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January 21, 2011
Bradley Stewart Wagner, Ex-Cop Who Forced Immigrants to Sex Him Up, Heads to Federal Court
Bradley Stewart Wagner, a former Anaheim police officer who was sentenced last month to four years in prison for forcing immigrant women to blow him lest he have them deported, has more legal entanglements ahead. The 63-year-old Perris resident is due in federal court in Los Angeles on Feb. 22, w ... More >>
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January 31, 2011
[UPDATED] Brinda Sue McCoy in Deep Doodoo and Lucky to Be Alive: Wife of Oceanside Police Chief and Former Cypress Mayor Accused of Shooting at Cops
UPDATE, JAN. 31, 4:47 P.M.: Don't know how we missed this one last week, but 47-year-old Brinda Sue McCoy pleaded not guilty in a Santa Ana courtroom Wednesday to firing one of her husband's guns at police officers who were trying to talk her out of suicide during a three-hour standoff in the cou ... More >>
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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 10, 2011
[UPDATED] Shaine Joseph LaVoie, Co-Founder of Ezekiel Clothing Co., Accused of Ripping Off Investors in Phony New Ventures
UPDATE, FEB. 10, 1:37 P.M.: Here's a piece of Shaine Joseph LaVoie's booking photo.For those who do not have the energy to hit "MORE" to see the full version of the mugshot after the jump and read the accompanying text, LaVoie is accused of defrauding investors in clothing ventures authorities c ... 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 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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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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March 15, 2011
Ricardo Avalos Maffey, Molesting Church Pastor, Tried to Blame 14-Year-Old Girl, But Jury Didn't Buy It
Here's something every mother of a 14-year-old girl fears: finding e-mails to her from the family's 44-year-old church pastor saying, "Okay, picture dis. U making out with me n my lips are really cracked n dry. As u pull away a lil piece of skin gets stuck 2 u" and, "There are no ways to describe ... More >>
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March 15, 2011
Joyce Char, OC 2010 Homicide No. 63: Dies from Son Hitting Her in Head with Shovel in 2009
Robert Lawrence Char pleaded guilty on July 9, 2010, to trying to kill his mother by hitting her repeatedly in the head with a shovel 11 months before. He was later sentenced to nine years in state prison and had been sitting in a cell at Vacaville ever since.Now, the 49-year-old is back in Orang ... More >>
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March 18, 2011
Jury Deliberates Dana Point Deputy Excessive Force Case
Prietto: Does this guy look like a troublemaker?The lawyer for a group of South Orange County residents--including a famous athlete and a successful Laguna Beach actor/model--told a federal jury today that sheriff's deputies lied on the witness stand to cover up excessive force used during an ear ... More >>
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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 28, 2011
Me Arlene Settle Could Get Stiff Prison Sentence for Role in International Phishing Ring
When federal indictments were announced in the fall of 2009 as part of Operation "Phish Phry," a multinational investigation conducted in the United States and Egypt that led to charges against 100 people, it was hailed as the largest number of defendants ever charged in a cybercrime case. Fiv ... More >>
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April 7, 2011
[UPDATED with Conviction:] Joseph Raymond Garcia Up on Charges of Rape and Sodomy of Women He Met on MillionaireMatch.com
UPDATE, APRIL 7, 6 P.M.: A jury today convicted Joseph Raymond Garcia of forcibly sodomizing three women, two of whom he met online through MillionaireMatch.com. The 51-year-old Irvine resident was also found guilty of raping two of the women.He faces up to 120 years in state prison at his May ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Steven Bickel, OC Prosecutor, Target of Hit by Quadruple Murderer, LA County DA Alleges
Los Angeles County prosecutors claim a Whittier man facing the death penalty for fatally shooting four people tried to arrange a gang hit on Steven Bickel, an Orange County deputy district attorney attached to the Welfare Fraud unit.The allegation was made Monday during the penalty phase of 37-ye ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
[UPDATED with Conviction:] Armando Macias Faces Death Penalty for Bizarre Family Murder Plot
Courtesy of OCDAArmando MaciasUPDATE, APRIL 21, 5:56 P.M.: A jury in Santa Ana today found Armando Macias guilty of murder--a conviction that could bring the 35-year-old Lancaster gang banger the death penalty.Macias was part of the family murder plot of businessman David Montemayor, 44, of Buena ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
[UPDATED with Board Denial:] Parole for Lawrence Rayburn Cowell, Who Threw Buddy Out of Plane, Doesn't Fly With Rackauckas
UPDATE, APRIL 26, 5:30 P.M.: The Board of Parole Hearings, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations today denied parole for Lawrence Rayburn Cowell.He will be eligible for his next parole hearing in 2016.The board heard opposition to the 62-year-old's parole on double 25 years to ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
[UPDATED with Sentences:] Caretaker Norma Ruth Casini, Husband Leno and Daughter Anastasia Darlena Mendezkestler Guilty of Fleecing the Elderly
UPDATE, MAY 5, 6:52 P.M.: Caretaker Norma Ruth Casini pleaded guilty to stealing more than $642,000 from multiple elderly victims, including taking $610,000 from an 85-year-old woman to spend on shopping, travel and a "dog whisperer." The 51-year-old Laguna Niguel resident was sentenced to 13 ... More >>
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May 19, 2011
[UPDATED with Sentence:] Armando Macias: DEATH!
