Jim Amormino

Jennifer Renee Colwell, Accused of Torching Dana Point Lingerie Store in Fit Over Ex-Boyfriend, is Finally Wanted by Someone

Lingerie is supposed to create sparks in the bedroom, but Jennifer Renee Colwell allegedly went straight to the source.A judge issued an arrest warrant for the 42-year-old woman who failed to show up in Orange County Superior Court Tuesday on arson charges tied to her allegedly putting an ex-boyfrie ... More >>

Saif Mohamed Moussa, Who Admits to Picking Up 17 y.o. Girl and Walking Out Store to Marry Her, Gets 38 Days in Jail. Wait ... What?

A 29-year-old man who tried to drag a 17-year-old girl he did not know out of an Aliso Viejo bookstore last month--telling the shocked teenager he was going to marry her-- pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor child annoyance.Saif Mohamed Moussa was immediately sentenced to 38 days in jail.WTF!?!

Teen Driver Who Died with 4 Others on Jamboree Road Had No Valid License: Update

See Update No. 2 on page 2 on teen driver Abdulrahman M. Alyahyan not having a valid California's driver license and having been cited previously for violating the terms of his provisional license. Plus, more details. Update No. 1 on the next page has ID's of all five Irvine teens.ORIGINAL POST, MAY ... More >>

John Edward Kudla, 17, Charged as Adult in Hammer Attack on His Father, Reserve Sheriff's Sgt. Jon Kudla: Update

See the update on page 2 with the counts against John Edward Kudla, who is being charged as an adult in the attempted murder of Orange County Sheriff's Reserve Sgt. Jon M. Kulda, who is comatose.ORIGINAL POST, MAY 22, 4:18 P.M.: A 50-year-old Orange County reserve sheriff's sergeant was shot, possib ... More >>

Scott Evans Dekraai's Shit-Throwing Tantrum in Jail Could Help Fry Him, DA Essentially Says

The conduct behind bars of the suspected worst mass killer in Orange County history may play a role in his death penalty trial, according to a prosecutor.Assistant District Attorney Dan Wagner will file paperwork in court detailing a January incident where Scott Evans Dekraai became so disruptive in ... More >>

Julien Briaire, Trabuco Hills High School Senior, Faces Felony for Campus Bomb Threat

A Trabuco Hills High School senior was arrested Thursday afternoon after a bomb threat was emailed to school officials while he was on the Mission Viejo campus, according to the sheriff's department.Julien Briaire, 18, of Foothill Ranch, was arrested about 4:30 p.m. at the school, says Jim Amormino, ... More >>

[UPDATED with Student-Receptionist-Stripper?] 4 Dead in A.M. Shooting Spree

Updates throughout. The latest is Update No. 8 at the bottom of page 4 with conflicting reports about the female victim's employment.ORIGINAL POST, FEB. 19, 8:22 A.M.: Three people were killed and two others were wounded in a 25-minute spree of shootings that began in an upscale Ladera Ranch neighbo ... More >>

[UPDATED with OCSD comments:] Are Deputies Covering Up The Laguna Hills Murder of a 25-Year-Old U.S. Army Veteran?

[Update at end] ORIGINAL POST, JULY 11, 9:00 A.M.: The mother of a 25-year-old U.S. Army veteran found dead at an affluent Laguna Hills neighborhood playground on Jan. 6 claims her son was murdered and Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) investigators didn't just wrongly rule the case a suicid ... More >>

Jennifer Tamara McClain Is a Prisoner of Love

[Moxley Confidential] Black sheriff's deputy arrested for having enthusiastic sexual affair with a white supremacist inmate in OC Jail

World's Greatest Nazi Love Story Born in Southern California in Time for Valentine's Day

Kinky love is in the air!​On a planet bombarded with daily stories of horrific violence and cruelty, there is one true Valentine Day's tale that proves once bitter, seemingly eternal enemies can reconcile and fall into passionate, puppy love.Think: Hezbollah soldier hooking up with an Orthodox rab ... More >>

Shaw Bruce Warrington Accused of Meeting with "13-Year-Old" After Posting Craigslist Ads Seeking Moms and Daughters for Sex

​If you were scanning craiglists personal ads and came upon this "men seeking ..." one, you'd surely stop and take notice:a mom and/or her daughter to have sex. I really don't mind what age. Young or underage is cool -- like high school and below.Unfortunately for a 21-year-old with a name that so ... More >>

[UPDATED with Cops Pitch In For Ramos' Bail:] Officer Manuel Ramos Released From Orange County Jail On $1M Bail Early This Morning

​UPDATED, SEPT. 29 12:31 P.M: It looks like at least some of the money used to bail Officer Manuel Ramos out of jail came from fellow police officers. On the "Big City Cops" Facebook page, a man who identifies himself as Fullerton policeman Benjamin Lira asks fellow law-enforcement offic ... More >>

