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March 28, 2011
[UPDATED] Edgar Calvillo Loses Appeal in Murder After Spat Over Girl and Vandalized Car
UPDATE, MARCH 28, 1:39 P.M.: The same day the third and final defendant was sentenced in the 2008 shooting death of a 22-year-old Lake Forest father, the shooter in that case lost an appeal over his confession.The California Court of Appeals, Fourth District, disagreed with the contentions of Edg ... More >>
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March 28, 2011
[UPDATED] Armando Macias Faces Death Penalty for Bizarre Family Murder Plot
David MontemayorUPDATE, MARCH 28, 9:34 A.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) today goes for a third death penalty conviction and sixth and final conviction overall in the 2002 murder of a Buena Park man that was set in motion by his sister, who was jealous he was being handed ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
[UPDATED] Elyse Marie Kennedy, Bookkeeper with Herman Munster Bangs, Guilty of Embezzling $129,000 From Church
UPDATE, MARCH 24, 4:29 P.M.: Former bookkeeper Elyse Marie Kennedy pleaded guilty today to stealing $129,000 from St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Tustin between 2007 and 2009. The 37-year-old Santa Ana resident with Herman Munster bangs (at least when this booking photo was shot) was sentenced ... More >>
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March 22, 2011
[UPDATED] Larry Ruiz, OC Homicide No. 6: Shot While Changing Tire on St. Patrick's Day
UPDATE, MARCH 22, 3:52 P.M.: Two roomates have been charged with the St. Patrick's Day murder of Larry Ruiz, the 19-year-old who was shot to death while helping a friend change a tire in a Fullerton alley.Charles Thomas Ramirez Jr., 33, and Marc Tomas Luna, 27, both of Fullerton, face one fe ... More >>
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March 11, 2011
[BREAKING] 'Radio' Raheem Abdul Edwards Gets Life Without Parole for Liquor-Store Owner's Murder
BREAKING, MARCH 11, 12:41 P.M.: "Radio" Raheem Abdul Edwards, who managed to elude capture for the 2000 shooting and murder of Anaheim liquor-store owner Haeng Shin Kim by frequently moving, changing names and gnawing on his fingertips to remove his prints, was sentenced today to life in prison w ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
[UPDATED] Carlie Rose Attebury, Ex-El Modena High Band Teacher, Gets 16 Months for Unlawful Sex with 15-year-old Boy
UPDATE, MARCH 4, 2:52 P.M.: Former El Modena High School band teacher Carlie Rose Attebury was sentenced today to 16 months in prison for having sex with a then-15-year-old boy who was her drum major.The 31-year-old Orange resident must also register as a sex offender for life.She was also ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
[UPDATED] Caretaker Norma Ruth and Leno Casini's Daughter Anastasia Darlena Mendezkestler Joins Parents in Facing Charges Tied to Thefts from Elderly
UPDATE, MARCH 4, 6:01 P.M.: Are the Casinis a family of gypsies--the thieving kind Borat warned us about?Because now the daughter of alleged sticky-fingered caretaker to the elderly Norma Casini and her husband the accused fence Leno Casini is up on charges related to the caper.Anastasia Darlena ... More >>
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February 28, 2011
[UPDATED] Travis Christopher Unholz, OC Sheriff's Deputy Convicted of Roughing Up Wife and Trying to Contact Her and Get Gun in Violation of Order
UPDATED, FEB. 28, 4:57 P.M.: Because federal law prohibits firearm possession for those convicted of domestic violence, veteran Orange County Sheriff's Deputy Travis Christopher Unholz's law enforcement career is effectively over."We consider all the ramifications, and in this case, it is going t ... More >>
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February 23, 2011
[UPDATED WITH CHARGES] Esteban Navarrete, OC Homicide No. 4: Shot in Parking Lot Where Fight Erupted Over Whose Mexican State is Better
Courtesy of SAPDMaria RochaUPDATE, FEB. 23, 2:06 P.M.: The Orange County district attorney's office (OCDA) today announced charges against the third defendant in the senseless slaying of Esteban Navarrete.Maria Isabel Rocha's 17-year-old brother, who is also a suspect, is also identified by the O ... More >>
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February 22, 2011
[UPDATED] Michael David Balderas, Niece Killer, Gets 25 Years to Life
UPDATED, FEB. 22, 12:15 P.M.: 33-year-old Michael David Balderas of Cypress was sentenced this morning to 25 years to life in state prison for his role in the death of his 2-and-a-half-year-old niece Baby Jo Jade in October 2005.Balderas, who took custody of the girl when his sister was sent to p ... More >>
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February 18, 2011
[UPDATED] Gilberto Cruz Silva Gets 39 Years to Life for Raping One Prostitute and Trying to Rape a Second
UPDATE, FEB. 18, 5:15 P.M.: 31-year-old Corona resident Gilberto Cruz Silva was sentenced to 39 years to life in state prison and required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life for raping one prostitute at knifepoint and trying to rape a second in 2009.
