Huntington Beach Police Department

[UPDATED with Replica Gun, Rap Sheet:] Ian Christopher Berrier, 20, Dead in Huntington Beach Officer-Involved Shooting

See Update No. 4 on page 2 with the deceased's rap sheet and a photo of his replica handgun.See Update Nos. 1-3 on the next page with a police statement providing more details, Register readers contrasting this shooting with the one that sparked riots in Anaheim and the name and age of the dead man. ... More >>

Ten Arrests Netted in HB Massage Parlor Sweep

The Huntington Beach Police Department Facebook page is reporting that officers arrested 10 people on March 7 for solicitation of prostitution at local massage parlors. The department, which recently joined forces with the federally-funded Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force, carried out ... More >>

Ex-Huntington Beach Cop Admits Savage Domestic Violence In Plea Bargain

After more than a week of his criminal trial involving alarming allegations of domestic violence while he was a Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) cop, James Roberts decided it was in his best interests to admit partial guilt and seek a plea bargain this afternoon.Inside Orange County Su ... More >>

Carlton Earl Griner Stung by HB Cops' craigslist Sting and Having Ugliest Mugshot of the Week

This week's ugly police mugshot comes from Iowa, but the 55-year-old pictured in accused of trying to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex right here in Orange County.Carlton Earl Griner, who earned a sex offender label for having an eye for child porn in the Hawkeye State, has since relocated to Garden ... More >>

John Patrick Rogers, Career Townhome Community Asshole, Faces Serious Charges

And you thought your neighbor was a dick: John Patrick Rogers has a court date Thursday tied to what's apparently been a career of terrorizing other residents of his Huntington Beach townhome community. Rogers pleaded not guilty at arraignment in Westminster Monday to five felony counts of stalking ... 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!

VIDEO: Huntington Beach Cops Beat Up Handcuffed Man

You can't really blame the Huntington Beach Police Department for being pissed off.Lately, all the news about officer-involved shootings and police brutality has been coming out of Fullerton (the world-famous Kelly Thomas beating) and Anaheim (two officer involved shootings over the weekend). But th ... More >>

[UPDATED with Charges:] Michael Vito Urso, OC Homicide No. 26: Alexandre Louis Antal Held in Stabbing

See update No. 3 at end of this post about the murder charge against Alexandre Louis Antal.See update No. 2 about Antal being arrested for the murder of Michael Vito Urso.See update No. 1 about the victim's name being released. ORIGINAL POST, JULY 17, 8:25 A.M.: Just after midnight, Huntington ... More >>

[UPDATED with Vote Delay:] Huntington Beach May Rub Out Massage Parlors

UPDATE, JUNE 5, 10:56 A.M.: Citing the concerns of lobbyists for massage parlors, the Huntington Beach City Council Monday night postponed a vote on an ordinance that would halve the number of such businesses to 30 in Surf City.After City Manager Fred Wilson disclosed a meeting with the lobbyists wi ... More >>

Kevin Williams, Irvine College Student Studying in Florida, Swept Up in Underage Sex Sting

You know those Huntington Beach Police Department stings that have officers pose as underage girls on social networking sites to catch sexual predators? Guess Kevin Williams wasn't paying attention to those when he was back home in Irvine.The student at Eckerd College in Pinellas County, Florida, w ... More >>

Gail Diane Panella-Monestere, Former Parent Teacher Group President, Accused of $22k Theft

The Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) president at Sun View Elementary School in Huntington Beach is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on charges of embezzling more than $22,000 from school fundraisers. Gail Diane Panella-Monestere, 52, of Huntington Beach, faces one felony count of grand theft b ... More >>

Sobering Times for Pill Poppers: "Generation Rx," National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

Prescription drug abuse by South County teens has been a hot topic lately thanks to the documentary Behind the Orange Curtain making its world premiere May 2 at the Newport Beach Film Festival and, due to a sell out, getting a second showing May 3 in the huge Big Newport theater.That makes a couple ... More >>

Huntington Beach Residents Lost Their Police Helicopter . . . Again

​Huntington Beach Police Department officials must think that city residents are willing to hand them an endless supply of tax dollars even for periodic acts of juvenile bullying.That's right: Surf City residents lost their expensive police helicopter this afternoon because once again the pilots t ... More >>

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Is James Roberts III Shielded From Justice?

[Moxley Confidential] Huntington Beach police accused of conspiring to protect the ex-cop whose ex-wife claims he violently sodomized her

[UPDATED with Motive Revealed Online:] Dylan James Austin, 2011 OC Homicide No. 66: Quiet Park, Loud Commotion, Stabbing Death

Jesse Shockey​UPDATE, 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.

[UPDATED with Charges, Suspect I.D.:] Dylan James Austin, OC Homicide No. 66: Quiet Park, Loud Commotion, Stabbing Death

​UPDATE, 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 adult on one ... More >>

[UPDATED with Cupid's Online Memorial:] Cops Shoot and Kill Pit Bull Then Disagree With Owner Over Why

Facebook​UPDATE, 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

[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 Torres​UPDATE, 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 >>

[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 >>

[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 >>

[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 photo​With 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

[UPDATED with Charges, Possible Motive:] Frederick Dwayne Martin, OC Homicide No. 18: Son Held in Killing

DMVThe deceased​UPDATE, 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 >>

[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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

[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 >>

[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 Department​Update, 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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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