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November 29, 2012
[UPDATED with Hearing Postponed:] Ivan Von Staich, Killer of Ex's Husband and Near-Killer of Her, Seeks Parole Again
See the update at the end of this post on the parole hearing being delayed. ORIGINAL POST, NOV. 27, 3:49 P.M.: He's baaaaaaack!Ivan Von Staich--who twice escaped from jail, threatened to kill a judge, nearly killed his ex-girlfriend by bludgeoning her with a claw hammer and fatally shot her new h ... More >>
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November 29, 2012
Questionable Press Release Wins OC Pharmaceuticals Company A Class Action Lawsuit
A struggling Tustin-based pharmaceuticals company got more bad news this week when a federal judge in Orange County granted class action status to a pending securities fraud lawsuit. In an 18-page ruling issued this week, U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter agreed that the plaintiffs, who ... More >>
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November 28, 2012
[UPDATED with 300 Groups Demand Closure:] Theo Lacy Facility Outed as Among the Worst Immigration Detention Centers in the U.S.
See the Update No. 2 at the end of this post on 300 groups calling on the president to close troubled immigrant holding facilities, including Theo Lacy's.See Update No. 1 on the ACLU of Southern California citing the Detention Watch Network report in calling for the closure of Orange County's immigr ... More >>
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November 12, 2012
Tim Ryan, Surf City Planning Commissioner Who Lost Council Bid, Cops to Boozy Driving
Which would you choose: finish eighth in a 12-candidate race for three city council seats or plead guilty to driving drunk?Huntington Beach Planning Commissioner Tim Ryan does not have to make that Sophie's choice as he's now experienced both.
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November 9, 2012
Vitaliy Krasnoperov Gets Life Without Parole for Role in Burned Bodies Murder Case
Vitaliy Krasnoperov was sentenced today to life in state prison without the possibility of parole for his role in the 2007 murders of an Anaheim Hills man and his daughter and the attempted murder of her mother.The bodies of the deceased were set aflame in an attempt to cover-up the crimes, and H ... More >>
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November 8, 2012
Saul Jose Salazar Murder Trial for Fatal Stabbing of Mom's Tenant Reboots
A man with a history of crime and a restraining taken out by his mother for the violence directed at her is scheduled to stand trial today for murdering her house guest.Saul Jose Salazar, 29, of Santa Ana, could get up to 16 years to life in state prison if he is convicted of murdering 33-year-old L ... More >>
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November 1, 2012
Mendy Brown, OC Homicide No. 43: Wife and Dog Believed Murdered by Husband Who Then Killed Himself on Halloween
Laguna Beach Police are dealing with three shooting deaths--husband Michael Brown, wife Mendy Brown and the family dog--that they believe are the result of murders followed by a suicide on Halloween. Bodies of all three were found after a co-worker of Michael Brown's went to check on the 49-year-old ... More >>
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November 1, 2012
Gail Davidson-Shepard and Daniel Alma Shepard, Married Teachers Who Boned Underage Student, Get No Jail Time
When a plea deal was proposed Sept. 27 for married Huntington Beach teachers who had sex with a 17-year-old male student, Deputy District Attorney Nicole Varner objected because Daniel Alma Shepard and Gail Davidson-Shepard would get no prison time nor have to register as sex offenders for life. Va ... More >>
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October 30, 2012
Hispanic Prison Gang "Taxed" Street Thugs and Drug Dealers, Reads Indictment of 11
Read my lips: no new taxes . . . imposed by Hispanic prison gangs on street thugs and drug dealers. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Anaheim Police Department and the Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) endorse that message, as their joint investigation netted seven men and ... More >>
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October 26, 2012
William Leo McDougall Gets No Prison Time for Murder--and That's Fine with Victim's Family
As expected, William Leo McDougall received no prison time at sentencing today after pleading guilty in the same Orange County Superior Court in August to murdering Manh Ban Nguyen. Well, technically, the record will show McDougall got 16 years in prison, but Judge Thomas Goethals suspended the sent ... More >>
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October 18, 2012