[BREAKING:] DA to Announce Charges (If Any) in Kelly Thomas Killing

​Moments after receiving the county coroner's report regarding Kelly Thomas' cause of death, the Orange County District Attorney's office announced DA Tony Rackauckas is holding a press conference Wednesday morning "to discuss his filing decision following the OCDA's investigation of six Fullert ... More >>

Christopher Ryan Smith Family and Sheriff's Department Use Blog in Hopes of Finding Murder Victim's Body

​The family of presumed murder victim Christopher Ryan Smith and the Orange County Sheriff's Department have collaborated to create a blog post they hope will lead to the discovery of his body.Posted by sheriff's spokesman John McDonald on the OC Sheriff Blog, the resource includes photographs and ... More >>

Todd Spitzer is a Psychological Test Away From Joining Sheriff's Department

Christopher Victorio / OC WeeklyDeputy Spitzer?​Given we know Todd Spitzer is a prolific multitask enthusiast, it's not surprising that the prominent but office-less politician couldn't just focus on his pending 2012 race for Third District supervisor.Even while he's actively campaigning against f ... More >>

[UPDATED with More Arrests, Lesser Charges:] Acid Dry-Ice Bombs Blast South County

Melugin​UPDATE, JUNE 29, 10:58 A.M.: Sheriff's investigators have made two more arrests in what were first described as two separate "acid bomb" attacks in Laguna Hills and Mission Viejo. Deputies now claim there were six South County bombings last Thursday night, but the homemade devices relied n ... More >>

Two Men Arrested for Anti-Semitic Hate Crime in Coto de Caza

Branstetter (L) and Wickham Booking Photos​Two men have been arrested and one has so far evaded capture in an alleged April 6 hate crime attack in Coto de Caza, the Associated Press reports, noting that the classy south OC enclave is "familiar to reality TV show viewers as the home of 'The Real Ho ... More >>

Bradley Stewart Wagner, Dirty Anaheim Cop, Avoids Serving His Prison Sentence For Sex Crimes

Wagner: I'm guilty. Wait, I'm not guilty if it means prison time.​Bradley Stewart Wagner--the prize embarrassment of the Anaheim Police Department for using his badge to violently sexually assault three women he believed were illegal immigrants near Disneyland--is baaaaaaack.Well, to be precise, W ... More >>

[UPDATED: Todd Sousa Charged] Swim Coach Accused of Being 'Involved' With Underage Student

Todd Sousa​​UPDATE, MARCH 26, 3:40 P.M.: On Friday morning, Todd Sousa was arraigned and pled not guilty to 18 charges, including sexual relations with a 15-year-old student who he met through his swim lessons business. Prosecutors tried to push the OC District Court judge, Stephanie George, to ... More >>

Swim Coach Accused of Being 'Involved' With Underage Student

Todd Sousa​Another week, another story of an adult deciding to put his or her pervy hands on an underage child. Todd Sousa was in the middle of a swim practice at JSerra High on Thursday evening when authorities walked onto the pool deck and placed him under arrest. The 36-year-old swim ... More >>

Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Non-Hold-Up Hold-Up in Mission Viejo and Orange!

​Most of the material for this column happens in tiny towns across America, so it's always a pleasure to report on bizarre Taco Bell crimes in our backyard--like the case of a guy who...well, let's let the Orange County Register take this one after the jump!

[UPDATED:] Caryl Baar, OC Homicide No. 61: Allegedly Shot by Husband, Who Then Turned Gun on Self

DMV Arthur Baar​Update, December 9, 1:42 p.m.: The daughter of Arthur Baar, the 77-year-old Orange County sheriff's investigators believe shot and killed his wife of 50 years before turning the gun on himself in their Laguna Woods Village retirement community home, maintains the Dec. 6 mu ... More >>

Ryan Sheckler's Truck, an Alleged Teen Thief and a Deputy-Involved Shooting

​Pro skateboarder Ryan Sheckler's white pickup was stolen some time Friday night and, after a short pursuit of the truck Saturday morning, an Orange County Sheriff's deputy fired at least two shots at a 17-year-old driving toward the deputy and his partner.Meanwhile, the Orange County Register is ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Marcia Forsberg, OC Homicide No. 39: Deputies Say Her Hubby Did It

​SEE UPDATED VERSION OF THIS POST. Richard Gustav Forsberg would bring his wife dinner every night, but their neighbors in Rancho Santa Margarita noticed 61-year-old Marcia Ann Forsberg was not around beginning in February. They asked the hubby, a computer manager who is also 61, what happened to ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Josh Booty Settles Suit Against County Over Tasering by Sheriff's Deputies

​Former NFL quarterback and sports broadcaster Josh Booty claimed that when he was in the Orange County Jail after a February 2008 DUI arrest, he was beaten, tasered and ridiculed with comments like "big pussy motherfucker" and "the price is wrong, bitch"--a reference to his ex-wife, a former The ... More >>

James Norkin is NOT John Belushi, According to Authorities Holding the Sex Offender

