Irvine Police Department

Zachary Joshua Reeder, Teacher-Coach Alleged to Pose as Girl to Lure Boys, to be Arraigned

After Zachary Joshua Reeder, a 30-year-old teacher at the all-boys Catholic Servite High School who'd also taught or coached baseball at Irvine's Beckman and Mission Viejo's Capistrano Valley high schools, was arrested in February for allegedly posing as a girl on Facebook to lure underage boys, we ... More >>

[UPDATED with Irvine DUI Stop:] St. Patrick's Day Weekend Sobriety Checkpoints: San Clemente, Tustin, Orange, Laguna Beach

See the update at the end of page 2 with the date and location of Irvine's DUI checkpoint.ORIGINAL POST, MARCH 15, 10:44 A.M.: Beginning tonight and continuing through early Monday, DUI checkpoints and special patrols will be scattered across Orange County due to the gallons of green beer flowing ov ... More >>

Christopher Dorner Nightmare Relived by LAPD Couple of Irvine Phil and Emada Tingirides

An Irvine couple who, along with their family, may have been the No. 1 target of the late Christopher Jordan Dorner talked with the media in Los Angeles today about the six-day nightmare.Phil Tingirides, the LAPD captain who chaired the panel that recommended Dorner's termination from the force, and ... More >>

[UPDATED with 70 Victims:] Zachary Joshua Reeder, High School Coach-Teacher, Allegedly Posed as Girl Online to Get Dirty Pics of Boys

See the update at the end of this post about the suspect making bail as dozens and dozens of additional alleged victims come forward.ORIGINAL POST, FEB. 11, 4:13 P.M.: A 30-year-old teacher at Servite High School, the all-boys Catholic school in Anaheim, is accused of posing as a woman on Facebook t ... More >>

[UPDATED with Hot Gassing Defended:] Christopher Jordan Dorner War Is Over!

See the update at the end of page 5 on the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department defending the use of "hot gas," which could have sparked the cabin fire, on the suspect.ORIGINAL POST, FEB. 7, 9:48 A.M.: The word coming out of the Los Angeles Police Department this morning is meant to apply to t ... More >>

[UPDATED with Newport-Mesa Meeting:] Irvine Holds Town Hall on School Shootings

See the update at the end of this post on a Newport-Mesa Unified School District special meeting this afternoon.ORIGINAL POST, DEC. 18, 6:08 A.M.: In the wake of the mass shootings in Newton, Connecticut, the City of Irvine is holding a town hall meeting dedicated to school shootings and city prepar ... More >>

Seal Beach, Laguna Hills, Los Alamitos DUI Checkpoints Tonight, Tustin on Saturday

The multi-agency "Avoid the 38" Anti-DUI Task Force has released its winter schedule, which includes DUI checkpoints from 7 tonight through 3 a.m. Saturday in Seal Beach, Laguna Hills and Los Alamitos.Exact intersections were not revealed.

Wayne Martin Fong, Ex-Cop, Lawyer and Title Insurance Co. Veep, Stole $469k to Gamble: DA

A former New York cop who somehow parlayed that experience into a role on this coast as vice president of and associate counsel to an Irvine title insurance company is scheduled to be arraigned in Santa Ana this morning on charges he stole $469,000 from his employer to gamble. Wayne Martin Fong, 50, ... More >>

Sunmee Kim's Conwoman Case Produces a Suit--Against Irvine by Falsely Accused Man

Irvine is being sued for $150,000 by a man who city police held overnight after a woman now in custody is alleged to have falsely accused him of domestic violence so she could steal from him while he was jailed.Sunmee Kim, 39, who is accused of pulling cons on businessmen she met through Korean dati ... More >>

Cecilia Zamora as Treasurer Gave High School Cheer Boosters an "E" for Embezzlement: Cops

A parent volunteer has been arrested for allegedly embezzling $16,000 from Beckman High School Cheer Booster Club.After an investigation, Irvine Police detectives arrested Cecilia Zamora, 39, of Rancho Santa Margarita, this morning at her place of employment, the corporate office in Orange of a fi ... More >>

Tuan Thanh Tran, Former Attorney, Accused of Stealing $150k from Former Clients

Between May 2011 and this past February, Irvine attorney Tuan Thanh Tran represented five separate clients in lawsuits tied to traffic accidents, settling with insurance companies and receiving checks totaling more than $150,000 for his clients.The thing is, the 43-year-old is alleged by Irvine Pol ... More >>

Anna Oung, Found in Car Trunk, is Likely a Postpartum Psychosis Suicide Victim: Police