[UPDATED with I.D., Media Racism Charge:] Joshua Aguirre, OC Homicide No. 38: Fatal Stabbing Begins Day of Violence in Anacrime
See the update at the end of this post with the dead young man's name and a college staff member's accusation of local media racism.ORIGINAL POST, OCT. 1, 9 A.M.: Two men walking along West Ball Road near South Roberts Street in Anaheim early Saturday discovered a man who had been stabbed and was cl ... More >>
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October 18, 2012
Pedro "Peter" Lara and Michael Roger Palacios Held After Cop Shooting Near Anaheim Site Where 14 y.o. John Perez was Killed Tuesday
Anaheim Police say increased tensions between rival gangs near the site where 14-year-old John Perez was shot to death Tuesday night--the 200 block of East Vermont Avenue--led to an officer-involved shooting and the arrest of two men and a juvenile.Fortunately, no injuries were reported.Facing the m ... More >>
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October 4, 2012
Disabled Patients Sue Anaheim For Closing Dispensaries
A group of medical marijuana patients has filed a lawsuit against the city of Anaheim alleging that the city's cooperation with the federal government's crackdown on dispensaries violates state law. According to the lawsuit, the law in question, the California Disabled Person's Act, (CDPA), "prohibi ... More >>
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October 3, 2012
DA Tony Rackauckas Wrecks Hoodlum's Quick Prison Trip
Most often hoodlums locked in prison drop the pruno jar and fly off their bunk beds with joy when they hear that an appellate court has issued a reversal in their criminal case.But sadly for Orange County's Daniel Infante the news wasn't worth celebrating.Infante, a Headhunters gangster in the midst ... More >>
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September 21, 2012
Anaheim Gangsters Violated Rule 1 For Dummies During Violent Carjacking, Robbery
Two idiot, gun-toting Anaheim hoodlums with the Jeffrey Street criminal street gang carjacked a poor, working class family in February 2009 and then kidnapped them back to their home where they stole laundry quarters, computers, jewelry and $100 in cash from a wallet.Proving his brilliance, Humberto ... More >>
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September 21, 2012
Bruce Jennings, Founder of OC-based Bryco Arms, Arrested For Child Porn in Florida
Back in the day, Bruce Jennings was a famous gunsmith whose Costa Mesa-based company Bryco Arms was one of the so-called "Ring of Fire" companies that built cheap "Saturday Night Special" handguns that were often used by criminals during the cocaine-fueled homicide wave that plagued America's i ... More >>
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September 14, 2012
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 >>
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September 13, 2012
William F. Blackhall, Ex-School Music Booster, Pleads Not Guilty to Possessing Child Porn
A former official with an Ohio high school's music booster club pleaded not guilty in Orange County Superior Court this week to possessing child pornography.William F. Blackhall , 50, of Columbus, Ohio, was arrested in Newport Beach in July when a colleague on a business trip alerted authorities the ... More >>
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September 5, 2012
Rancho Santiago Community College Files Fraud Lawsuit Against Ex-Official Accused of Stealing Low Income Student Grants
The Rancho Santiago Community College District official indicted in May for allegedly stealing $100,000 in federal grants intended for low income students recently received more bad news when the district filed a seven-page civil lawsuit against her.Anna Catalan cheated by systematically stealing st ... More >>
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September 4, 2012
Rasaan Raymon Patton Gets 14 Years for Roadside Sexual Attack on Teen Driver
It's the nightmare of every parent with a teen daughter: she's driving the family minivan home in the wee hours of the morning when a registered sex offender follows her, causes a minor crash and, once she's out of the vehicle, sexually assaults her.For this brazen act of scumbaggery, Rasaan Raymon ... More >>
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August 31, 2012
Jason Ara Erpinar, MySpace Rapist Who Previously Pleaded Guilty, is Convicted Again
When we Gazed our Navel on MySpace rapist Jason Ara Erpinar and his unicorn-follicle horn being tried the first time in August 2011, we received comments from his pals claiming there is no way the Yorba Linda 23-year-old sexually assaulted three woman, that we were out to get him and that his victim ... More >>
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August 30, 2012
OC Hate Crime Report Shows Hatin's Up!
