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September 13, 2007
Cop Cruiser Filmed Plowing Over Man Below OC Weekly World HQ
Perhaps in an effort to decrease inmate overcrowding, a Santa Ana police cruiser accelerated in a restaurant parking lot and ran over a fleeing suspect across the street from OC Weekly's world headquarters late Tuesday night. Police officials tell reporters that they are conducting an investigation ... More >>
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October 17, 2007
Wednesday's Headlines. No Surprises: California Adventure Sucks
Disney plans Extreme Makeover: California Adventure sucks, so Disney will be pouring $1.1 billion into the park to make it more like Disneyland. That's more than it took to build the park six years ago. The Times couldn't find any of the Mouse's people to go on the record, but notes that Chief Exec ... More >>
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September 8, 2005
Who You Calling Ho
Disney plans Extreme Makeover: California Adventure sucks, so Disney will be pouring $1.1 billion into the park to make it more like Disneyland. That's more than it took to build the park six years ago. The Times couldn't find any of the Mouse's people to go on the record, but notes that Chief Exec ... More >>
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October 31, 2008
Taco Bell Crime of the Week, Part IV
From Orlando... Police were investigating a Taco Bell robbery that happened Wednesday night and quickly realized that they were dealing with a crime spree. Investigators said three to four armed men robbed a Taco Bell on Narcoosee Road and then attacked two workers before they ran off. When offic ... More >>
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November 12, 2008
Look! Up in the Sky! It's Bad News for Mike Carona?
"He looks up in the sky and says, 'From here on out we've got to be real careful and be concerned about [FBI] surveillance.'" --Ex-Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl testifying today about Mike Carona's 2002 private reaction to speculation in the Orange County Sheriff's Department that federal agents had ... More >>
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December 5, 2008
Quote of the Day in the Mike Carona Corruption Trial
"I'm sure it's memorable." --Sassy defense lawyer Jeffrey Rawitz on a Newport Beach cop's recollections today about Orange County Assistant Sheriff George Jaramillo wearing a "Hawaiian shirt" over his uniform while trying to block a 2002 police investigation into the videotaped gang rape of an unc ... More >>
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January 7, 2009
Saint Mike Carona?
"He worked hard for you. He was a tireless worker. He worked all the time. He did great things. He helped at-risk kids and he did so much for the vulnerable people in our community." --Exasperated, red-faced lawyer Jeffrey Rawitz (pictured) wrapping up an eight hour closing argument today in h ... More >>
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January 30, 2009
Will The Feds Come After Tustin Hospitals Next?
All the key swindlers in the homeless patient dumping scheme that sucked hundreds of thousands of dollars from Medicare and Medi-Cal programs in fradulent claims last year have been indicted -- except, that is, for the bad boys in Tustin who were also allegedly involved in the scheme. Last August a ... More >>
News
June 19, 2008
DA's Office Says Alleged Jail Beating of Former Kiss Guitarist Referred to Sheriff's Department
All the key swindlers in the homeless patient dumping scheme that sucked hundreds of thousands of dollars from Medicare and Medi-Cal programs in fradulent claims last year have been indicted -- except, that is, for the bad boys in Tustin who were also allegedly involved in the scheme. Last August a ... More >>
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August 8, 2002
Iron Mike
Is Sheriff Carona ready for the White House?
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August 7, 2003
A Tale of Two Shootings
When it comes to cops and crew-cut Latinos, justice isn't blind -- it's suspect
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January 25, 2007
Bumshell!
Congressman Rohrabacher shuts door on Oklahoma City bombingand the mysterious death of a former OC resident
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March 25, 2004
The Tank Workers
As scandal engulfs the Sheriffs Department, Carona fires his high-profile assistant
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January 22, 2004
Dudes, It Cant Be My Dope!
Gregory Haidl: From alleged gang-rapist to whiny rich kid
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July 17, 2003
Elmer Bustos R.I.P.
No justice likely in cop-shooting death of Santa Ana teenager
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March 6, 2003
Tonys New Suit
Weekly sues DAs office over secret files
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November 29, 2001
Deep, Deep, Deep Undercover
Santa Ana P.I. is medias favorite terrorist tracker
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September 20, 2001
Anaheim Spooks
Report shows police spied on activists who complained about cops
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April 12, 2001
Send George Packing!