Courtesy of OCDAArmando MaciasUPDATE, MAY 19, 6:08 P.M.: A jury today recommended that gang member Armando Macias, 35, of Lancaster, receive the death penalty for his role in a bizarre family murder plot in 2002.It was Macias who "executed" 44-year-old David Montemayor, who was fleeing after bri ... More >>
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May 20, 2011
[UPDATED with Sentence:] Joseph Raymond Garcia Raped and Sodomized Women He Met Online
UPDATE, MAY 20, 2:19 P.M.: A judge today sentenced Joseph Raymond Garcia to 45 years to life in state prison for forcibly sodomizing three women and raping two of them.The 51-year-old Irvine resident met two of the victims online through MillionaireMatch.com.
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June 30, 2011
[UPDATED with Conviction:] Gustavo Adrian Vega, Repeat Drunken Driver Accused of Murdering Cara Alexandra Lee, Stands Trial
UPDATE, JUNE 30, 4:58 P.M.: A jury today found second-time drunken driver Gustavo Adrian Vega guilty of murder, hit-and-run resulting in death and possession of cocaine for the Valentine's Day 2010 crash in Costa Mesa that killed 20-year-old aspiring model Cara Alexandra Lee.Vega, 23, of Costa M ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
Did Appeals Court Read Own Ruling Clearing OCDA and Capistrano Unified Schools' Susan McGill?
In their California 4th Appellate District, Division 3, ruling in McGill v. Superior Court of Orange County, the justices exonerate both Susan McGill and the Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA), which brought charges against the Capistrano Unified School District's former assistant su ... More >>
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June 2, 2011
[UPDATED with Mistrial:] Mary Katheryn Sharpski, Her Lover and His Butcher Friend Tried for Machete Attack on Her Husband
The wifeUPDATE, JUNE 2, 10:06 A.M.: The murder trial of the wife and lover accused of getting a butcher to kill her husband with a machete--which, ironically, is the name of the new John Grisham novel--has ended in mistrial.After deliberating for two days, the four-man, eight-woman jury informed ... More >>
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June 7, 2011
[UPDATED with New Trial:] Vitaliy Krasnoperov Accused of Murder in Plot with 2 Burned Bodies
Vitaliy KrasnoperovUPDATE, JUNE 7, 11:52 A.M.: 25-year-old Hollywood resident Vitaliy Krasnoperov is accused of conspiring with childhood friend Iftekhar Murtaza via online instant messages to plan and carry out the kidnapping, murder and setting ablaze of the sister and father of Murtaza's ex-gi ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
Thanh Van Tran Convicted of Murdering Lunar New Year Partier Outside Little Saigon Restaurant
A man who fatally shot a Lunar New Year celebrator outside D Saigon restaurant in Garden Grove in 2009 was found guilty by a jury today of second-degree murder.The jury also found true the sentencing enhancement for the personal discharge of a firearm causing death against Thanh Van Tran. The ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
[UPDATED with No New Boozing Counts:] Ex-Deputy Allan James Waters Guilty of Causing Crashes While Hopped Up on Pills
UPDATE, JUNE 14, 1:18 P.M.: Former Orange County sheriff's deputy Allan James Waters will not face additional counts after authorities suspected him of being drunk at his scheduled sentencing on charges of causing an injury accident while driving under the influence of prescription drugs.Thou ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
[UPDATED with Defense Motion Denied:] "Irvine 11" Case Heads for Trial
UPDATE, JUNE 21, 11:51 A.M.: An Orange County judge last week denied a defense motion claiming 11 college students cannot be prosecuted criminally for disrupting an Israeli ambassador's speech at UC Irvine.Attorneys for the so-called "Irvine 11," who are enrolled at UCI and UC Riverside, argued t ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
Joel Lee Craft Jr., Seller of Telemarketing Leads, Indicted in $25 Million Indie Movie Investment Scam