Hate crimes against gays, lesbians, blacks, Jews and Latinos were up in Orange County in 2011, according to the OC Human Relations Council's 20th annual Hate Crime Report.Similar crimes dipped from the previous year against whites, Muslims and Asians/Pacific Islanders, the same survey found.Overall, ... More >>
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August 28, 2012
Joseph G. Cavallo, Haidl Gang Rape Lawyer, Wins Personal Corruption Case Dismissal
It wasn't too many years ago when Joseph G. Cavallo was one of Orange County's most well-connected criminal defense lawyers. Cavallo's close, power-hungry pals included Sheriff Mike Carona as well as assistant sheriff George Jaramillo and Don Haidl.But that dream team began to collapse after Cavallo ... More >>
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August 28, 2012
Cesar Valle Faces $1 Million Warrant for Failing to Show at Transgender Brothel Robbery Trial
Authorities say first Cesar Valle tried to tax the gents working in a transgender brothel, then the 22-year-old robbed the illegal business operating out of a Santa Ana apartment unit and finally, on Monday, he was a no show as his jury trial was getting going.Superior Court Judge W. Michael Hayes, ... More >>
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August 23, 2012
John Kirk McKinney Gets 15 Years to Life for Murder of World War II Vet on Veterans Day
Thirty-year-old John Kirk McKinney was sentenced today to 15 years to life in state prison for killing a World War II veteran on Veterans Day.The Huntington Beach resident was awaiting his release from prison for attempting to murder Cecil "Lucky" Warren, who'd been in a coma three years since his 2 ... More >>
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August 17, 2012
William Leo McDougall, 83, Convicted of Killing Manh Ban Nguyen, 94, over Vietnamese Singing
From his wheelchair at the defense table, 83-year-old William Leo McDougall of Laguna Woods pleaded guilty to murdering his convalescent home roommate because he believed the 94-year-old man was singing in Vietnamese.As part of a plea deal with the court, McDougall is expected to be sentenced Oct. 2 ... More >>
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August 14, 2012
[UPDATED, with Ruling] Lawsuit Demands FBI Expunge Secret Files on OC Muslims
See the update at the end of this post on the ruling issued in Fazaga v. FBI.ORIGINAL POST, AUG. 13, 2:55 P.M.: It's no secret that the government has used informants to spy on Muslim-American communities. Orange County Muslims know it well.You may have read about them here at the Weekly. Former-con ... More >>
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August 10, 2012
Anthony Paul Johnson, "White Boy" in Vietnamese Gang, Gets Life for '95 Murder
Funny, but Anthony Paul Johnson Jr. doesn't look . . . um . . . Westminsterish.Despite our onetime Ugly Police Mugshot of the Week modelist's appearance, he belongs or belonged to a Vietnamese criminal street gang that killed a dude.Today, besides Westminsterer, ugly mugger, gang banger and murderer ... More >>
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August 10, 2012
Eric Andrew Naposki, Ex-NFL Linebacker, Draws a Penalty: Life in Prison for 1994 Murder
In the days leading up to today's sentencing hearing, Eric Andrew Naposki told anyone who would listen he did not murder a wealthy Newport Beach businessman in 1994--and plenty of media outlets obliged the former NFL linebacker.But it was justice, prosecutor Matt Murphy and the family of the late Bi ... More >>
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August 7, 2012
Raul Barrientos Gets 30 Years for Raping Severely Disabled Woman at Fullerton College
Anaheim 23-year-old Raul Barrientos was convicted Monday of raping and sexually assaulting a woman with severe mental and physical disabilities in a Fullerton College men's restroom.After pleading guilty to two felony counts of forcible digital penetration and one felony count each of forcible rap ... More >>
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July 31, 2012
Suniti Shah and Supriti Soni Join Mom in Prison After Admitting Roles in $16 mil Scam
Two Newport Beach-area sisters will soon be reunited with their mother--in the state penal system anyway. Suniti Shah, 51, of Newport Coast, and Supriti Soni, 52, of Corona del Mar, pleaded guilty to their roles in a $16 million real estate scam that has already sent their 74-year-old mother, Susham ... More >>
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July 31, 2012
[UPDATED with Judge Denying Bail:] Rainer Klaus Reinscheid, UCI Professor, Charged for Fires, Threatening Murders and Sex Crimes
See Update No. 3 on judge denying bail for Rainer Klaus Reinscheid, his arraignment being delayed and other details.See Update No. 2 at the end of this post on the University High School infraction that apparently led to the suicide of the UCI professor's son and the charges pending against the acad ... More >>
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July 26, 2012
Magical Homicides
Calderon puts magical realism in the shade
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July 16, 2012
Manuel Hernandez Juarez Gets 50 Years to Life for Murder of Human Smuggler, Try on Second
The elder half of a father-son duo who managed for nine years to remain free after murdering one human smuggler and leaving a second for dead has received double life prison sentences.Like a baddie undone by Shaggy and Scooby, 60-year-old Manuel Hernandez Juarez could have gotten away with it, too, ... More >>
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July 12, 2012
Guilty: Pervy Pastor Oscar D. Perez Perez Faces 330 Years For Sexual Assault on Boys
A pastor was convicted Wednesday of sexually assaulting five boys in his Lake Forest apartment. Oscar D. Perez Perez, a 69-year-old Lake Forest man, was found guilty by a jury of 22 felony counts of lewd acts on a child under 14, four felony counts of lewd acts on a child, and sentencing enhanc ... More >>
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July 10, 2012
Another Forming Kaos Gangster Pleads Guilty to Mexican Mafia-Related Operations in Orange County
Another Mexican Mafia-related hoodlum is facing a lengthy prison sentence after admitting his role in the Costa Mesa criminal street gang Forming Kaos.Arrested in a massive, 2011 law enforcement sweep designed to wreck the gang's operations, Kirk Ray Butterfas had originally pleaded not guilty to a ... More >>
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July 9, 2012
Kurt Duncan Naegele Sentence in Hearst Castle DUI Crash That Killed a Man Satisfies None
No one was happy when Kurt Duncan Naegele was blamed for causing a 2009 car crash near Hearst Castle that injured him, two others and killed a fourth. And they weren't happy when a mistrial was declared in his vehicular manslaughter trial after the defense said it would present evidence showing a di ... More >>
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July 3, 2012
[UPDATED with AVN Dissing "Asinine" Breitbart Coverage:] Jenna Jameson Drives Stolen Maserati: Suit
See update at the end of this post about Adult Video News (AVN) story, "Breitbart's Asinine Jenna Jameson Jab." ORIGINAL POST, JULY 2, 12:45 P.M.: Until a couple weeks ago, a Lamborghini and Maserati dealership was within crawling distance of my home. Over the years, high-end cars would fill the lot ... More >>
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June 29, 2012
Better Call Glew: Give Me A Wet Reckless, Please!