Dailies Praise Argyros as a Civic Leader, Ignore Allegations His Firm Ripped-Off Tenants
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February 24, 2000
Who Killed Col. James Sabow?
Was Marine Corps Col. James Sabow the victim of a military cover-up?
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May 1, 1997
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Encounter with Longtime Foe Leads to Battery Complaint Against Dornan
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September 17, 2009
An Investigation Into a SF Cop Killing Leads to a Chicago Professor Who Helped Launch Obama's Career
Encounter with Longtime Foe Leads to Battery Complaint Against Dornan
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January 26, 2010
Who Else Did Ryan Jenkins Need to Kill to Rank Higher on List of TV Bombs and Blunders?
Buena Park Police Dept.The late Ryan JenkinsAt No. 30 on the list of "TV's 50 Biggest Bombs and Blunders" in the Jan. 29 issue of Entertainment Weekly is "Casting Ryan Jenkins on Megan Wants a Millionaire (VH1, 2009)":The hiring of the 32-year-old contestant--who hanged himself soon after police ... More >>
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March 11, 2010
FBI Raids Irvine-Based Law Firm
Photo by Randall MarquisULG's motto: "Legal services for honest Americans."Do not give this man your money. Irvine-based loan modification firm, United Law Group, was raided this afternoon by the FBI and Irvine Police.Robert Buscho The firm describes itself on its website as one of the largest ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
[UPDATED:] Stephen Moore's Ex- Faces Murder Count; Surf City Native Was Locked in Trunk of Burning Car
UPDATE: There have been two more arrests in this case (see end of post) . . . Stephen Moore dropped his daughter off at the Ocean Township, New Jersey, home of his ex-wife on Aug. 16. That was the last time anyone saw the 42-year-old Huntington Beach native alive. Moore's body was found Aug. 18 ... More >>
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November 29, 2010
[UPDATED:] Paul Gentile Smith Gets Life for 1988 Near-Decapitation Murder of Friend
Update, Nov. 29, 1:04 p.m.: Long Beach 50-year-old Paul Gentile Smith, who was found guilty earlier this month of stabbing, torturing and murdering his long-time high school friend in 1988, was sentenced today to life in state prison without the possibility of parole.At his sentencing hea ... More >>
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October 29, 2010
[UPDATED:] Noose Hung at Gay Rights Group's Office; Demand Made for Police Probe
UPDATE: Equality California's executive director released a statement tonight in response to Santa Ana Police "mishandling" a potential hate crime (see end of post) . . . A volunteer for a nonprofit that works for legal protections for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and the transgendered returned to h ... More >>
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October 29, 2010
BREAKING: Arrest Made in Case of Missing Placentia Woman
Lynsie EkelundUPDATE, 8:45 P.M.: OCDA ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE ON THE CASE TODAY. SEE BOTTOM OF POST FOR DETAILS.After nine years of investigation and fears the case had been forgotten, an arrest has been made in the disappearance of Placentia resident and Fullerton College student Lynsie Ekelund. ... More >>
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June 23, 2010
Luis Mijangos Accused of Hacking Into Hundreds of Computers and Demanding Sex Videos or He'd Spill Females' Personal Info
After a six-month FBI investigation into his alleged hacking, a 31-year-old Santa Ana man was arrested today on federal extortion charges that he hacked into dozens of computers, obtained personal data about people using the computers, and then demanded sexually explicit videos from girls and w ... More >>
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November 10, 2010
Paul Marshal Curry Faces Extradition Hearing in Kansas for Wife's 1994 Murder in OC
A Salina, Kansas, man faces an extradition hearing today as he has been arrested and charged in the cold case murder of his wife in San Clemente 16 years ago.Paul Marshal Curry, 54, is accused of poisoning his wife of two years, Linda Curry, for a $400,000 life insurance payoff. He faces life in ... More >>
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December 6, 2010
Juan Humberto Avila, Linked to Cold-Case Rape of Teen, Faces 355 Years if Convicted on All Counts
