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November 21, 2008
A Little Perspective
With all of the bickering about Prop 8 and same-sex marriage equality taking over the airwaves, internet and valuable print space, perhaps it's time we take a moment and think about how amazing it is that we are actually discussing equality in the terms of love. A story in today's New York Times hig ... More >>
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November 13, 2008
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October 4, 2007
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Brazil’s kidnapping epidemic spawns its own supply-and-demand economy
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March 15, 2007
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Here's rice in your eye!
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May 4, 2006
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October 14, 2004
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Proposition 66 co-author, opponent argue the merits of living next door to Steven Matthews
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March 25, 2004
Bring Us Your Torturers Yearning to Breathe Free
U.S. Plans to Boot OCs Thi Dinh Bui. How about the rest?
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September 9, 1999
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December 18, 2009
Fugitive Home Remodeler is Really in Trouble Now
Nasir Kamaruddin Shamsi is in so much trouble.Now, if authorities could only find him.According to the Orange County District Attorney's office, the 48-year-old Placentia home contractor allegedly:* Developed a plan to kidnap an Orange man whose home Shamsi was hired to remodel; * Got two of his ... More >>
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December 28, 2009
School Bus Driver Gets 151 Years for Molesting Little Girls
My name is Terry and I am a school bus driver A creepy school bus driver is who I am And I get 151 years to life in state prisonFor molesting little girls and taking nasty picturesOkay, so as a lyricist, I make a great blogger. And apologies to Cheech Marin for mangling his song. But Terry Shield ... More >>
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April 7, 2010
[UPDATED:] Anthony Nicolas Orban, Westminster Police Detective Accused of Brutal Rape, May Have Other Victims
UPDATE: Indictment lays out charges against the accused (details below) . . . Courtesy of Ontario Police DepartmentAnthony Nicolas Orban, a cop, and Jeffrey Thomas Jelinek, a prison guard, are held in brutal crime.Westminster Police Detective Anthony Nicolas Orban told his wife he lost his servi ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
UPDATED: Fake Police Squad Barges into Home, Kidnaps Resident
Courtesy Garden Grove PDPablo HernandezOriginally posted May 5 at 3:04 p.m. Update, May 6, 2:14 p.m: the police believe Hernandez has been released. More info at bottom of post. The group of three to six white males who burst into a Garden Grove residence this morning, carrying knives and what lo ... More >>
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May 27, 2010
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June 17, 2010
Killing for the Cartel
Police believe East LA high-school dropout Jose Saenz has killed a good friend and the mother of his daughter
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June 25, 2010
Gabriela Osorio Faces Arraignment Today for Allegedly Stabbing New Mom and Stealing Baby
According to the charges against Gabriela Osorio, the 28-year-old Santa Ana woman lied to her boyfriend and family about being pregnant, befriended a woman who really was pregnant, told her boyfriend and family she gave birth, tried to kill the real new mom and kidnapped her supposed friend's bab ... More >>
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August 6, 2010
Alberto Martinez Gets Death Penalty for Bizarre Family Murder Plot
Deborah Perna, who was the office manager at her family's trucking business, was jealous that her father intended to pass control to her brother, who she was also convinced was stealing from the company. So, the 53-year-old Anaheim resident arranged to have her brother whacked. Today, a second ga ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
Seized
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August 26, 2010
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Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.
