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Subject: Gang Violence

  • Columns

    June 4, 2009
  • Blogs

    March 3, 2008

    Court Strikes Blow Against Prosecutors in Gang War

    In an opinion issued today, a California Court of Appeal ruled that Orange County prosecutors overstepped their authority to seek tough penalties against hoodlums who violate court-imposed anti-gang injunctions. In January 2007, Sixto Moreno and Anthony Lopez—two Santa Nita gang members—drank b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2008

    The Convenient Racialist

    It seems a week doesn't go by that David Duke's favorite local writer, Martin H. Millard, doesn't rail about Latino criminals in Costa Mesa on his blog. "The real and present danger in Costa Mesa is from Latino gangs who have a strong connection with illegal aliens, the slums and some non-profits," ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 22, 1999

    The Computer Wore Colors

    It seems a week doesn't go by that David Duke's favorite local writer, Martin H. Millard, doesn't rail about Latino criminals in Costa Mesa on his blog. "The real and present danger in Costa Mesa is from Latino gangs who have a strong connection with illegal aliens, the slums and some non-profits," ... More >>

  • News

    April 27, 2000

    We Already Hate Kids Here

    It seems a week doesn't go by that David Duke's favorite local writer, Martin H. Millard, doesn't rail about Latino criminals in Costa Mesa on his blog. "The real and present danger in Costa Mesa is from Latino gangs who have a strong connection with illegal aliens, the slums and some non-profits," ... More >>

  • Features

    September 14, 2000

    Excerpts: Part 2

    It seems a week doesn't go by that David Duke's favorite local writer, Martin H. Millard, doesn't rail about Latino criminals in Costa Mesa on his blog. "The real and present danger in Costa Mesa is from Latino gangs who have a strong connection with illegal aliens, the slums and some non-profits," ... More >>

  • Unknown

    May 23, 2002

    Rumblefished!

    It seems a week doesn't go by that David Duke's favorite local writer, Martin H. Millard, doesn't rail about Latino criminals in Costa Mesa on his blog. "The real and present danger in Costa Mesa is from Latino gangs who have a strong connection with illegal aliens, the slums and some non-profits," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Barbara Coe Ties National Council of La Raza To Notorious Salvadoran Gang

    California Coalition for Immigration Reform head witch Barbara Coe keeps getting wackier and wackier. This week, she forwarded a press release to her Know Nothing nation about how National Council of La Raza presidents Janet Murguia was scheduled to testify before the House of Representatives Financ ... More >>

  • News

    April 9, 2009

    Law-Enforcement Claims Historic Chicano Mural in Orange Sensationalizes Gangs-30 Years Later

    California Coalition for Immigration Reform head witch Barbara Coe keeps getting wackier and wackier. This week, she forwarded a press release to her Know Nothing nation about how National Council of La Raza presidents Janet Murguia was scheduled to testify before the House of Representatives Financ ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 5, 2009

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    California Coalition for Immigration Reform head witch Barbara Coe keeps getting wackier and wackier. This week, she forwarded a press release to her Know Nothing nation about how National Council of La Raza presidents Janet Murguia was scheduled to testify before the House of Representatives Financ ... More >>

  • News

    January 29, 2009

    Is a Popular Legal Weapon Ending a South County Gang Rivalry, or Catching Bystanders in Its Net?

    California Coalition for Immigration Reform head witch Barbara Coe keeps getting wackier and wackier. This week, she forwarded a press release to her Know Nothing nation about how National Council of La Raza presidents Janet Murguia was scheduled to testify before the House of Representatives Financ ... More >>

  • News

    August 31, 2006

    News

    California Coalition for Immigration Reform head witch Barbara Coe keeps getting wackier and wackier. This week, she forwarded a press release to her Know Nothing nation about how National Council of La Raza presidents Janet Murguia was scheduled to testify before the House of Representatives Financ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    First Arrest For Standing In Front of Renowned Chicano Mural in Orange

    Easter Sunday. A kid from the Cypress neighborhood in Orange lounges just outside his apartment building where a huge, sprawling mural by influential Chicano artist Emigdio Vasquez is painted on the exterior walls. Bring in the sirens and the Orange PD. Minutes later, you have an arrest. The crime? ... More >>

  • News

    August 9, 2007

    The Gang's Not Here

    Easter Sunday. A kid from the Cypress neighborhood in Orange lounges just outside his apartment building where a huge, sprawling mural by influential Chicano artist Emigdio Vasquez is painted on the exterior walls. Bring in the sirens and the Orange PD. Minutes later, you have an arrest. The crime? ... More >>

  • Features

    June 14, 2007

    White Power With a Lisp

    In a sensational gang murder trial, Billy Joe Johnson talks about sex, drugs, guns, dirty cops and Jews but not his homeboys

  • News

    July 27, 2006

    Tony's Bizarro World

    In a sensational gang murder trial, Billy Joe Johnson talks about sex, drugs, guns, dirty cops and Jews but not his homeboys

  • News

    August 7, 2003

    A Tale of Two Shootings

    In a sensational gang murder trial, Billy Joe Johnson talks about sex, drugs, guns, dirty cops and Jews but not his homeboys

  • News

    April 19, 2007

    Badfella

    Buddhist temple role model led double life as a gangster

  • News

    July 27, 2006

    A Day in the Park With Hitler

    Buddhist temple role model led double life as a gangster

  • News

    February 1, 2007

    Phu Fighter

    Gangster beats girl over sexual equipment quip

  • News

    January 18, 2007

    Santa Ana Showdown

    After Oscar Gallegos shot two Long Beach cops, he swore hed never be takenalive. His run for the border ended with a trip to a Santa Ana strip mall.