​Believe it or not, that is not John Belushi in the photo released by the Orange County Sheriff's Department in connection with a case involving a man who allegedly touched a teenage girl in a sexual manner aboard a bus in South County.We stand unconvinced. Not only would one imagine Belushi weari ... More >>

Matthew Van McDaniel Gets 9 Years in Prison for Recklessly Driving Drunk Into Jail

​Otis, the town drunk from The Andy Griffith Show, famously used to lock himself into a jail cell when he got too tipsy. Perhaps that's what 25-year-old dancer and former jailee Matthew Van McDaniel was trying to do just after 2 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 10, at the James A. Musick Correctional Facility ... More >>

Crazy Morning in San Clemente

​A 23-year-old man whose actions brought Orange County sheriff's deputies to a San Clemente apartment early today is innocent of any criminal charges against him until they are proven in court, but it is safe to say he's at least guilty of making a spectacle out of himself.

Crime Time: Nekkid Folks, Robber Baby, Strip-Club Stabbers, Loaded Brownie and a Flaming Bag of Poo

Courtesy of Orange Police Department and Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentWe call this collage "Robberies, Solved and Unsolved." Top left: a man hands a teller a note demanding cash at Chase Bank in Orange. Top right: Booking photo of Adam J. Bennett, 20, of Santa Ana, who is suspected of robbing $ ... More >>

Alleged Hate Crime Sparks Reg Reader Racist Fusterkluck!

On July 4, two young white male suspects, one described as a skinhead with a swastika tattoo, allegedly attacked a Latina custodian in Ladera Ranch. In a press conference held with Sheriff's Dept. officials, the victim, 45-year-old Maria Guadarrama, said the men stole her wallet, which contained $79 ... More >>

Autopsy Report: Angels Pitcher Adenhart's Driver Was DUI

Is a Popular Legal Weapon Ending a South County Gang Rivalry, or Catching Bystanders in Its Net?

Deaths of OC MMA Fighter, Wife, Suspected to be Murder-Suicide

The LA Times, industry publications the Wrestling Observer and Sherdog and plenty of other sources report that autopsy results are leading authorities to believe that the deaths of an Orange County professional mixed martial arts fighter and his wife were exactly what they appeared to be when news b ... More >>

The Acting-Loving Jack Anderson

The county is still abuzz about the failed jewelry heist at the Shops at Mission Viejo that left an idiot in a bad wig dead and the Orange County Sheriff Department investigating its own since two deputies shot the guy. Given that Kirk Christian Knight (just one letter removed from KKK!) fired at th ... More >>

Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Criminal Miscalculations

California's New Math: The LA Times reports today that state prison officials miscalculated the sentences for not 25 or 50 or 100 but for 33,000 current inmates. According to judges, officials have been applying the "wrong formula." Writes reporter Michael Rothfeld, "The sentencing errors range fro ... More >>

Tuesday's Headlines. No Surprises: More Street dirt

More Street dirt: In his pre-treasurer-tax collector days, Chriss Street allegedly billed (and double-billed!) a bankrupt trust "for thousands of dollars in expenses, including a $3,584 laptop computer and $1,200 in office supplies," reports Ronald Campbell at the Register. The records collected by ... More >>

Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Times Finds OC!

Rodman Fouled? Did an unidentified woman who claims Dennis Rodman assaulted her on Sept. 16 punch the ex-NBA star in his chest, demand to see his genitals and give Rodman her telephone number before complaining to police? Yes, according to Darren Prince, Rodman’s manager. He tells Brianna Bailey ... More >>

Monday's Headlines & Surprises: Ass Slapping Fun!

Worm Attack in Dana Point? TMZ reports that Orange County police are investigating former Los Angeles Laker/Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman for allegedly committing a “crime” inside the Hennessy's Tavern near PCH in Dana Point. The celebrity website says Rodman was accused of slapping a female custo ... More >>

Thursday's Headlines & Surprises

Speed Eating: Would you eat 42 peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches in 10 minutes for $1,500? Patrick “P-Rock” Beroletti, a twentysomething-year-old Chicago cook, won the Drum Corps International World Peanut Butter and Jelly Eating Championship this week at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park. (Ear ... More >>

Blind Spot

For OC jail inmate John Chamberlain, jailhouse justice served as judge, juryand executioner

Shoot First, Ask No Questions Later

Sheriff will investigate cops in HB shooting, but OC has already declared them tragic heroes

'Like a Machete Cutting Through Traffic'

How and why the Sinners build new motorcycles to look 40 years old

How to Ruin a Woman

The system so reluctant to hold Greg Haidl responsible will likely punish his victim

To Protect and Swerve

Whats the deal with Sheriffs Deputy Joe Balicki and Latinos in cars?

'Our Little Secret'

Audio tape reveals cover-up of drug bust involving a sheriffs son already on trial for a videotaped gang bang

Reefer Badness

DA investigates charges sheriffs deputies covered up pot bust involving an officials son already on trial for videotaped gang-rape

On the Outside Looking In

Diary of a Mad County

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