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December 16, 2010
[UPDATED:] Sheryl Lynn Massip, Who Killed and Ran Over Her Baby in 1988, Loses Sanity Bid
Update, December 16, 3:23 p.m.: A jury today rejected Sheryl Lynn Smith's Restoration of Sanity petition, which would have made all further medical and psychological treatments for the 46-year-old convicted in 1988 of murdering her 43-day-old son completely voluntary. Smith, whose last name was ... 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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February 11, 2011
Daniel Chomina Wins Ugly Police Mug of Week . . . and Four Years in Prison for Hitting Man With Butt of Gun and Kidnapping His Own Daughter
Daniel Chomina had our ugly police mug judges with his smirk.However, what he did to warrant the booking photo--and ultimate conviction--was also ugly.After bringing his 3-year-old daughter to his ex-girlfriend's for a custody exchange in July 2009, the 29-year-old Garden Grove man became enra ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
[UPDATE: Family Intervention!] Possible Kidnapping on UC Irvine Campus
Have you seen me? License plate no.: 3WPH029UPDATE, FEB. 4, 3:10 P.M.: The matter has been resolved, according to UC Irvine. The "kidnapping" was actually an intervention staged by family members of a UC Irvine employee. The family has taken the woman to an area hospital. No arrests were ma ... 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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March 28, 2011
[UPDATED] Armando Macias Faces Death Penalty for Bizarre Family Murder Plot
David MontemayorUPDATE, MARCH 28, 9:34 A.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) today goes for a third death penalty conviction and sixth and final conviction overall in the 2002 murder of a Buena Park man that was set in motion by his sister, who was jealous he was being handed ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
Juan Pablo Garcia and Brother Jorge Armando Garcia Convicted of Gang Murder of 17-Year-Old
Juan Pablo GarciaJuan Pablo Garcia was convicted of possession of a deadly weapon on Nov. 9, 2007, but a street terrorism count and sentencing enhancements tied to gang activities were rejected, sparing the then 26-year-old Santa Anan from more time behind bars. Despite a 1997 conviction for kidn ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
[UPDATED with Conviction:] Armando Macias Faces Death Penalty for Bizarre Family Murder Plot
Courtesy of OCDAArmando MaciasUPDATE, APRIL 21, 5:56 P.M.: A jury in Santa Ana today found Armando Macias guilty of murder--a conviction that could bring the 35-year-old Lancaster gang banger the death penalty.Macias was part of the family murder plot of businessman David Montemayor, 44, of Buena ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
Carole Rudat, Seeing Political Conspiracy in Dognapping, Offers Up to $100,000 in Rewards
Carole Rudat really wants her Romeo back, offering the following rewards for the chocolate brown and white chihuahua who has been missing from her Newport Beach backyard since August 2010:"$10,000 for the information leading to the arrest of each person involved or with knowledge of the kidnappin ... More >>
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May 19, 2011
[UPDATED with Sentence:] Armando Macias: DEATH!
Courtesy of OCDAArmando MaciasUPDATE, MAY 19, 6:08 P.M.: A jury today recommended that gang member Armando Macias, 35, of Lancaster, receive the death penalty for his role in a bizarre family murder plot in 2002.It was Macias who "executed" 44-year-old David Montemayor, who was fleeing after bri ... More >>
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June 13, 2011
Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Fake Kidnapping!
A real kidnapping is a tragedy, one of the worst possible crimes imaginable. Pretending to get kidnapped, on the other hand, is disgraceful. And telling police you were kidnapped but really weren't but you told cops because you wanted to hide your gambling trip from your mom? An arrestable offens ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
Phat Huy To, the Garlic & Onion Donut Rapist, Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison
On Friday afternoon, Phat Huy To was read his 8-year prison sentence for forcibly raping and sodomizing a 23-year-old woman in Garden Grove in July 2010. To had plead guilty and was charged with one felony count each for forcible rape, sodomy by force, forcible oral copulation, and kidnapping, ac ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
[UPDATED with Insanity Plea:] Anthony Nicholas Orban, Ex-Westminster PD Detective, Blames Rape of Waitress on Meds for Stress From Iraq War
UPDATE, JULY 20, 10:36 A.M.: Eight months ago, the Weekly reported that Anthony Nicholas Orban's defense attorneys seemed to be cooking up an insanity plea to charges that the then-Westminster Police detective abducted a waitress in Ontario and raped her with a gun to her head in nearby Fontana.L ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
[UPDATED with Judge's Affirmation:] Armando Macias: DEATH!