The Irvine Police Department dealt this week with a case that had the makings of something rare in America's Safest City: a murder.Anna Oung, 31, of Long Beach, was found dead in the trunk of her car. That her husband led police to the exact location hours after reporting her missing could have rais ... More >>

[UPDATED with Judge Denying Bail:] Rainer Klaus Reinscheid, UCI Professor, Charged for Fires, Threatening Murders and Sex Crimes

See Update No. 3 on judge denying bail for Rainer Klaus Reinscheid, his arraignment being delayed and other details.See Update No. 2 at the end of this post on the University High School infraction that apparently led to the suicide of the UCI professor's son and the charges pending against the acad ... More >>

Carlos Bustamante, Santa Ana Councilman, Hasn't Convinced Veteran DA Investigators on Nasty Sex Stories

For most observers, the picture of the sensational, July 2 arrest of Santa Ana City Councilman Carlos Bustamante on a sticky glob of alarming sex crimes wasn't necessary revealing.In the shot, a handcuffed Bustamante looks directly into the camera of a photographer as if he's angry or frustrated or ... More >>

[UPDATED with DA Charges Shalabh Rastogi:] Jalina George, OC Homicide No. 18: Husband Held for Strangulation Murder

UPDATE, MAY 23, 12:31 P.M.: Irvine's Shalabh Rastogi is being held without bail pending a scheduled arraignment in Santa Ana today on charges that he strangled and murdered his wife in the apartment they shared with their three children, prosecutors announced.The 39-year-old finance worker faces one ... More >>

[UPDATED with Charges, Lewd Details:] Nicole Ethel McMillen, 41, Accused of Sex with 14-Year-Old Boy in Her Irvine Home

​UPDATE, FEB. 29, 5:39 P.M.: In announcing the charges filed today against school aide Nicole Ethel McMillen, the Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) alleged the 41-year-old mother kept a "fun" home in Irvine's Northpark community that drew many children, and that she blew and committe ... More >>

Sunmee Kim Allegedly Met Korean Businessmen Online Before Pulling Off Elaborate Thefts

​UPDATE, JAN. 3, 4:21 P.M.: Irvine Police confirm it was their Officer Joseph Jun who had the initial suspicions about the name Sunmee Kim is alleged to have presented as her own, so he deserves the credit for starting the chain of events that led to her capture. ORIGINAL POST, JAN. 3, 2:39 P.M.: ... More >>

Irvine Has Sobriety Checkpoint Tonight While Other Agencies Conduct Saturation Patrols

​The Irvine Police Department conducts a sobriety checkpoint from 8 tonight to 1 a.m. Saturday at Culver Drive and Farwell.That's not the only cop show going extra hard at impaired drivers, as the "Avoid the 38" campaign previously announced saturation patrols tonight in Tustin, Anaheim, Laguna Be ... More >>

Daniel John Sullivan, OC Homicide No. 53: Brother Laurence William Sullivan Held in Stabbing-Murder

Laurence William Sullivan​At least one knife was introduced in a fight between two brothers in the family home in Irvine Sunday night, resulting in the death of 32-year-old Daniel John Sullivan and murder arrest of Laurence William Sullivan, 33, police say. The cause of the altercation is still u ... More >>

Todd Glass and Daniel Kinno, Stand-ups Bound for Irvine Improv, Find Briefcase Full of Clues

​You pull off the freeway headed for a job and notice a briefcase lying in the center divider of the overpass. What do you do?When Los Angeles comedians Todd Glass and Daniel Kinno recently found themselves in that predicament, they circled their car around, picked up the briefcase and unlocked an ... More >>

[UPDATED with Sentence:] Izad Chavoshan Tried to Burn Down Irvine Church Four Times Over Masturbation Teachings

​UPDATE, AUG. 19, 11:24 A.M.: Huntington Beach's Izad Chavoshan, who tried four times to burn down Orange County Church of Christ in Irvine because of its teachings against masturbation, was sentenced today to six years and four months in state prison.Not only did Chavoshan earn the ridicule of r ... More >>

[UPDATED with More Victims Sought:] Travis Dewayne Batten Jr. Popped for Rapes Dating Back to 2005

​UPDATE, JULY 25, 7:56 A.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) is seeking other possible victims of suspected serial rapist Travis Dewayne Batten, Jr. of Irvine.The 29-year-old is facing felony counts that could put him behind bars from 157 to 204 years with a conviction.The OCDA ... More >>

[UPDATED with Booking Photo:] Memorial Day Weekend DUI Enforcement Countywide

​UPDATE, MAY 31, 6:39 P.M.: The Irvine Police Department this evening released the booking photo at right of Austin Jeffrey Farley, the alleged drunken driver with a past DUI conviction blamed for causing the crash that killed 14-year-old Ashton Sweet.The Northwood High School freshman cheerleader ... More >>

[UPDATED with Sentence:] Joseph Raymond Garcia Raped and Sodomized Women He Met Online

​UPDATE, MAY 20, 2:19 P.M.: A judge today sentenced Joseph Raymond Garcia to 45 years to life in state prison for forcibly sodomizing three women and raping two of them.The 51-year-old Irvine resident met two of the victims online through MillionaireMatch.com.