David Mamet's independent movie (and play that preceded it) Glengarry Glen Ross is about slick salesmen using underhanded tactics to rope in would-be property investors culled from what is known as "lead lists." The CEO of a San Clemente information company that sells such lists to telemark ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
[UPDATED with Sentence:] Darryl Raymond Phillips, Ex-Fullerton Official, Gets Jail, Probation, Restitution
UPDATE, JUNE 21, 2:17 P.M.: The city of Fullerton's former risk manager admitted last week to scheming with his cousin and cousin's boyfriend to signing off on phony personal-injury and property-damage claims and cashing out about $28,000 in payouts for his own use.In exchange for guilty pleas, 4 ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
[UPDATED with Charges Ditched:] OCDA Boasts First-Ever Case Against Parents of Truants
What truant?UPDATE, JUNE 21, 4:02 P.M.: Last month, the Orange County district attorney's office announced the first OCDA case against parents of children who have been chronically truant, despite repeated warnings from schools and police.Yesterday, charges against one of those parents disappear ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Carla Ann Brennan Accused of Using Stolen Student Loan Funds to Repay Tax Fraud Restitution
The evidence at right would indicate Carla Ann Brennan is a strong contender for Friday's semi-regular Ugly Police Mugshot of the Week feature. Believe it or not, there's an uglier one coming. But Brennan deserves some kind of recognition if the charges against her are true. Most brazen alleged g ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Kenneth Joseph Lucas II Gets 13 Years for Running International Phishing Scam and Indoor Pot Farm
UPDATE, JUNE 28, 2 P.M.: Sentences totaling 13 years for convictions in two cases have been given to Kenneth Joseph Lucas II, the "kingpin" of an international "phishing" operation that used spam e-mails and bogus websites to collect personal information used to defraud American banks. The 27- ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Eric Naposki Murder Trial Gets Brutal and Then A Funny Man Takes The Witness Stand
Angelo MacDonaldYou've probably never heard of Kevin Ross Johnston, but this guy should be a witness in every murder trial.Why?Not because Johnston--a tall, natty, silver-bearded fellow with a quick, hearty laugh--has any known criminal expertise. Well, sure, there are those speeding tickets and ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
[UPDATED with Stiffer Sentence:] Ex-Deputy Allan James Waters Guilty of Causing Crashes While Hopped Up on Pills
UPDATE, JULY 1, 1:18 P.M.: After his first sentencing hearing was postponed because Allan James Waters showed up to court drunk, the former Orange County sheriff's deputy finally learned his fate today: two years and eight months in state prison.The 37-year-old Laguna Niguel resident had bee ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
[UPDATED with 11 Becoming 10?] "Irvine 11" Case Heads for Trial
UPDATE, JULY 21, 3:25 P.M.: The Irvine 11 may soon become the Irvine 10.If Hakim Nasreddine Kebir completes 40 hours of community service at the Someone Cares Soup Kitchen in Costa Mesa by Sept. 23, the 20-year-old will be removed from the controversial case pending in Orange County Superior Co ... More >>
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July 11, 2011
Eric Naposki's Murder Prosecutor Slams Defense Lawyer Tactics
OC Register media pool photoNaposki: Thinks the case against him is laughable"He's got the suit. He's got the hair. He's got the watch and the shoes. He's a master in his style . . . [He] sounds great but there's absolutely no substance . . . Maybe that works in New York."That was Matt Murphy, a ... More >>
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July 29, 2011
[UPDATED with Sentence:] Thanh Van Tran Guilty of Murdering Lunar New Year Partier Outside Little Saigon Restaurant
UPDATE, JULY 29, 3:02 P.M.: 29-year-old Thanh Van Tran, who a jury found guilty last month of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Lunar New Year celebrant leaving a Garden Grove restaurant in 2009, was sentenced today to 40 years to life in state prison.Co-defendant and fellow Garden ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
