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May 29, 2013
Jose Luis Capacete, Brinks Guard Accused of Serial Rapes, Confessed to Cop: Prosecutor
A Brinks Armored Car company guard spent Christmas Eve 2011 threatening a Harbor Boulevard prostitute in Santa Ana with a Taser, tying her up, raping her and later telling a detective, "I did tie her up. I want to man up. I've been carrying this around with me."That was revealed in Orange County Sup ... More >>
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May 24, 2013
Richard Alan Nolan, Hospital Nurse, Faces Trial for Alleged Sexual Assaults on Male Patients
Trial was scheduled to begin today for Richard Alan Nolan, a nurse accused of sexually assaulting two male patients at Anaheim's Western Medical Center.Charged in 2010 with five felonies ranging from sexual battery on an institutionalized victim to oral copulation, the 47-year-old made bail and has ... More >>
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April 30, 2013
Dr. Sri J. Wijegunaratne of Anaheim Guilty of Role in $1.5 Medicare Billing Fraud Scheme
An Anaheim physician was recently convicted in federal court for his role in a $1.5 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.Dr. Sri J. Wijegunaratne, 58, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to pay and receive kickbacks, another count of conspiracy to commit hea ... More >>
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April 26, 2013
Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo, Alleged Serial Killer of 6, Has Death-Penalty Trial Pushed to May 2014
The trial of suspected serial killer Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo likely will not begin until May 2014.While the 25-year-old Yorba Linda man accused of fatally stabbing a mother, her adult son and four homeless men has a Nov. 1 court date, his attorneys asked an Orange County Superior Court judge today fo ... More >>
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April 18, 2013
Kiddie-Porn Lovers at OC Libraries
[Moxley Confidential] Three men, including a brazen public-library abuser, get punished for kiddie porn
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April 8, 2013
Rene Antonio Lobos Pleads Guilty in Halloween 2009 Slaying of Joshua Steven Rodriguez
An 18-year-old--who at 15 was charged as an adult for the murder of a La Habra teen beaten and stabbed to death at a Halloween night 2009 house party--pleaded guilty last week to voluntary manslaughter with a sentencing enhancement for gang activity.Rene Antonio Lobos, also of La Habra, was immediat ... More >>
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March 21, 2013
Anaheim Police Association President: We Told You Manuel Diaz Killing Was Justified
The president of the Anaheim Police Association (APA) has issued a statement in support of Wednesday's announcement by the Orange County District Attorney that there will be no criminal charges against an officer who shot and killed an unarmed gang member in July 2012."We are very pleased that our o ... More >>
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March 5, 2013
Peter Herzog, Veteran Councilman in Pot Clinic-Busting Lake Forest, Slapped with DUI Charges
The Orange County district attorney's office on Monday filed DUI charges against Lake Forest City Councilman Peter Herzog, who is accused of driving with a blood-alcohol content more than twice the legal limit."Hey, Cokehead, doesn't Lake Forest close medical-marijuana clinics with gusto?"Indeed.
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March 4, 2013
Orange County Killer, 14, Calls His 40-Year Punishment Cruel & Unusual
In June 2010, Buena Park mobile home resident Andrew Cervantes (AKA "Tank") aged four years in an instant when--at the age of 14 and in the eighth grade--he paused a Santa Ana bicycle ride to buy candy to ask another teenage hoodlum, Manual Orozco, a gang-world question: "Where you from?" Cerva ... More >>
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February 18, 2013
[UPDATED with 70 Victims:] Zachary Joshua Reeder, High School Coach-Teacher, Allegedly Posed as Girl Online to Get Dirty Pics of Boys
See the update at the end of this post about the suspect making bail as dozens and dozens of additional alleged victims come forward.ORIGINAL POST, FEB. 11, 4:13 P.M.: A 30-year-old teacher at Servite High School, the all-boys Catholic school in Anaheim, is accused of posing as a woman on Facebook t ... More >>
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February 15, 2013
Saul Jose Salazar Gets 16 Years to Life for Murder of Mother's House Guest in Santa Ana
A Santa Ana man with a history of crime and a restraining taken out by his mother for the violence directed at her received the maximum sentence today for the second degree murder of her house guest, who was stabbed in the chest with a pocket knife.Saul Jose Salazar, 29, was sentenced to 16 years t ... More >>
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February 7, 2013
Counterfeiters, Short Film by Laguna Niguel's Bryce Hirschberg, Makes TV Debut Tonight
Counterfeiters, an innovative short film by Laguna Niguel's Bryce Hirschberg that was filmed in one continuous shot, makes its television debut tonight. Fine Cut: KCET's Annual Festival of Student Films, a five-week series that showcases documentaries, comedic, dramatic and animated shorts by stud ... More >>
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January 16, 2013
Rainer Klaus Reinscheid, UCI Professor and Grieving Father, Faces More Arson Charges