[UPDATED with Conviction:] Joseph Raymond Garcia Up on Charges of Rape and Sodomy of Women He Met on MillionaireMatch.com

​UPDATE, APRIL 7, 6 P.M.: A jury today convicted Joseph Raymond Garcia of forcibly sodomizing three women, two of whom he met online through MillionaireMatch.com. The 51-year-old Irvine resident was also found guilty of raping two of the women.He faces up to 120 years in state prison at his May ... More >>

Joseph Raymond Garcia Stands Trial in Rape and Sodomy of Women He Met on MillionaireMatch.com

​Opening statements are expected to begin in Santa Ana this morning in the trial of Joseph Raymond Garcia, 51, of Irvine, who is accused of forcibly sodomizing three women, two of whom he met online through MillionaireMatch.com. It is alleged that between March 2005 and October 2006, Garcia met ... More >>

Douglas John A. Mackenzie, One Sick Bastard, Deserves Sexually Violent Predator Tag: OCDA

​Douglas John A. Mackenzie met a woman and her 7-year-old son at a local church gathering in the U.K., befriended them and moved in with them. Later, when he wasn't raping the boy, he was convincing the mother to conceive a child in-vitro with his sperm because he wanted to be a father but claimed ... 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.

[UPDATED:] Craig Monteilh, OC's Islamic Mosque Spy, is Dealt a Blow in his Lawsuit Against the FBI

​UPDATE: Federal Judge James V. Selna did not, as expected, dismiss a lawsuit a former informant brought against the FBI but gave the complaint 20 more days of life so it may be amended (updates throughout) . . .Craig Monteilh, the Irvine fitness instructor who posed as a Muslim to infiltrate ... More >>

Hey, Girls: Did Your Driving Instructor Creep You Out?

The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) is seeking potential other victims of a driving instructor who is accused of making inappropriate sexual comments to two underage girls.Gholamreza Namdari, 55, of Foothill Ranch, was charged last week with two misdemeanor counts ... More >>

3 Hurt, 2 Killed, 1 Murder Charge in DUI-Crash Weekend

​As previously blogged, Anaheim Police conducted a DUI checkpoint and saturation patrols Friday evening through the wee hours Saturday, while the Orange County Sheriff's Department also stepped up patrols aimed at getting drunk drivers off the streets of Aliso Viejo, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Hills an ... More >>

Western Medical Center's Owners Sued Their Doctors to Muzzle Them, But One Wouldn't Shut Up

Irvine Mosque Speaks: OC Weekly World Exclusive!

On Feb. 21, FBI agents arrested Ahmadullah Sais Niazi, an Afghan immigrant, and charged him with lying about his brother-in-law's status as an alleged Al Qaeda terrorist. A few days later, Craig Monteilh, a convicted con artist, held a press conference to announce that he was an FBI informant and ha ... More >>

The FBI, the Islamic Center of Irvine and Craig Monteilh: Who Was Conning Whom?

Face Off

A Little Saigon identity-theft ring pounded OC businesses until one cop saw a tear in its veil of secrecy

Eight Is Enough

One man has four girlfriends and eight children, all of whom live in separate houses within four miles of each other. In Utah? No, Irvine

REQUIEM FOR A DREAMGIRL

A Tale of Sex, Drugs, Dirty Copsand a Girl Who Knew Too Much

Earth Mover

Supervisor candidate Jim Potts wants to shake up county, dig tunnel under mountain

The Second-Chance Motel

Doing time for the wrong crime may have saved Richard Flores

Textbook Love Affair

A 39-year-old teacher falls in love with his 17-year-old student, and everybodys life goes a little crazy

Third Strike

Its time to dump a DA who has broken faith with the public in at least three crucial cases

Sex, Drugs and Narcissism

The fifth annual Calleys

Schlessinger, Shea, Sheesh!

Learning from the master baiter

The Talking Drug

Testilying

Video embarrasses DA, Newport cops