home for Jan Crouch's Dogs Alleged in Lawsuit
Sex scandals are merely crumbs from the table of a lawsuit filed this week against Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana, which includes allegations that founders Paul and Jan Crouch fetched a $50 million jet through a "sham loan to an alter ego corporation" and that a $100,000 motor home was pur ... More >>
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February 17, 2012
Chad Martin Jurjaks, "Fucking Mexicans!" Beater, Gets Nearly 3 Years in Prison
One wonders if Chad Martin Jurjaks believes it was worth it: two years and eight months in state prison for yelling "Fucking Mexicans" at a 42-year-old Latino man and his 26-year-old nephew before punching them outside a 7-Eleven in Costa Mesa last March. The Caucasian brawler is just lucky he di ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2012
Santa Ana River Trail Safer for Cyclists With Bike Robbery Busts
You're used to reading (and we're used to writing) about crimes on the mean streets of Santa Ana. Who knew baddies prey on unsuspecting cyclists plying the Santa Ana River Trail? Cyclists know, as does the Santa Ana Police Department, which posted some good news on various bicycling forums recent ... More >>
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February 13, 2012
Christopher Ryan Smith, Missing Man Said to be Murdered by Business Partner, Subject of Search That May Have Yielded Clues
Orange County authorities say items found during the search for the body of Christopher Ryan Smith in southern San Diego County over the weekend may be evidence tied to the Laguna Beach 31-year-old's murder in 2010.Edward Younghoon Shin, Smith's 32-year-old business partner, allegedly confessed t ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Rodney Alcala Can Be Extradited to New York: Judge
A judge in Northern California has ruled Rodney Alcala, the serial killer sitting on Death Row for killing a 12-year-old Huntington Beach girl and four women in Los Angeles County in the 1970s, can be extradited to New York to stand trial for two murders there.Alcala is currently scheduled to be ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
[UPDATED with Arraignment Now Thursday. Maybe:] Kyung Namgoong, OC Homicide No. 5: Ruben Gurrola, Wrong-Way Driver, Held for Murder
UPDATE, FEB. 8, 2:12 P.M.: The Orange County Jail's Adult Correctional Health Services put another medical hold on Ruben Gurrola, so the Orange County District Attorney's office now estimates the 23-year-old will be arraigned Thursday at 10 a.m.UPDATE, FEB. 6, 4:41 P.M.: It's difficult to fathom ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
3 of 10 Most Wanted Robbers Hit OC Banks
In announcing that the 287 Southern California bank robberies in 2011 maintained a downward trend in such crimes--there were 2,600 reported in the same region in 1992--the FBI also listed its 10 most wanted serial robbers of SoCal banks.Three of the 10 who have struck multiple times included Oran ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Ali Achekzai, International Serial Rapist, Gets 61 Years to Life
International serial rapist Ali Achekzai, who was convicted of six felony counts last month after Orange County authorities had the 34-year-old extradited from Austria, was sentenced today to 61 years to life in state prison. Before the former Ladera Ranch resident learned his fate, one of three ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
John David Hines, Boozing Fire Captain Who Mowed Down Cyclist, May Trade Jail for Prison After Allegedly Getting Hand Sanitizer Drink On
Here's another one I missed while out: Remember Long Beach Fire Captain John David Hines, whose 4 1/2 year prison sentence for boozing and mowing down a cyclist was stayed pending completion of a year in jail, five years of probation and $102,000 in restitution to his victim? He now faces the pos ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Erwin Johnny Sanchez Gets 29 Years to Life for Murder of Man Who Died of Pneumonia
Nineteen-year-old Scott Sittler lived another 15 years paralyzed and on a respirator after Erwin Johnny Sanchez shot him in the head on a quiet Santa Ana street in 1994. But after Sittler died of pneumonia in February 2009, the district attorney's office filed murder charges. Sanchez had been sch ... More >>
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January 16, 2012
James Ernest Bledsoe, Child Molester-Turned-Serial Rapist, Gets 129 Years
It was easy to lose amid all the serial killer coverage, but late last week serial rapist James Ernest Bledsoe, 30, of Huntington Beach, was sentenced to 129 years to life in state prison for sexually assaulting four women in his apartment and surreptitiously videotaping the rapes without the v ... More >>
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