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June 2, 2009
Real American Hero: Surf City Police Chief Ken Small
If we must tee off on the Huntington Beach Police Department and its brass for running one of the most oppressive law enforcement agencies in the county--and you know we must; it's in our contracts--then it is only fair that we single out the same coppers for praise when they do something truly amaz ... More >>
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February 27, 2003
The Most Dangerous Neighborhood in the Safest City in America
If we must tee off on the Huntington Beach Police Department and its brass for running one of the most oppressive law enforcement agencies in the county--and you know we must; it's in our contracts--then it is only fair that we single out the same coppers for praise when they do something truly amaz ... More >>
Columns
November 1, 2001
Anthrax Schmanthrax
If we must tee off on the Huntington Beach Police Department and its brass for running one of the most oppressive law enforcement agencies in the county--and you know we must; it's in our contracts--then it is only fair that we single out the same coppers for praise when they do something truly amaz ... More >>
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April 5, 2007
Thanks for the Work!
An open letter to District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, Sheriff Mike Carona, and the police chiefs and mayors of every Orange County city except Laguna Niguel
Features
November 6, 2003
The Thin Boo Line!
Orange Countys 31 scariest cops!
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July 12, 2001
Hookah Party!
Smoky flavors at Open Sesame
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March 11, 1999
The Jesus Virus
And other perils of modern life
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March 5, 1998
Shut Up, Again
Senate takes another whack at free speech online
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August 25, 2009
Crime Time: Brawling Girls! Duct-Taped to Pole! Brawling Golfers! Tots on Train Tracks!
Not funny! It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--with a Monday dedicated to the ladies . . . awwwww yeah! MONDAY, AUG. 17Pub Brawl Two women fought as men prodded them on around closing time (2 a.m.) at Auld Dubliner restaurant and pub, 2497 Park Ave., Tustin. The big loser was ... More >>
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October 21, 2009
Crime Time: Rapers! Robbers! Wife Killer! Bad Cops! And a Real Bozo!
It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--a day late and many dollars short of paying off the creditors who won't stop calling! Top photos courtesy of Huntington Beach Police Department A BOZO NO-NO: Here's the original suspect description Crime Time received for the Oct. ... More >>
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November 13, 2009
CFO Charged With Embezzling $365,000 From Ryan Sheckler
Photo from Ryan Sheckler's MySpace pageRyan Sheckler with one of the spoils of his success.Matthew Mercuro, the 36-year-old chief financial officer for fellow San Clemente resident Ryan Sheckler's businesses, was arrested and charged today with embezzling more than $365,000 from the 19-year-old p ... More >>
News
November 26, 2009
Four Skinheads' Attempt at Racial Holy War Turned Into a Slater Slums Smackdown
Photo from Ryan Sheckler's MySpace pageRyan Sheckler with one of the spoils of his success.Matthew Mercuro, the 36-year-old chief financial officer for fellow San Clemente resident Ryan Sheckler's businesses, was arrested and charged today with embezzling more than $365,000 from the 19-year-old p ... More >>
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March 30, 2010
Rodney Alcala Death Sentence Confirmed by Judge. Is Third Time a Charm?
Robin Samsoe, R.I.P.Orange County Superior Court Judge Francisco Briseno handed down the maximum punishment--death--for serial killer Rodney Alcala after friends of relatives of his known murder victims made statements to the court. It was the third time in three decades that Alcala got the death ... More >>
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April 20, 2010
James Roberts III, Cop Accused of Raping Wife and Girlfriend, Fired by HBPD
James Roberts III, the cop who is accused of raping and terrorizing his wife and girlfriend, has been fired by the Huntington Beach Police Department.Annie Burris has the scoop in the Orange County Register.Ironically, while looking at her online report, my eyes were drawn to Roberts' mugshot bei ... More >>
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May 25, 2010
Brian Dopler's Trial for Stalking Detective Investigating Him for Stalking Begins Today
Courtesy of Orange County District Attorney's OfficeBrian "The Doplerganger" DoplerA Huntington Beach man faces trial this morning for allegedly stalking a police detective who was investigating the defendant for stalking someone else.