Juan Humberto Avila may have thought he got away with it--if he is indeed guilty of the "it": raping a 16-year-old girl who was walking home from In-and-Out Burger in Santa Ana the afternoon of Jan. 21, 2008. A DNA match was made between evidence collected from the girl who was raped and Avila ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
[UPDATED:] Paul Marshal Curry, Accused of Killing Wife by Poisoning in '94, Gets Arraignment Delayed
Update, December 7, 1:41 p.m.: The arraignment of Paul Marshal Curry, a 54-year-old Kansas building inspector accused of poisoning his wife of two years in San Clemente in 1994 to collect a $400,000 insurance claim, has been delayed until Jan. 14.Meanwhile, officials in Salina, Kansas, say Curry ... More >>
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January 13, 2011
[UPDATED] Stephen Moore's Mother-in-Law Tied to Murder Plot of Family Member of Slain Surf City Native Who Was Locked in Trunk of Burning Car
Stephen MooreUpdate, Jan. 13, 3:09 p.m.: Another in-law of Stephen Moore, a popular speed skater originally from Huntington Beach, has been arrested and charged with conspiring to murder, but authorities say the target was not the slain Moore, but rather an unidentified member of his family.Le ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
[UPDATED] Santos Basilio O'Dell Surrendered DNA After Hitting Wife, Now He's Wanted in Rape, Kidnap Cold Case
UPDATE, FEB. 15, 2:03 P.M.: 32-year-old Santos Basilio O'Dell waived extradition in Santa Ana and is expected to be transported to Arizona to face charges of raping a teenage girl there in 2004.Authorities in Chandler, Arizona, say a DNA sample taken from O'Dell in Orange County links him to the ... More >>
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March 22, 2011
[UPDATED] Luis Mijangos Guilty of Being Sextortion Hacker
UPDATE, MARCH 22, 4:46 P.M.: Santa Ana's Luis Mijangos, who had previously pleaded not guilty to 16 federal charges, pleaded guilty Monday to two federal counts related to his tricking about 230 people into downloading a virus that allowed him to hack into their computers, and then extort from th ... More >>
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March 28, 2011
[UPDATED] Jose Guadalupe Jimenez, Known as 'El Tin Larin' the Clown, Held in Rape of 12-Year-Old Girl While in Get-Up
Jimenez as "El Tin Larin"UPDATE, MARCH 28, 10:19 A.M.: Ten minutes before the 10 a.m. scheduled arraignment of Jose Guadalupe Jimenez, the Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) announced the filing of additional charges against the professional clown who performs as "El Tin Larin." In a ... More >>
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May 23, 2011
Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Illegal Towing that Leads to Reform!
It's rare that a crime leads to positive reform without the victim suffering too bad, but that's what happened last week in Indianapolis, when WTHR-TV Channel 13 conducted an investigation of a tow truck company that involved them duping the bastards by leaving a news truck at Taco Bell.
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June 7, 2011
[UPDATED with New Trial:] Vitaliy Krasnoperov Accused of Murder in Plot with 2 Burned Bodies
Vitaliy KrasnoperovUPDATE, JUNE 7, 11:52 A.M.: 25-year-old Hollywood resident Vitaliy Krasnoperov is accused of conspiring with childhood friend Iftekhar Murtaza via online instant messages to plan and carry out the kidnapping, murder and setting ablaze of the sister and father of Murtaza's ex-gi ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
[UPDATED with First-Hand Insight From Villagara:] OC District Attorney "Incapable" of Impartial Probe into Kelly Thomas's Police-Beating Death: ACLU
VillagaraUPDATE, AUG. 5, 4:26 P.M.: Update written by Marisa Gerber.Hector Villagara is no stranger to Orange County. Before he took on his current role as executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California, he worked in the ACLU's Orange County office.It was h ... More >>
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September 2, 2011
[UPDATED with Victims Speak:] Luis Mijangos, Sextortion Hacker, Gets 6 Years
UPDATE, SEPT. 2, 11:04 A.M.: Two victims of Luis Mijangos hacking into dozens of computers to obtain personal data--and in some cases demanding sexually explicit videos from female victims in exchange for not distributing other images--spoke at the undocumented immigrant's sentencing."During to ... More >>

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