Garden Grove Police Department

Police Hunt for a Vampire (Tattoo): craigslist Men-Seeking-Men Ad Leads to Robbery

A guy places a craigslist personal ad for another guy on Tuesday. The ad placer quickly receives a response for a fellow who sends photos of himself. A meeting is set up at 11:30 a.m. that same day in the ad placer's home in the 13000 Block of Blue Spruce Avenue in Garden Grove.And that's when thing ... More >>

Johnathan Allen Kincaid Gets Life Without Parole for Stabbing-Murder of Tayroh Stinson

An Anaheim man was sentenced today to life in state prison without the possibility of parole for stabbing a 31-year-old Garden Grove man to death over a drug-deal dispute.Johnathan Allen Kincaid, 23, who had fled to Las Vegas after the July 29, 2009, murder, was convicted in February of felony speci ... More >>

Garden Grove Police Hold Sobriety Checkpoint Saturday Night

The Garden Grove Police Department is scheduled to hold a DUI/drivers license checkpoint from 9 p.m. Saturday through 3 a.m. Sunday.Your guess is as good as mine as to where exactly vehicles will be stopped as the agency isn't disclosing the location.

[UPDATED with Victims and Property Reunited:] Julio Cesar Pachas Allegedly Had Sex with Minor, Porn of Her and Tons of Stuff Stolen from Cars Now on View (No, Not the Porn)

See the update at the end of this post detailing how many theft victims were reunited with their property at today's police viewing and how you can check if your stolen stuff remains.ORIGINAL POST, JAN. 9, 12:30 P.M.: Julio Cesar Pachas is "one of the most prolific vehicle burglars the Garden Grove ... More >>

Tustin Schools, Garden Grove Police are Latest to Reassure Parents After Newtown Shootings

The school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, continue to prompt police and school district officials in Orange County to assure parents everything is being done to keep their children safe.The Garden Grove Police Department has summed up its response in a letter to the community, while a Tustin Uni ... More >>

Laguna Niguel and Costa Mesa DUI Checkpoints Tonight, Garden Grove on Saturday Night

Anyone taking that weird Laguna Niguel to Costa Mesa route this evening, with an overnight stop before heading on to Garden Grove Saturday night, will want to take extra care as three law enforcement agencies are running sobriety checkpoints in those towns those nights. Tonight's locations are undis ... More >>

Marcos Gonzalez Gets 6 Years for Dragging Garden Grove Motorcycle Cop with His Car

A 28-year-old Fullerton man who dragged a Garden Grove motorcycle officer for several feet with his car to avoid a November traffic stop pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting the cop.Marcos Gonzalez, who was originally arrested for attempted murder, was sentenced to six years in state prison for th ... More >>

Garden Grove Police: Facebook 'Em, Dano!

The Garden Grove Police Department is partying like it's 2009.That is, the cop shop is rolling out its new Facebook page featuring the "latest headlines, along with useful services and information."Zucker-beautiful!

[UPDATED with Charges Clarified:] Grisel Maria Ramirez Held in Newborn-napping Try

See updates Nos. 4 and 5 at the end of this post on the charges and prison time Grisel Maria Ramirez faces, as well as allegations she shopped for a baby in "multiple hospital rooms."Also see updates: No. 3 on 9-1-1 audio and another hospital possibly targeted; No. 2 with photo evidence and the susp ... More >>

Another Pervert in Calvary Chapel's Pews? Volunteer Bible Teacher Suspected of Molesting Two Girls in Garden Grove Home

Another minister in the Calvary Chapel un-denomination has been caught allegedly committing sexytime with minors.Christopher Joseph Guardado, a 48-year-old Garden Grove man and volunteer Bible teacher at Calvary Chapel Pacific Coast in Westminster, is sitting in Theo Lacy Jail on suspicion of molest ... More >>

Garden Grove, Costa Mesa Hold Checkpoints, While Lawyer Offers Low-Cost DUI Defense

The Garden Grove Police Department is holding a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint from 9 tonight through 2 a.m. Saturday.Cops in Costa Mesa hold their own from 8 p.m. Saturday through 2 a.m. Sunday.Neither force is disclosing where it's operation will be held, so SURPRISE!