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July 14, 2010
Craigslist Strippers Work Theft and Pepper Spray Into Their Bachelor Party Gig
Like soon-to-be best men throughout the land, a Huntington Beach man pulled up the adult services page on Craigslist, hit the w4m tab and started scanning the listings for a bachelor party stripper.Hell, he thought, at these prices we can get two!As arranged, the "exotic dancers" showed up at the ... More >>
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July 14, 2010
Maureen Geddie Was Drunky Wunky As She Hit Her Fiance With Her Car ... Twice: Cops
Yesterday, Clockwork brought you the story of a 56-year-old Newport Beach man who has been charged with swinging an 8-pound puppy on leash like a lasso as he argued with his girlfriend in a Walmart parking lot. Today, Clockwork brings you the story of a 65-year-old woman who allegedly drove her ... More >>
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August 4, 2010
Cold War Kids at the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach
John Gilhooley/OC WeeklyCheck out our Cold War Kids slideshow!Cold War Kids August 3, 2010 Huntington Beach Blinded by the glare of the Pacific Ocean and of the thousands of fake Ray Ban sunglasses sported by seas of preteen hipsters, the Cold War Kids sailed through a 13-song set y ... More >>
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August 25, 2010
Kenneth Anthony Huskey Accused of Sex Crimes, Battering Women on HB's Main Street
A pre-trial hearing is scheduled Monday in Westminster for a 25-year-old Las Vegas man accused of being even more dangerous and imbalanced than the typical dangerous and imbalanced characters one brushes up against on Huntington Beach's Main Street.Authorities say last Thursday afternoon Kenneth ... More >>
Blogs
September 29, 2010
Mark Aime Brosseau Literally Caught With Pants Down in Truck With Boy: Police
It must be disconcerting to roll through a shopping mall parking structure, notice something screwy going on in a parked truck, knock on the window and discover a 54-year-old man with his pants around his ankles and a 14-year-old boy he met on Craigslist inside. That happened to a Huntington Beac ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
John Keihl DeLoach Charged With Hate Crime in Verbal and Physical Attacks on Couple
A 20-year-old white guy has a Thursday court date for an alleged hate crime after he supposedly blasted loud music with racist, anti-black lyrics at an African American woman in a convenience store and, after again bumping into her at a nearby apartment complex, where she was now accompanied by a ... More >>
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October 5, 2010
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 >>
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October 25, 2010
John Keihl DeLoach Cops a Plea to Hate Crime
A 20-year-old Huntington Beach guy who we previously told you was accused of terrorizing an African-American woman and her white male friend, cut a plea deal that will send him to state prison for four years.John Keihl DeLoach Charged With Hate Crime in Verbal and Physical Attacks on CoupleJohn K ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2010
Speaking of Drunken Driving, How About Some Facebook Time With That Fifth Round of Shots?
Time was, daily newspapers (ask your grammies what those were, kiddies) printed the names of people arrested of driving under the influence. However, with printing costs having skyrocketed as quickly as print readership has dwindled, such space-intensive roundups have gone the way of TV listings, ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2011
[UPDATED:] Four Decades After Woman Was Found Dead in a Ditch, the Huntington Beach Police Department Turns to Facebook and Twitter to Help Identify Her
Huntington Beach Police DepartmentUpdate, Jan. 12, 12:15 p.m.: Huntington Beach police may have a lead in the 1968 slaying. A person recognizes the woman in the composite sketch, believing her name was Rosie. Based on the information the person gave, police believe that Rosie moved to Long B ... More >>
Blogs
January 11, 2011
Celso Solano Arcos Accused of Three Surf City School Burglaries, Kiddie-Porn Possession
Just before 1 a.m. Saturday, a maintenance employee pulled up to Circle View School in Huntington Beach and noticed a guy carrying a shovel to the rear of the school grounds. The crewman called the Huntington Beach Police Department, and in the end, cops say, 21-year-old Celso Solano Arc ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2011
[UPDATED: Proposal Gets Voted Down] Huntington Beach Considers Posting DUI Offenders on Facebook (And No, You Can't Untag Yourself)
UPDATE, JAN. 18, 11:24 A.M.: Drunk drivers in Surf City will not be shamed--on Facebook, at least. Last night, the City Council voted down the recommendation to post mug shots of repeat DUI offenders on the social network, with council member Kevin Bohr saying the proposal "might be well- ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2011
Place Your Bets: Which Bar Is No. 1 in Drunk-Driving Arrests in the No. 1 City for Drunk-Driving Collisions?