Hi Mr. Glew,Last month I got a DUI and my friends are saying I should fight it and ask for something called a "wet reckless."What's the difference between a wet reckless and a DUI and how do I get one?
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June 28, 2012
[UPDATED with Conviction:] Ricardo Guerra Rocha Guilty of Murder in Shooting Over Best Mexican State
See update at the end of this post on Ricardo Guerra Rocha being found guilty.ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 20, 10:03 A.M.: A 19-year-old Santa Ana man is scheduled to face trial this morning for the shooting-murder of an innocent bystander outside a popular Santa Ana taco joint where an argument had broken o ... More >>
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June 28, 2012
Doctor Stands Trial For Overdose Deaths of Three Young Men; One From OC
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ordered Dr. Hsui-Ying "Lisa" Tseng to stand trial for second degree murder in the deaths of three young men, one of whom was Vu Nguyen, 28, from Lake Forest. The decision came after a preliminary hearing that lasted three weeks. The osteopathic medicine doctor alle ... More >>
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June 28, 2012
Rasaan Raymon Patton Guilty of Roadside Sex Assault That Began With Car Crash He Caused
A sick fuck who caused a car accident so he could get at the 17-year-old girl behind the wheel and try to rape her roadside was found guilty by an Orange County Superior Court jury today of various criminal charges that could send him to prison for life.Perris 31-year-old Rasson Raymon Patton was do ... More >>
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June 22, 2012
Sekayi Rudo White to Rest in Prison For 112 Years Before Heading to Hell for Raping Five Women and Trying to Rape a Sixth
Sekayi Rudo White was sentenced today to 112 years to life in state prison for raping five women and sexually assaulting a sixth. The 34-year-old Lake Forest man was found guilty by a jury in February of 14 felony counts, Jurors found White guilty of 14 felony counts, including attempted rape and ... More >>
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June 21, 2012
Anaheim's Cruzaders
Families of police-shooting victims protest their plight
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June 18, 2012
Judge Frank F. Fasel Slammed By Appellate Court For Illegal Sentencing of OC Meth Dealer
For eons, Orange County Superior Court Judge Frank F. Fasel has run his courtroom with military precision and zero tolerance for cheap antics or insubordination.Who knew Fasel--who has an ideal, stern poker face and the demeanor of an overworked mortician--is also a rule breaker?This month, a Califo ... More >>
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June 15, 2012
[UPDATED with More Delegates Join Revolt:] Is a GOP Goon Squad Intimidating Ron Paul Delegates into Voting Romney at Convention?
See update at end of this post about 40 more national convention delegates seeking to join the 123 who have filed suit and "hundreds more" possibly ready to do the same. ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 13, 12:39 P.M.: The Republican National Committee (RNC) is using violence, intimidation and ballot stuffing t ... More >>
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June 15, 2012
Charles Patrick Drew, Sex Offender Accused of Brutal Murder, Faces More Charges
The Orange County District Attorney's office today filed additional charges against Charles Patrick Drew, the 62-year-old transient, two-striker and registered sex offender accused of committing OC's eighth murder of the year. Joining the previously filed felony count of special circumstances murder ... More >>
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June 6, 2012
Andrew Michael Phalen Gets Year in Jail for Home Loan Modification Scam
Andrew Michael Phalen was sentenced today to a year in jail and five years of formal probation today for his role in a scam that offered home loan modification assistance to struggling mortgage holders across the country. But four of the Mission Viejo 25-year-old's cohorts are looking at much more ... More >>
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