The Execution of Andy Tran

[Moxley Confidential] Garden Grove police used a Taser to kill a mentally disabled Vietnamese man who was complying with their commands

Cinco de Mayo Puts More Cops on Streets, Highways and Freeways Starting Tonight

To herald the arrival of Stinko de Drinko weekend, the CHP, Garden Grove Police Department and Orange County Sheriff's Department are deploying saturation patrols tonight.Saturation in this case does not define the human pickling that will take place in bars, pubs and house parties across Orange Cou ... More >>

[UPDATED with 2nd Arrest:] People are Sought (and Found) in Violent Circle K Beer Robbery

​UPDATE, JAN. 10, 4:03 P.M.: A 17-year-old boy was arrested this morning for allegedly being the second robber who participated in a violent beer theft from a Circle K market in Garden Grove last week. Like the 16-year-old suspect who turned himself in Monday, the second arrestee is not being ide ... More >>

[UPDATED with I.D.:] Jason Nunez Shot and Killed by Garden Grove Police

​UPDATE, NOV. 21, 2:42 P.M.: A man who was reportedly chasing people down a street with knives before being shot and killed by at least one Garden Grove police officer has been identified as 31-year-old Jason Nuñez.Police say an argument escalated into Nuñez giving chase to people who were not i ... More >>

[UPDATED with No Attempted Murder Charge:] Marcos Gonzalez Caught After Allegedly Using Car to Run Over Motorcycle Cop

​UPDATE, NOV. 7, 2:15 P.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) announced today it is charging  Marcos Gonzalez with one felony count of assault of a police officer with sentencing enhancements for causing great bodily injury and having a prior conviction for possession for ... More >>

Garden Grove, Stanton and Villa Park Start Anti-Booze Patrols Tonight

​Garden Grove Police Department's DUI Enforcement Team is deploying officers for special saturation patrols tonight and Saturday night to crack down on drunken drivers. The Orange County Sheriff's Department is also holding the patrols tonight in Stanton and Villa Park.With saturation patrols, pol ... More >>

[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 >>

[UPDATED with Arraignment Continued to Sept.:] Catherine Kieu Becker Cut Off Hubby's Pecker and Tossed It in Garbage Disposal (Allegedly)

​UPDATED, JULY 22, 4:22 P.M.: Orange County Superior Court Judge Debra Carrillo in Westminster agreed to continue Catherine Kieu Becker's arraignment until Sept. 23.The 48-year-old Garden Grove resident's public defender, Frank Bittar, asked Carrillo to bar the media from covering the proceedings ... More >>

Emanuel Pennington, OC Homicide No. 28: Stabbed in Street Outside Family Party

​Garden Grove police officers were on their way to the 8200 block of Acacia near Fern Street, where reports had come in of three or four people fighting in the street just after midnight, when a dispatcher informed over the radio that someone in the middle of the altercation had been stabbed. Cops ... More >>

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 >>

[UPDATED with Victim I.D.:] Scottie Bui, OC Homicide No. 7: Dies at Hospital From Gunshot Wound

Benjamin Dinh Nguyen​UPDATE, APRIL 21, 11:55 A.M.: Garden Grove police have identified the 19-year-old who died from a gunshot wound March 20 as Scottie Bui.He was shot during a confrontation involving three Asian gangs at Harbor Boulevard and Westminster Avenue, where a juvenile was also wounded ... More >>

[UPDATED With Charges, Arraignment Date] Miguel Lerma Jr., Border Patrol Officer, Held in Sexual Assaults of Women in Garden Grove and Long Beach

​UPDATE, APRIL 4, 3:24 P.M.: U.S. Customs & Border Protection officer Miguel Lerma Jr. has been charged with one felony count each of forcible rape, sodomy by force and forcible oral copulation for allegedly attacking a woman in Garden Grove, plus one felony count of rape by use of drugs f ... More >>

Robert Gonzales Arrested for Alleged iPhone Scam, Spurs Cops to Issue Warning About Buying Goods Through Craigslist

​The Garden Grove Police Department recently received a theft report from a man who was selling his iPhone through Craigslist but had it stolen by another man who responded to the ad. Coupled with other reports of someone using counterfeit money to buy used iPhones through Craigslist, the cops dec ... More >>

19-Year-Old Man, OC Homicide No. 7: Dies at Hospital from Gunshot Wound

​Garden Grove police received a call shortly before 2:30 a.m. Sunday of shots fired near Harbor Boulevard and Westminster Avenue. As officers searched the area, a 19-year-old man who had been shot arrived at a local hospital.He was immediately pronounced dead by hospital staff.