John Chamberlain Jailhouse Beating Death Trial Opening Statements Due This Morning
ChamberlainOpening statements are expected to begin this morning in the murder trial of five jail inmates accused of beating John Chamberlain to death at Orange's Theo Lacy Facility in 2006 because they believed their fellow inmate was a child molester. Garrett Eugene Aguilar, 28, of Anaheim; S ... More >>
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August 11, 2011
The John Chamberlain Murder Trial Begins
[Moxley Confidential] Some defense lawyers claim the deputies made their clients do it
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August 15, 2011
[UPDATED with Delay:] "Irvine 11" (-1) Case Heads for Trial
UPDATE, AUG. 15, 2:33 P.M.: The "Irvine 11" trial (now with one fewer defendant) was scheduled to begin today in Santa Ana.That didn't happen.Trial has been rescheduled to Aug. 29, which is when jury selection is scheduled to begin.
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September 1, 2011
[UPDATED with Judge's Affirmation:] Armando Macias: DEATH!
Courtesy of OCDAArmando MaciasUPDATE, SEPT. 1, 1:26 P.M.: Superior Court Judge Francisco Briseno today affirmed the death sentence for gang member Armando Macias, the triggerman in a bizarre family murder plot in 2002.A jury that convicted Macias in April for his role in the slaying followed up ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Kevin Taylor: The Missing Defendant in the Chamberlain Murder
Five former inmates will likely spend the rest of their lives in prison for the jailhouse killing, while the man who many say instigated it wasn't even charged
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November 14, 2011
[UPDATED with Conviction:] Prospero Guadarrama: Baby-Faced, Cold-Blooded Killer
UPDATE, NOV. 14, 5:42 P.M.: A jury today agreed Prospero Guadarrama's baby face is attached to a cold-blooded killer.Now 21, he was convicted of joining other Santa Ana street gang members as a 16-year-old in the execution-style murders of a 14- and 15-year-old while leaving a 16-year-old shot in ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
The Chamberlain Files
The inside story of covering—and becoming part of—the county's most disturbing jailhouse murder case
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November 29, 2011
[UPDATED with Scott Evans Dekraai Insanity Plea Predicted:] 6 Women and 2 Men, OC Homicides Nos. 45-52: Massacred at Beauty Salon
UPDATE, NOV. 29, 12:30 P.M.: During today's arraignment hearing, where Scott Evans Dekraai pleaded not guilty to murdering eight people and critically injuring a ninth, Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders objected to press photographers being in the courtroom, saying this kind of media coverage ... More >>
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November 28, 2011
Sandra Jessee: Accused Murderous, Pot Smoking Granny Takes Witness Stand
Sandra Jessee: Were those tears real today?Accused of hiring hit men to murder her husband while she shopped at Walmart and Burger King for a fake alibi, Sandra Jessee declined to take the witness stand in her first trial and saw herself and co-defendant, Thomas Aehlert, come within one vote of s ... More >>
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December 6, 2011
Robert Duston Strong and David Michael Knick, Presumed Killers of Sheriff's Sgt. Ira Essoe Jr., Must Be Freed
Orange County Superior Court Judge Craig Robison has ruled that the presumed killers of an Orange County sheriff's sergeant must be released immediately. Compelling legal twists led to Robison's ruling for Robert Duston Strong and David Michael Knick, the strongest being the lack of judicial supp ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
Douglas Nissan Part Owner Frank Ignacio Urbano and 2 Desk Managers Get Jail and Probation in Huge Loan Fraud Case
Marwan Abdellatif, a former Douglas Nissan desk manager accused of stealing the identities of unsuspecting customers and defrauding banks in the sale of used cars, remains a fugitive from justice. But his whereabouts being unknown did not stop the Orange dealership's part owner and two other de ... More >>
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