Gang Violence

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

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 >>

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 >>

The Computer Wore Colors

How a software glitch produced the DAs gang problem

We Already Hate Kids Here

Proposition 21 wont change much in OC

Excerpts: Part 2

Proposition 21 wont change much in OC

Rumblefished!

Proposition 21 wont change much in OC

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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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 >>

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 >>

The Gang's Not Here

Inmate says attempted-murder conviction must be reversed because cops cheated. A judge is listening

A Tale of Two Shootings

When it comes to cops and crew-cut Latinos, justice isn't blind -- it's suspect

Badfella

Buddhist temple role model led double life as a gangster

A Day in the Park With Hitler

Phu Fighter

Gangster beats girl over sexual equipment quip

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.

Baby-faced Hoodlums

Getting big in Vietnamese gangs doesnt mean you cant snitch

Diary of Mad County

July 12 - July 18

the Redeemer Speaks

Writer Luis Rodriguez has a way of...

The Incredible Shrinking Shooting Case

DA finally puts Gustavo Orejel behind bars, but not for life

Shaggy But Sophisticated

DA finally puts Gustavo Orejel behind bars, but not for life

This Case Doesn't Gyve

An open letter to DA Tony Rackauckas

Eddie Ready

The Year in a Life Turned Around

Star Chambered

More than a year after charging Gustavo Orejel, prosecutors still havent interviewed mystery witnesses against him

Gang Banged

Gustavo Orejel faces life because cops linked him to gangsdespite mounting denials

No Gun, No Witnesses, No Problem

Gustavo Orejel faces life in prison despite a total lack of evidence

The Thin Boo Line!

Orange Countys 31 scariest cops!

I Aint From Nowhere

Anaheims gang unit saved Eddie Quinonesthe hard way

Shot in the Back

Jury verdict contradicts official version of Surf City cop shooting

The Second-Chance Motel

Doing time for the wrong crime may have saved Richard Flores

Internal Combustion

Dailies cast uncritical eye at Anaheim P.D. audit

Whistleblower Blues

Anaheim gang-unit cop still awaits justice

Slick Injustice

Prosecutors turn South County rockers into gangbangers

DWUS

Driving While a UCI Student

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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.

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

[UPDATED:] Juan Carlos Rodriguez, O.C. Homicide No. 2: 16-Year-Old Gang-Shooting Victim

UPDATED WITH STILL ANOTHER ARREST . . . Suspect photos courtesy of Tustin Police Department​Arrested in the murder of 16-year-old Juan Carlos Rodriguez, who was gunned down around 2 a.m. Jan. 10 in Tustin and is shown at bottom right, are (clockwise from top left): John Saway; David Escobar; Pablo ... More >>

OC Vietnamese Gang-Related Slaying Conviction Rejected

Nguyen gets a judicial miracle​There may have been screams of joy in a California prison last night and cries of frustration inside the district attorney's office. Late yesterday afternoon, a California Court of Appeal overturned an Orange County jury's 2007 special circumstances murder convi ... More >>

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 >>

Ivan Garcia Gets 40 Years for Shooting That Left Father of 5 Wheelchair-Bound

Courtesy of Orange County District Attorney's OfficeIvan Garcia is going away for a very long time.​Ivan Garcia, 26, of Garden Grove, was sentenced to 40 years to life in state prison for the unprovoked shooting a man moving his car, resulting in injuries that left the victim confined to a wheelch ... More >>