As we recently reported, Huntington Beach takes the pathetic No. 1 spot in 2009 California DUI collisions among cities of its size. In an effort to tackle the issue, the Huntington Beach Police Department is pointing its finger at individual bars. Officers have been asking those arrested on suspi ... More >>
Blogs
March 4, 2011
Dennis Wayne Terry, Convicted Sex Offender on the Move, Poses for Ugly Police Mugshot of the Week
Dennis Wayne Terry was convicted in 2002 for lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age.Already out of custody (!?!), the 63-year-old had been ordered to register as a sex offender in his place of residence--Huntington Beach--as part of his parole.But Huntington Beach detective ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2011
Michael Joseph DeSilva, Sex Offender, Booked for Allegedly Luring Kids with His Parrot 'Mango'
"Mango"The Huntington Beach Police Department mentions on its Facebook page that it is looking for children approached by a man who wanted them to play with his parrot.That is not a euphemism. Michael Joseph DeSilva, a 65-year-old Newport Beach sex offender, was arrested this past weekend for all ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 2011
[UPDATED] Rodney Alcala Tied to 1977 Murder of Bay Area Teen Whose Mother Long Ago Forgave the Killer
UPDATE, MARCH 9, 10:58 A.M.: While the Marin County Sheriff's Department is convinced Rodney Alcala is responsible for the death of Pamela Jean Lambson, the 19-year-old whose body was found near a trail in 1977, the case was closed without trying the notorious serial killer.The DNA samples from t ... More >>
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March 28, 2011
Gregory Ruiz Aguirre, Nabbed in Craigslist Underage Sex Sting, Gets Jail, Probation and Sex Offender Tag
The Huntington Beach Police Department has scored some high-profile arrests of alleged solicitors of sex with children through phony advertisements on Craigslist.Now comes the latest sentence in the Surf City stings: Gregory Ruiz Aguirre, 53, of El Monte, just got 457 days in jail, 5 years proba ... More >>
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May 20, 2011
[UPDATED with Sentence:] Brian Dopler Stalked Cop Investigating Him for Stalking Someone Else
UPDATE, MAY 20, 2:33 P.M.: Huntington Beach 28-year-old Brian Dopler was sentenced today to five years and four months behind bars for stalking and making criminal threats against a Huntington Beach police detective who was investigating Dopler for stalking someone else.A judge ordered Dopler, wh ... More >>
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May 23, 2011
[UPDATED with Charges, Possible Motive:] Frederick Dwayne Martin, OC Homicide No. 18: Son Held in Killing
DMVThe deceasedUPDATE, MAY 23, 4:49 P.M.: Prosecutors today filled in the blank as to why 35-year-old Jeremy Dwayne Martin allegedly shot and killed his father, Frederick Dwayne Martin, 62, at the Huntington Beach home they shared.The younger Martin was supposedly upset that his father did not w ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2011
Two Men Try to Steal a Powerboat in Huntington Beach After Drinking All The Beer In Its Fridge
It wasn't these guys. Oh, if only someone filmed this, it'd be the next YouTube sensation.For now, we'll leave you with the written play-by-play: On Wednesday evening, two men from Riverside walked onto a 37-foot Egg Harbor boat in Surf City's Sea Harbour community, drank all the beer in the boat ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
ACLU Demands Data on Mobile-Phone Surveillance From Five Orange County Police Agencies
Big Brother is not only watching you, he can answer in the affirmative, "Can you hear me now?" The American Civil Liberties Union would like to know how much he's listenening, and by "he," I mean "your local cop shop."The Communist Par . . . er, ACLU of California announced today that demands wer ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
[UPDATED with Denials:] Ehriberto Arcelara, Killer of Tennis Pro, and Carlos Sanchez, Bus Stop Murderer, Seek Paroles Today
UPDATE, AUG. 9, 5:26 P.M.: The Board of Parole Hearings, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations today denied the parole requests of Ehriberto Arcelara and Carlos Sanchez, who are currently serving 16 years to life and 15 years to life respectively at Calipatria State Prison in ... More >>
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August 11, 2011
[UPDATED with Sentence:] Kenneth Anthony Huskey Sexually Assaults Women and Children in 3 States, Pushes Pregnant Woman onto Surf City's Main St.
Huskey's Sin City booking photoWith a name like Huskey, he has to have spent time in Alaska.And with a name like Kenneth Anthony Huskey, he has to be a dick.He was convicted in 2003 of sexually abusing a minor in his hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada. That led to sex offender registration in Alaska a ... More >>
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September 27, 2011
[UPDATED with I.D.:] 20 30-Year-Old Woman's Body Found at Huntington State Beach
UPDATE, SEPT. 27, 2:50 P.M.: Huntington Beach Police have identified the woman whose body was found fully clothed at the state beach near Magnolia Street Monday morning as Myphuong Tran, 30, of La Habra.A police spokesman says initial indications are Tran drowned and that nothing suspicious is pr ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2011
[UPDATED with DA Peeved Over Sentence:] Jennifer Renee Vanveldhuizen Guilty of Hate Crime; Punched Latino Worker and Yelled "I Fucking Hate You Beaners!"