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February 15, 2011
Douglas John A. Mackenzie, One Sick Bastard, Deserves Sexually Violent Predator Tag: OCDA
Douglas John A. Mackenzie met a woman and her 7-year-old son at a local church gathering in the U.K., befriended them and moved in with them. Later, when he wasn't raping the boy, he was convincing the mother to conceive a child in-vitro with his sperm because he wanted to be a father but claimed ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Bertha Pinedo Bugarin, Imprisoned Ex-Santa Ana Abortion Clinic Owner, Could Win Early Release, Claim Pro-Lifers and LA District Attorney
Give Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley credit for this: He knows how to get anti-abortion advocates to do his bidding. Bertha Pinedo Bugarin, the former owner of a Santa Ana abortion clinic where women were once treated like slabs in a butcher shop, was sentenced in 2009 to 10 years in ... More >>
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February 11, 2011
Veronica Paz Gets 15 Years to Life for Using Sex to Lure Ex-Boyfriend to His Death by New Boyfriend
What 17-year-old boy would turn down a promise of hot sex at a quiet hilltop construction site? El Modena High School wrestler Diego Gonzalez's ex-girlfriend had a new boyfriend, but 20-year-old Veronica Paz was still seeing Gonzalez on the side. They drove to an unincorporated residential area n ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
[UPDATED WITH CONVICTION] Raheem Abdul Edwards Changed Names, Frequently Moved and Gnawed Off Fingerprints, But Still Could Not Escape Anaheim Murder Rap
UPDATE, FEB. 10, 11:30 A.M.: It took a long time to bring "Radio" Raheem Abdul Edwards to justice for his role in the shooting-murder of liquor-store owner Haeng Shin Kim in Anaheim back in 2000.It took two days for a jury to convict the 30-year-old.
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February 7, 2011
Arsenio Lamonte Collins Gets 54 Years to Life for Peeling Off 2 Shots in Failed Bid to Rob Pot Shop
A would-be bandit who was foiled in his attempt to rob a medical marijuana dispensary in Laguna Niguel but managed to get off two shots from his handgun that missed the owner was sentenced Friday to 54 years to life in state prison.Arsenio Lamonte Collins, 21, of Los Angeles, had been convicted b ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
[UPDATE] Jeffrey David Kirby Gets 9 Years for Killing TapouT Co-Founder Charles "Mask" David Lewis, Jr.
