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Drug Crimes

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Garden Grove Pilot Says He's Not Guilty in Marijuana Loaded Plane Trip to Massachusetts

    A 31-year-old Garden Grove man arrested last year by federal and state police in Massachusetts for allegedly piloting a plane loaded with 74 pounds of marijuana pleaded not guilty on Tuesday, according to news reports.Using police drug sniffing dogs, officials claim they found three duffel bags load ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Obama Airspace Crashing Cessna Carrying 40 Pounds of Weed

    ​Note to marijuana smugglers: If you're going to haul 40 pounds of weed into Southern California in your private airplane, you might want to do that on the 364 other days of the year when President Barack Obama isn't using the same airspace. Apparently the San Luis Obispo man who went un ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 15, 2011

    Were the Conquistadors the Original Cartels?

    [¡Ask a Mexican!!] And why do some Mexicans identify with them?

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    James Ernest Bledsoe: Huntington Beach Rapist Goes Down

    Not that Bledsoe...​Parolee James Ernest Bledsoe was a registered sex offender and sported crooked teeth, Dumbo-sized ears and a bowl haircut. But some women in Huntington Beach and Costa Mesa bars couldn't resist Bledsoe. The 30-year-old managed to get more than 30 women to leave local drinking h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Legalize Pot, Say Geniuses at Global Commission on Drug Policy

    ​The Los Angeles Times, and just about every other newspaper that covers world news, is reporting today that the Global Commission on Drug Policy, an influential think-tank made up of world leaders, has just issued a report calling the war on drugs "a costly failure" and calling on the United Stat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    8 Murders a Day, Opening Friday, Explores "Greatest Human-Rights Disaster in the World Today"

    ​A documentary opening Friday in Fullerton explores the drug-related violence in Mexico since President Felipe Calderon took office in December, 2006.8 Murders a Day focuses mostly on Juarez, Mexico, the murder capital of the world or, as producer-director Charlie Minn's puts it, "the greatest hum ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Stupid Pet Trick of the Week: Wally the Watchgator?

    ​There's no Orange County angle here, but this story is simply too 909, er funny, not to pass along. On Monday, a Riverside County drug task force raided a suspected pot farm in Hemet. No, the fact they actually have time to do go after marijuana cases with all the meth labs out there isn't the we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Cops Raid Massive Pot Warehouse in Santa Ana

    ​Last night, Santa Ana police and Orange County sheriff's deputies raided a warehouse in southeast Santa Ana, where they discovered a 6,000-square-foot marijuana-growing operation. While officials haven't said how many plants they found, they estimated the grow could produce "$120,000 worth of mar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Barbara Coes Calls for the Deportation of Muslims, Says Muslims Train Mexican Drug Cartels

    Coe, in center, with a fool and a deluded guy​California Coalition for Immigration Reform head Barbara Coe has been on a non-Mexican racist run as of late. We talked about the revelation earlier this week that she told a Los Angeles Times reporter, "Go home, chink" nearly 20 years ago; now, in var ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Mark Wayne Hewlett, Drunk Off-Duty Deputy Who Crashed Into Supervisor Bill Campbell's Planter, Avoids Jail Sentence

    ​We told you in March about the DUI charge brought against Orange County sheriff's deputy Mark Wayne Hewlett, who got drunk while off duty, lost control of his personal vehicle and crashed into a planter in the front yard of Orange County Supervisor Bill Campbell's Villa Park home. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    As Lake Forest Marijuana Dispensary Owner Gets Prison Time, Federal Suit is Filed to Guarantee Patient Access

    ​As a Lake Forest medical marijuana dispensary owner and manager were being convicted today of selling and possessing cannabis, a Mission Viejo law firm was announcing a federal lawsuit aimed at barring authorities from denying patients access to Costa Mesa and Lake Forest dispensaries.

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Lawyer for Jailed Brotherhood Figure Demands Dismissal of Case

    Brenice Lee Smith: Welcome Home, Now go to Jail.​Wow, that was fast.Yesterday I blogged that a judge denied a request by Gerardo Gutierrez, the lawyer for Brenice Lee Smith, the onetime member of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love who has spent the past three decades living in a Nepalese monastery, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    OC Reality TV Produces (At Least) 6 Who've Drawn Police Calls [UPDATED]

    Too much reality for Orange County law enforcement (clockwise from top left): Ryan Alexander Jenkins, Josh Waring, Renzo Gamboa, Dennis Rodman, Jason Wahler and Matt Keough.​ UPDATED TO REFLECT MURDER CHARGE, CRIMINAL BATTERY COMPLAINT AGAINST JENKINS. If anyone in Orange County with a Hisp ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 13, 2009

    Lil Wayne

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  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Crime Time: Toys 'R Us Jerk-Off, Fake Cops, Gangbangers, Breakdancers and Son of a Real Housewife of OC

    7-Eleven surveillance screen grab courtesy Anaheim Police Department. All others courtesy of Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentClockwise from top left: Justin Buseth is accused of breaking into a home and doughnut shop in Dana Point; Daniel Chomina has a long record and faces several felony charges; ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    Taco Bell Crime of the Week!

    I thought people in Maryland gorged themselves on crab cakes? From the Old Line State: Two occupants of a vehicle parked at the Taco Bell in Solomons on Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. were found to be in possession of suspected marijuana.  DFC James Smith subsequently arrested Derek Craig Bradley, 20, and B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2008

    Lil Wayne in Big Trouble

    Police near Yuma, Arizona have arrested Southern rap star Lil Wayne for possession of “dangerous” drugs, narcotics and drug paraphernalia, TMZ is reporting. This incident follows a 2007 arrest in Idaho, also for drug possession. If Wayne (real name Dwayne Carter Jr.) had kept in the responsibl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2007

    Disneyland Tourist Crime Alert

    Don't be the amusement for a crook: As a public service to Disneyland's out-of-town visitors, we've compiled a summary of serious crimes committed in the city housing the "Happiest Place on Earth" for the period of July 3 to 9. Here are the reported crimes for the week: Stolen vehicles ......... ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2007

    Disneyland Tourist Crime Alert

    Yes, the famous theme park calls itself the "Happiest Place on Earth" and countless kids and adults love the place with good reason, but there's a dark side to the Disneyland area. As a public service for park visitors please remember that the streets around Disneyland are crime magnets. If you d ... More >>

  • News

    December 4, 2003

    'Our Little Secret'

    Audio tape reveals cover-up of drug bust involving a sheriffs son already on trial for a videotaped gang bang

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