UPDATE, OCT. 26, 8:04 A.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) believes a Caucasian woman is getting off too easy for yelling "I fucking hate you beaners!" and profanities at a Latino worker emptying trashcans on Main Street in Huntington Beach earlier this month before punchin ... More >>
Blogs
October 11, 2011
[UPDATED with Choice Chatter:] 3 Old Folks Hospitalized for Unwittingly Eating Pot Brownies at Surf City Funeral
UPDATE, OCT. 11, 12:32 P.M.: Someone leaving a comment on the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) Facebook page, which broke the news about three elderly folks being rushed to the emergency room after unknowingly eating brownies laced with marijuana at a funeral, claims a woman was arrested ... More >>
Blogs
October 20, 2011
Frank Lauder Woods Accused of Assaulting Cop After Violent Scrap That Had Him Reaching for Gun
Frank Lauder Woods is lucky to be alive. So is the Huntington Beach cop who took the suspected baddie down. What began as a stolen vehicle report turned into a foot chase and altercation between Woods and the unidentified officer, who managed to cuff the suspect just as he was reaching for the wa ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
[UPDATED with I.D.'s, More Details:] John Andrew Torres and Erick Catalan Dead in Huntington Beach Police Officer-Involved Shooting ... in Westminster
John Andrew TorresUPDATE, NOV. 3, 11:13 A.M.: The Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) has identified the men killed by Huntington Beach police gang unit officers after a traffic stop in Westminster Tuesday afternoon as John Andrew Torres, 26, of Fullerton, and Erick Catalan, 20, of Long Bea ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2011
Shawn Michael "Whitey" Espinoza Guilty of Murder Try After Gun Found in White Supremacist Sweep
A 41-year-old Garden Grove man who was arrested after a handgun recovered during an investigation of white supremacist gangs matched the weapon used in a violent attempted robbery in Huntington Beach, was found guilty by a jury this week of attempted murder, attempted robbery, assault with a fir ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
[UPDATED with Cupid's Online Memorial:] Cops Shoot and Kill Pit Bull Then Disagree With Owner Over Why
FacebookUPDATE, DEC. 19, 9:05 A.M.: The owner of a Huntington Beach mobile home declined to speak with the Weekly on the record as he pursues legal remedies, but a Facebook page has been set up in memory of his late 3-year-old pit bull Cupid, who was shot to death by police on Dec. 8. "This page ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
Smile for the 10 Ugliest Police Mugshots of 2011
On several Fridays this year, we've presented the Ugliest Police Mugshot of the Week.But what about the Ugliest Police Mugshots of the Year?Glad you asked.After the jump are the 10 ugliest of the ugliest, which were mostly culled from our semi-weekly selection, although we also tossed in some oth ... More >>
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December 27, 2011
[UPDATED with Charges, Suspect I.D.:] Dylan James Austin, OC Homicide No. 66: Quiet Park, Loud Commotion, Stabbing Death
Dylan AustinUPDATE, DEC. 27, 3:25 P.M.: An Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) statement on the charges against the suspected murderer of Huntington Beach's Dylan James Austin, 19, identifies him as Jesse Shockey, 16, of Garden Grove.The OCDA also reveals Shockey will be tried as an a ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
[UPDATED with Motive Revealed Online:] Dylan James Austin, 2011 OC Homicide No. 66: Quiet Park, Loud Commotion, Stabbing Death
Jesse ShockeyUPDATE, JAN. 5, 4:50 P.M.: Police and prosecutors have not officially divulged what Jesse Shockey and Dylan James Austin were arguing about before 16-year-old Shockey allegedly stabbed 19-year-old Austin to death last month.But Flickr has.
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January 18, 2012
[UPDATED with Plea:] Scott Evans Dekraai, Mass Murder Suspect, Indicted by Grand Jury
UPDATE, JAN. 18, 3:38 P.M.: Accused mass killer Scott Evans Dekraai pleaded not guilty to eight murder counts at today's arraignment hearing in Santa Ana. If a feeling of deja vu just washed over you, fret not; Dekraai also pleaded not guilty at an arraignment hearing last year. Today's arraignme ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
Denis Yoshio Cruz Ramirez Earns Immigration Hold for craigslist Ad Hawking Stolen Bike
A fellow checking the craigslist want ads could not take his eyes off a black 21-speed Fuji Road Bike on sale for $280. That's because he was convinced it was his black 21-speed Fuji Road Bike, valued at $450 and recently stolen from the front yard of his Huntington Beach home.That set in motion ... More >>
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