  • News

    August 3, 2006

    Baby-faced Hoodlums

    After Oscar Gallegos shot two Long Beach cops, he swore hed never be takenalive. His run for the border ended with a trip to a Santa Ana strip mall.

  • Columns

    July 20, 2006

    Diary of Mad County

    After Oscar Gallegos shot two Long Beach cops, he swore hed never be takenalive. His run for the border ended with a trip to a Santa Ana strip mall.

  • Culture

    December 1, 2005

    the Redeemer Speaks

    After Oscar Gallegos shot two Long Beach cops, he swore hed never be takenalive. His run for the border ended with a trip to a Santa Ana strip mall.

  • News

    June 16, 2005

    The Incredible Shrinking Shooting Case

    After Oscar Gallegos shot two Long Beach cops, he swore hed never be takenalive. His run for the border ended with a trip to a Santa Ana strip mall.

  • Unknown

    April 14, 2005

    Shaggy But Sophisticated

    After Oscar Gallegos shot two Long Beach cops, he swore hed never be takenalive. His run for the border ended with a trip to a Santa Ana strip mall.

  • News

    February 17, 2005

    This Case Doesn't Gyve

    An open letter to DA Tony Rackauckas

  • Features

    January 1, 2004

    Eddie Ready

    An open letter to DA Tony Rackauckas

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    Star Chambered

    An open letter to DA Tony Rackauckas

  • News

    December 4, 2003

    Gang Banged

    An open letter to DA Tony Rackauckas

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    No Gun, No Witnesses, No Problem

    An open letter to DA Tony Rackauckas

  • Features

    November 6, 2003

    The Thin Boo Line!

    Orange Countys 31 scariest cops!

  • News

    July 3, 2003

    I Aint From Nowhere

    Orange Countys 31 scariest cops!

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    Shot in the Back

    Orange Countys 31 scariest cops!

  • News

    April 11, 2002

    The Second-Chance Motel

    Orange Countys 31 scariest cops!

  • News

    August 30, 2001

    Internal Combustion

    Orange Countys 31 scariest cops!

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    Whistleblower Blues

    Orange Countys 31 scariest cops!

  • News

    September 9, 1999

    Eric DeSoto, 1976-1999

    Orange Countys 31 scariest cops!

  • News

    May 13, 1999

    Slick Injustice

    Orange Countys 31 scariest cops!

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Is the DA's Office Losing the Battle for an Orange Gang Injunction?

    Agapito MoralesSantiago Orange Growers Association, North Cypress Street, Orange, ca. 1950Senior Assistant DA John Anderson sat in the juror section of Superior Court Judge Kazuharo Makino's courtroom this morning with pursed lips. He listened closely to what Makino was going to say -- and how he wo ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2009

    Anti-Gang-Injunction Activist Says Orange P.D. Ganged Up On Her Kids

    Agapito MoralesSantiago Orange Growers Association, North Cypress Street, Orange, ca. 1950Senior Assistant DA John Anderson sat in the juror section of Superior Court Judge Kazuharo Makino's courtroom this morning with pursed lips. He listened closely to what Makino was going to say -- and how he wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Week: Bullets for Bangers!

    Nothing like a good old gang-related murder in Santa Ana to set off all the Register readers who would like nothing more than to see the city cordoned off by immigration cops and the entire non-English speaking population rolled into Tijuana-bound paddy wagons. The latest example? This story from We ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    FBI Boasts More Arrests in Largest Gang Case Ever

    The FBI announced it made 11 additional arrests this morning tied to a Hawaiian Gardens gang, upping the number of defendants to 24 in the final phase of the nation's largest-ever gang investigation and prosecution that included the participation of Orange County law enforcement agencies and is cred ... More >>

  • Columns

    August 27, 2009

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    The FBI announced it made 11 additional arrests this morning tied to a Hawaiian Gardens gang, upping the number of defendants to 24 in the final phase of the nation's largest-ever gang investigation and prosecution that included the participation of Orange County law enforcement agencies and is cred ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Just Another Orange County Murder: George Springer

    View Larger Map Police responding to a shots fired call around 12:20 a.m. Sunday in the 8500 block of Bel Air Street in Buena Park arrived to find 42-year-old George Stringer lying face down in front of a home. He'd been blasted with a shotgun.

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2009

    Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Week: ACFU Edition

    Maybe all the hot weather of late has made the haters sluggish, but this was a particularly slow week for racist commentary in the OC Register's reader comments. For a while, it appeared that the bulk of stereotyping was directed at pitbulls, i.e., whether the breed has jaws that, unlike all other d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Authorities Trumpet Largest Orange County Curfew Sweep

    ​About 300 officers from 20 law enforcement agencies made sweeps through various Orange County communities last night and early today and swooped up 67 kids in violation of city curfew laws, the District Attorney's office announced. Curfews begin at 10 or 11 p.m., depending o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Indictment: Jewelry Store Robberies Lead to Wider Crime Ring

    ​Alonso Jose Lopez, a 31-year-old resident of Vista in San Diego County, got Navel Gazing mentions here and here, but he'd no doubt prefer those over the his latest mention: in an Orange County grand jury indictment unsealed today that identifies him as one of nine San Diego criminal street gang m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    Orange County Skinhead Murdered in Monrovia--Why?

    Anyone care to tell us what the N and S tattoos on Gentile stand for?​Last week was a tough one for Orange County's tight-knit, methed-up skinhead community. On Friday, of course, three members of the Candy-Ass Gang pleaded guilty to attempted murder with hate crime enhancements. Last Tuesday, 22- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    DA Objects to Gang-Assault Sentences

    ​The Orange County District Attorney's office objected today to a judge striking the "strikes" for a third-striker gang member who was on parole when he and two other men assaulted a fourth man who told the trio to stop tagging a wall in Santa Ana with graffiti last summer.At least the judge was c ... More >>

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