[UPDATED] Garden Grove Police DUI Checkpoint Results

​UPDATE, FEB. 22, 8:18 A.M.: Despite on and off rain, Garden Grove police did operate a sobriety checkpoint Friday night. Police Sgt. Carl Whitney of GGPD's Traffic Division says four drivers were arrested for DUI and 15 vehicles were impounded, with 15 citations doled out to drivers for DUI, bei ... More >>

Is There a Boy Scout Badge for Nabbing Trailer Thieves?

​Jeez, no one is safe from the sticky-fingered these days, not even Garden Grove Boy Scout Troop 75.The troop's 2005, dark-blue, enclosed 15-foot trailer, which was secured in the First Presbyterian Church parking lot with a cable through the tandem wheels and axle, has been stolen, as has the $5, ... More >>

Garden Grove Police Hold DUI Checkpoint Tonight, With More on the Way

​The first of four DUI/drivers license checkpoints conducted by the Garden Grove Police Department is tonight at 13201 Magnolia St.The operation begins at 9 p.m. and continues until 3 a.m. Saturday.The goal, says the department, is to reduce the number of people killed and injured in alcohol-invol ... More >>

Jesse Andrew Green, Garden Grove Cop, to be Arraigned for 2 Alleged Sexual Assaults

​Jesse Andrew Green, who has been a Garden Grove police officer since 2006, is expected to be arraigned Wednesday on charges he forcibly sodomized two women on dates, one of whom he met online and the other he met through a friend.Currently on administrative leave from the Garden Grove Police De ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Cops Want What's in Your Medicine Cabinet

​UPDATE: We missed probably the biggest collection point of all (updates throughout) . . . Local police want what's in your medicine cabinet today.No, government budget cuts have not been so deep that the forced confiscation of citizen medications has replaced cops' prescription drug plans. This i ... More >>

Kevin Raney, Who Started as a Garden Grove Police Cadet, is Named Chief of Police

​Kevin Raney has been named the city of Garden Grove's 11th chief of police.Currently the deputy police chief, Raney will replace Chief Joseph Polisar, whose retirement becomes effective in December.

Stephen Kadlec Popped for Being '07 Wedding Crasher Who Stole Gift Box With $1,800 Inside

​He doesn't have the distorted nose of Owen Wilson, the infectious smarm of Vince Vaughn or the $209,255,921 domestic total gross of their 2005 mega-hit Wedding Crashers, but Stephen Kadlec did manage to slip in uninvited to a Garden Grove wedding reception in 2007 and, according to police, walk a ... More >>

Christina Marie Munoz Gets 16 Years to Life for Murdering Her 84-year-old Great-Grandma

​Killing your mom is bad, your grandmother is worse and your great-grandmother . . . jeez, are you sick or something? Christina Marie Munoz, 29, of Garden Grove, was sentenced today to 16 years to life in state prison for murdering her great-grandmother by stabbing the 84-year-old five times in t ... More >>

UPDATED: Fake Police Squad Barges into Home, Kidnaps Resident

Courtesy Garden Grove PDPablo HernandezOriginally posted May 5 at 3:04 p.m. Update, May 6, 2:14 p.m: the police believe Hernandez has been released. More info at bottom of post. ​The group of three to six white males who burst into a Garden Grove residence this morning, carrying knives and what lo ... More >>

One Clerk Too Busy to Help Would-Be Armed Robber, Second Speaks No English

​The Garden Grove Police Department released the photos you see in this post as they seek the public's help in identifying a serial armed robbery suspect.The chap in the powder blue cap has hit both pedestrians and businesses, according to police.His first known victim was a motorist at Dale ... More >>