Courtesy of OCDAArmando MaciasUPDATE, SEPT. 1, 1:26 P.M.: Superior Court Judge Francisco Briseno today affirmed the death sentence for gang member Armando Macias, the triggerman in a bizarre family murder plot in 2002.A jury that convicted Macias in April for his role in the slaying followed up ... More >>
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September 7, 2011
Alfredo Granados Canchola Looking at 40 Years in Prison Minimum for Terrorizing Local Girls
A jury in Santa Ana today found a 29-year-old Artesia man guilty of kidnapping, trying to kidnap and sexually assaulting three different girls over a 5-month span.Alfredo Granados Canchola was convicted of five felony counts and a sentencing enhancement for the commission of a sexual offense ag ... More >>
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September 30, 2011
Robert Edward Smyrak and Larry James Allred: Two Knuckleheads Bootlegged Disney Pins
Is there any doubt Disney will sue the balls off anyone who bootlegs its merchandise? Nope.Need proof? Just ask the two Southern California knuckleheads who were busted importing $2 million worth of bootlegged Disney pins from China.Learn more about their attempted scam (and some even more distur ... More >>
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October 25, 2011
District Attorney Launches First-Ever Facebook Page for Abducted Orange County Children
The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) has launched what's hailed as a first-of-its-kind social networking page developed and utilized by a U.S. prosecutorial agency: a Facebook page for children abducted from Orange County. Developed by the OCDA Bureau of Investigation, the page f ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
Pair Who Helped With A Human Smuggling Attempt in 2005 Were Acquitted Of Kidnapping For Ransom Charges, Guilty Of Lesser Crimes
Two men, who could have faced life imprisonment if convicted, were acquitted on charges of kidnapping for ransom Monday.The jury did, however, find 52-year-old Reynaldo Junior Eid and 57-year-old Alaor Docarmo Oliveira Jr. guilty of lesser crimes for their role in the smuggling of a Brazilian wom ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
Christopher Raymond Olague, Pastor Accused of Molesting Girl, 8, and Having Child Porn That Included Female Relative, 6, Pleads Not Guilty
Church pastor Christopher Raymond Olague pleaded not guilty at his arraignment last week to molesting an 8-year-old girl who was allegedly paid $40 not to say anything about being victimized and having child pornography on his computer that included a 6-year-old female relative. At the time of O ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Raul Barrientos in Court for Allegedly Raping Disabled Woman in Fullerton College Restroom
You can imagine Raul Barrientos telling a lady, "Look into my bedroom eyes, liebchen, and I will take you places you've never been before." But the Anaheim 22-year-old has a pre-trial hearing scheduled this morning tied to something more disgusting than that line: raping a young woman with sever ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
Niveen Ismail Seemed Prison-Bound for Plot to Kidnap Son Until Jurors Heard Her on Tape
Niveen Ismail headed into a Santa Ana courtroom last week facing the possibility of a three-year prison sentence for allegedly asking a private investigator to kidnap her 7-year-old son from his foster parents. But, after three hours of deliberations, the jury found the Newport Beach 45-year-old ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Charles Craig Clements, Bank Teller Kidnapper, Gets Life Due to Handcuff Keys Up His Ass
Charles Craig Clements: golf fan, assmanOn his way to court Dec. 20 to be sentenced for kidnapping a pregnant bank teller from her home so she could open her Anaheim bank's vault, Charles Craig Clements fell down, injuring himself. That delayed the court hearing, but the 50-year-old's medical tre ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Orange County Death Row Inmate Wins California Supreme Court Reversal
Brents: Gotta match?A vicious Orange County career criminal, heroin addict, pimp and killer given a death sentence nearly 12 years ago has reason to rejoice today after the California Supreme Court reversed the punishment because a judge here botched the jury instructions.In a 26-page ruling writ ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Dan Floyd Hillard Needed a Ride to the Bus Stop, Then Got One to City Jail
HillardDan Floyd Hillard and Jenon R. Walker needed a ride to the bus stop, and they got one--in a delivery truck while the delivery driver held on for dear life in the back.Now, 42-year-old Hillard of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is in a Costa Mesa jail cell, where he is being held in lieu of $20,000 bail o ... More >>

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