The Orange County District Attorney's Office announced today it will file an additional arson charge against Rainer Klaus Reinscheid, the UC Irvine professor accused of setting several fires and writing threatening emails against students and high school administrators in the wake of his possibly b ... More >>
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January 14, 2013
Dee Francis and Rosalinda Rodriguez Landon, Administrators in Unity Medical Fraud Scam, Expand Their Rap Sheets with Guilty Pleas
Two ex-administrators are the latest to be convicted in the massive medical insurance billing fraud case involving the since-closed Unity Surgical Outpatient Center of Buena Park. Dee Francis, 63, was sentenced to six years in state prison after pleading guilty the various counts Friday, while his f ... More >>
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January 9, 2013
Tribute Bands Unite For Sandy Hook Benefit Concert in OC
While it's true that even the best tribute bands will never grace the same stages as the icons they emulate, a hoard of talented pretenders are about to tune up for a very important gig next week. On January 20, eight bands will strap on their wigs, glittery axes and unitards for a concert benefitin ... More >>
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January 8, 2013
Miguel Lerma Jr., Former Border Officer, Gets 6 Years for Raping Two Women
Former U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Miguel Lerma Jr. pleaded guilty today to forcibly raping one woman and raping a second who passed out after too much alcohol.The 33-year-old Fountain Valley resident, who faced up to 32 years in state prison based on an April 2011 statement from pro ... More >>
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December 12, 2012
Alleged Orange County Alley Boys Gangster: I'm Being Railroaded!
Orange County's Alain Cruz is immensely frustrated that nobody in California's judicial system is listening to cries that he's been railroaded.Cruz was involved in the January 2005 shooting death of a con artist who operated a stolen phone service operation.But Cruz didn't shoot Melvin Liufau (AKA " ... More >>
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December 12, 2012
Alex Bassinne, Ex-School Teacher, Gets Year in Jail After Copping to Molestin' & Kiddie Pornin'
Alex Bassinne has accepted a plea deal that has the 50-year-old former math teacher in Santa Ana schools pleading guilty to molesting two teen girls and possessing child porn in exchange for a one-year jail sentence, three years of probation and lifetime registration as a sex offender. If Bassinne h ... More >>
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December 12, 2012
Playing Stanton Gang Roulette as District Attorney Announces New Gang Injunction
The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) is today heralding the 11th injunction brought against an unnamed "multi-generational gang" in Stanton that is "one of the oldest in Orange County, dating back to the early 1950s."The OCDA description fits Hispanic street gang Big Stanton, but righ ... More >>
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December 4, 2012
Pinkney Harold Badgett Gets 64 Years for Molesting Kids Ages 1-11, Holding Kiddie Porn
With a name like Pinkney, he has to be heading to prison for the rest of his life.Yes, 68-year-old Santa Anan Pinkney Harold Badgett, who pleaded guilty Friday to molesting children ages 18 months through 11 and possessing a cache of kiddie porn, has been sentenced in Orange County Superior Court to ... More >>
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November 30, 2012
Alejandro Arias, Nurse's Assistant, Gets 21 Years for Sex Assaults on Two Older Lady Patients
Make it two-for-two today in sentences for male health care workers guilty of sexually assaulting older ladies in their care. Nurse's assistant Alejandro Arias, 40, of Cypress, was sent to state prison for 21 years for his disgusting acts on two women, ages 50 and 60, in his care at Anaheim Terrace ... 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 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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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 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 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
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 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 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 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 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 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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June 5, 2012
Vanna Hong Allegedly Raped 12 y.o. Girl From 1995-1996 and Then Facebooked Her in 2011
As any Facebook member knows, friend requests from long-lost acquaintances roll in all the time, but the one an Orange County woman in her 30s received in January 2011 really stood out.It was from a man who is alleged to have regularly flown across the country to rape her beginning when she was 12 y ... More >>
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June 2, 2012
Little Saigon Asian Crip Who Killed At Asian Garden Mall Gets Bad News
Armed with a baseball bat and a mop handle, members of the Asian Crips criminal street gang attacked a group of men and women outside the Asian Garden Mall in Little Saigon on Thanksgiving 2001 and murdered one of the victims.The crime went unsolved for eight years until Westminster Police Departmen ... More >>
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