DUI Checkpoints in Costa Mesa Tonight, Cypress and Garden Grove Saturday

​It's DUI checkpoint weekend again.YAY!* Costa Mesa Police Department conducts one, where they will also be doing drivers license checks, from 8 tonight to 2 a.m. Saturday at Bear and Baker streets.* Garden Grove Police Department will also be checking for drunks and unlicensed drivers from 9 p.m. ... More >>

Garden Grove Residents Reminded of $1,000 Firecracker Fine as Tet Nears

​Little Saigon's Tet Festival is Friday through Sunday (the actual Vietnamese New Year), so the Garden Grove Police Department issued a reminder to the community that the city imposes a $1,000 fine on those who set off illegal fireworks.

[UPDATED WITH ARRESTS:] Just Another Orange County Murder: Anh Tuan Nguyen

Courtesy of Garden Grove Police DepartmentMurder suspect Khanh Van Le​A social gathering at Saigon Towing, 13921 West St., Garden Grove, turned ugly around 8 p.m. Sunday, when an agitated man who'd twice been asked to leave stabbed another man to death, according to the Garden Grove Police Departm ... More >>

Garden Grove Holds Yet Still More DUI Checkpoints and Laguna Beach Joins in the Fun

​Garden Grove Police had such a swell time at its Dec. 4 DUI checkpoint that it will have its officers "saturate" the city looking for drunks behind wheels on Friday before conducting another checkpoint on Saturday. Hick.

Garden Grove DUI Checkpoint Produces Arrests, Citations, Impounds and a Wanted Parolee

​You were previously informed (or warned) here about the Garden Grove Police Department's DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint Nov. 21 at 13752 Harbor Blvd. Here are the results:-601 vehicles screened-6 DUI suspects arrested -1 illegal drug suspect arrested -46 citations issued-6 vehicles Impounded for ... More >>

Cops to Be Out in Force Throughout OC This Weekend, "Black Friday"

​Various Orange County communities are going to be crawling with extra cops this weekend as pre-Thanksgiving pushes are made to get drunks, druggies, the unlicensed and unsafe motorcyclists off the road and to ensure everyone is buckling up.R. Scott Moxley blogged earlier today about the Orange Co ... More >>

Fraudster Who Fooled Grandmas and Grandpas Sought

​Garden Grove police are seeking an alleged fraudster who has been pouncing on grandmas and grandpas.

78-Year-Old Man Arrested for Kicking Cop in the Nuts (Twice)

​What began as a routine traffic stop Wednesday ended with the arrest of a 78-year-old Garden Grove man for allegedly battering a much younger police officer--an attack the cops say included grandpa kicking the patrolman in the nuts. Twice!

2009 Postseason Throwdown: Think and Drive

DUI-OrangeCounty.comWhat pen, officer?​As this keyboard is being drooled over, the Angels have taken a 4-0 lead over the Yankees in the first inning of Game 5 of the ALCS. ​ If the lead held by the time you read this, that means there will be no need to drown season-ending sorrows and go drivin ... More >>

Crime Time: Ho' Attacker, Hammer Head, Bushman Packing Heat, Monkey Off the Market and Ryan Seacrest

It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more ho' attackers, hammer heads, short robbers, skateboarding nazis, bloody bandagers, bushmen packing heat, baseball bat-wielding robbers, monkeys that are not for sale and Ryan Seacrest.Center photo by Melinda Nagy/Dreamstime.comBE ... More >>

Babysitting Boyfriend Arrested After 2-Year-Old's Death

Courtesy of Garden Grove Police DepartmentLae Thongphun​A Long Beach man has been arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse following Friday's death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son in Garden Grove.Lae Thongphun, 27, was detained after Garden Grove police officers and paramedics had arrived sh ... More >>

The Tale of No Tape

A self-appointed Minuteman-watcher says he had some video of a police traffic stop—but not for long

To Protect and Swerve

Garden Grove police say their chaplain, a man with ties to neo-Nazis, is no problem

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