Jeffrey KirbyUPDATE, FEB. 4, 1:09 P.M.: Second-time drunken driver Jeffrey David Kirby, 53, of Costa Mesa, was sentenced today to nine years in state prison for causing the crash that killed Charles "Mask" David Lewis, Jr., the co-founder of the Huntington Beach-based mixed-martial arts clothin ... More >>
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January 28, 2011
Ronald Lee Brockway Pleads Guilty to Bail Bond Scam That Already Took Down Carona Crony Joe Cavallo
Ronald Lee BrockwayA 51-year-old Seal Beach bail bondsman tied to ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona's corrupt inner circle was convicted and sentenced to jail time Thursday for his role in an illegal bail-bond-referral scheme that handed Orange County Jail inmates business cards that read, "Ge ... More >>
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January 28, 2011
[UPDATED] James Edward Norkin Is NOT John Belushi, According to Authorities Holding the Sex Offender
UPDATE, JAN. 28, 7:08 P.M.: A sex-offender parolee and John Belushi look-alike was sentenced today to five years in state prison for molesting a 14-year-old girl on an Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) bus in front of her friends. Get this: At the time of the offense, the genius was ... More >>
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January 25, 2011
[UPDATED] Mike Carona Heads for Prison . . . in Colorado
UPDATE, JAN. 25, 1:17 P.M.: "America's Sheriff" turned himself in at the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood in Littleton, Colorado, today to start serving his 5-and-a-half-year sentence, according to Victoria Joseph, a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman."I believe justice has been do ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
Who'll Stop the Pain?
A recent spate of suicides and strange deaths inside Orange County's jails has jail staff and activists alike clamoring for reform
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January 18, 2011
Lawrence Joseph Brown: District Attorney and Co. Want Him Committed as 'Sexually Violent Predator' and Locked Away for Good
OCDALawrence Joseph Brown's booking photoOrange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas held a press conference this afternoon to lay out what he and fellow OC authorities have planned to keep a violent rapist out of the community.The DA called out the Department of Mental Health (DMH) for faili ... More >>
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January 12, 2011
[UPDATED:] Philong Huynh, Accused Murderer of Hurley Intern, Will Not Face Possibility Of Death Penalty; Trial Rescheduled
Philong Huynh will face life in prison, beginning May 23.Update, Jan. 12, 12:45 p.m.: The trial for Philong Huynh--who is accused of raping and killing Huntington Beach resident Dane Williams in January 2008--was originally scheduled to begin yesterday (Tuesday, Jan. 11), but has been pushed back ... More >>
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January 12, 2011
Michael Garten, Charged in OC's Bloodiest Jailhouse Murder, Pleads Guilty
Courtesy OCDAMichael Garten's booking photoMichael Garten, one of nine inmates charged in the October 2006 beating death of John Chamberlain, a Mission Viejo software engineer who'd been arrested for possession of child pornography, has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. In a deal first re ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
A Year of Navel Gazing: The Virtual Orange County
Looking back at 2010 on our news blog, one Top 10 List at a time
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December 20, 2010
Omar Alirio Guzman, Housecleaner Charged With Molesting 3 Girls, May Have Preyed on Others: DA
County prosecutors and Orange County Sheriff's Department investigators have tied Omar Alirio Guzman to three molestations of little girls, but there are fears the 43-year-old Mission Viejo housecleaner preyed on other young victims as well.He is scheduled to be arraigned this morning at the Cent ... More >>
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December 17, 2010
[UPDATED:] Guillermo Rodriguez Gets 110 Years in Prison for Killing Woman He Caught in Bed With His Adult Son
Update, December 17, 5:18 p.m.: 43-year-old Guillermo Rodriguez of Fullerton was sentenced to 110 years in state prison for murdering his neighbor Donna Dutton, also 43 and a multiple sclerosis sufferer, who Rodriguez had caught in bed with his then 18-year-old son, beat and strangled to ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
[UPDATED:] Alfredo "Freddy" Cruz GUILTY in Murder That Followed Spat Over Girl, Vandalized Car
The late Luis Alejandro Rivera, with his son Isik.Update, December 16, 3:35 p.m.: 24-year-old Alfredo "Freddy" Cruz was convicted today of murdering Luis Rivera outside the young father's Lake Forest home. Cruz could get up to 15 years to life in state prison at the Lake Forest resident's sentenc ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
[UPDATED:] Verne Joseph Strong Guilty of Swinging Puppy on Leash While Arguing With His Girlfriend at Walmart, But DA is Doggone Mad Over Sentence
Update, December 16, 4:36 p.m.: Over the barks of prosecutors, a judge today sentenced Verne Joseph Strong to 317 days in jail--essentially time served--for swinging an 8-pound puppy by a leash like a lasso during a fight with his girlfriend. The Orange County District Attorney's Office wanted st ... More >>
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December 15, 2010
Redmond Peter McAneny, Newport Beach Attorney, Accused of Screwing Widow Out of $117,000
An attorney who practices in Newport Beach and resides in Huntington Beach is accused of stealing $117,000 from a widow after representing her in a case regarding her late husband's life insurance policy. Redmond Peter McAneny, 55, could get up to four years in state prison if he is convicted o ... More >>
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December 10, 2010
[UPDATE:] Jeffrey David Kirby Convicted of Killing TapouT Co-Founder Charles "Mask" David Lewis, Jr.
Jeffrey KirbyUpdate, December 10, 1:39 p.m.: Earlier this week, second-time drunken driver Jeffrey David Kirby, 53, of Costa Mesa was convicted of killing Charles "Mask" David Lewis, Jr., the co-founder of the Huntington Beach-based mixed-martial arts clothing company TapouT. You've read that Le ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
[UPDATED:] Alejandro David Sanchez, OC Homicide No. 50: Gunned Down in Bakery
SAPDFrankie GiraldoUpdate, December 9, 3:36 p.m.: A second man has been arrested in the murder of a Santa Ana man who was pouring himself a coffee in a local bakery.After Santa Ana police detectives served a search warrant of a residence in the 1500 block of South Diamond Street in Santa Ana Wed ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
[UPDATED:] Paul Marshal Curry, Accused of Killing Wife by Poisoning in '94, Gets Arraignment Delayed
Update, December 7, 1:41 p.m.: The arraignment of Paul Marshal Curry, a 54-year-old Kansas building inspector accused of poisoning his wife of two years in San Clemente in 1994 to collect a $400,000 insurance claim, has been delayed until Jan. 14.Meanwhile, officials in Salina, Kansas, say Curry ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
[UPDATED:] Clara Laird, OC Homicide No. 59: 88-Year-Old Hubby Accused of Shooting Her
Update, December 1, 10:05 a.m.: Roy Charles Laird, the 88-year-old Seal Beach man accused of murdering his wife of 70 years, Clara Laird, 86, has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.Judge Steven D. Bromberg at Orange County Superior Court in Westminster agreed Tuesday to allow Laird t ... More >>
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November 30, 2010
Gilberto Cruz Silva Guilty of Raping Prostitute, Trying to Rape Another at Knife Point
A 30-year-old Corona man was found guilty by a jury today of forcibly raping one prostitute and attempting to rape another at knife point. Gilberto Cruz Silva faces a maximum sentence of 36 years to life in state prison at his Jan. 21 sentencing in Westminster.
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November 29, 2010
[UPDATED:] Paul Gentile Smith Gets Life for 1988 Near-Decapitation Murder of Friend
Update, Nov. 29, 1:04 p.m.: Long Beach 50-year-old Paul Gentile Smith, who was found guilty earlier this month of stabbing, torturing and murdering his long-time high school friend in 1988, was sentenced today to life in state prison without the possibility of parole.At his sentencing hea ... More >>
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November 23, 2010
Alberto Solis Guzman Convicted in 4-Year-Old's Death; His Girlfriend Up on Murder of Her Son
Alberto Solis Guzman has been convicted of assaulting his girlfriend's 4-year-old son with great bodily injury to the child's head resulting in his death, but the 30-year-old's lover faces not only that charge but a murder rap and other felony counts at her trial.Like Guzman, who is scheduled t ... More >>
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November 19, 2010
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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November 19, 2010
[UPDATED:] Ira Gabor Essoe, OC Homicide No. 58: Deputy Was Shot in 1980, Succumbs to Injuries in 2010
Update, November 19, 12:35 p.m.: Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens has issued a statement about the charges filed against two men Thursday for the murder of Sgt. Ira Gabor Essoe, Jr. in 1980."The criminal justice system will not let the passage of time protect the men who brutally shot and ki ... More >>
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November 19, 2010
Isaac Robert Longo Gets 15 Years to Life for Pot- and Pill-Fueled Manslaughter
Isaac Robert Longo, the 33-year-old Placentia resident who the Weekly surmised was being propped up as the poster child for marijuana-influenced manslaughter in the weeks leading up to the ultimately unsuccessful vote to legalize cannabis in California, was sentenced today to 15 years to life in ... More >>
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November 19, 2010
Shandie Marie Lacsamana Rosete Gets 7 Years for Stealing $100,000 From Developmentally Disabled Adults and Blind Woman, 93
Shandie Marie Lacsamana Rosete, a former caretaker for developmentally disabled adults, was sentenced today to seven years in state prison for stealing more than $100,000 from her clients by writing checks from their accounts. The 34-year-old Placentia resident, who worked at the Orange County n ... More >>
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November 10, 2010
Paul Marshal Curry Faces Extradition Hearing in Kansas for Wife's 1994 Murder in OC
A Salina, Kansas, man faces an extradition hearing today as he has been arrested and charged in the cold case murder of his wife in San Clemente 16 years ago.Paul Marshal Curry, 54, is accused of poisoning his wife of two years, Linda Curry, for a $400,000 life insurance payoff. He faces life in ... More >>
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November 9, 2010
Kimberly Lynn Duncan Gets Year in Jail for Stealing $70,000 from La Habra Center
Kimberly Lynn Duncan, a former part-time clerk for the city of La Habra convicted in September of stealing more than $70,000 from the city's community center, was sentenced today to a year in jail and five years probation.The 24-year-old Brea resident, who has already paid back $11,500, must com ... More >>
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November 5, 2010
Adrian Arroyo Gets 34 Years to Life for Shooting War Vet Caught in Gang Crossfire
When a 25-year-old man identified only as Armando E. by prosecutors was serving with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, he was used to the sound of bullets whizzing by his ears and the feeling of being shot. At home in Garden Grove, not so much. But while he was playing in the front yard with his 10-y ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
Alejandro Lorenzo Contreras' Charges in Child Porn/Annoyance Case Infuriate DA's Office
Alejandro Lorenzo Contreras, the 24-year-old Stanton resident who pleaded guilty last month to possessing child pornography and annoying a 12-year-old girl at the Stanton Public Library, was sentenced today to a year in jail and three years of probation. He must also register as a sex offender. ... More >>
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October 5, 2010
[UPDATED:] Leopoldo Antonio Verdugo Cabrera, OC Homicide No. 48: Landlady's Son With Long Rap Sheet is Alleged Killer
UPDATE: Today's statement from the Orange County District Attorney's Office on the arraignment of the murder suspect should raise more eyebrows among those who wonder why police did not haul him away before the crime. (See end of post) . . . Leopoldo Antonio Verdugo Cabrera and Saul Jose Salazar ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
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 >>
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September 14, 2010
Andrew Thomas Gallo, Accused of Killing Angels Pitcher Nick Adenhart and 2 Others, is Not Only Alleged Drunken Driver Up on Murder Today
Andrew Thomas GalloSeparate murder trials for two alleged drunken drivers begin this morning in Orange County.One you've heard a lot about, the other not so much.Guess that's to be expected when a rookie phenom Angels pitcher is a murder victim in the more talked-about case.
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September 10, 2010
[UPDATED:] Bernal Ezequiel Felix, OC Homicide No. 1: Man Shot Driving Through Neighborhood
UPDATE: Four gang members face charges in Orange County's first murder of the year (updates throughout) . . . While at a party Jan. 4, three gang members are alleged to have asked a fourth to set up a meeting with drug dealer Bernal Ezquivel Felix. The plan, authorities say, was the stage a fake ... More >>
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