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May 9, 2013
Orange County Child Molester: Shouldn't I Get Credit For Assaulting 11YO-Girl Quickly?
In August 2009, a Stanton laundromat janitor lured an 11-year-old girl into a closet with the promise of free perfume, locked the door and sexually molested her. At his 2011 trial in Orange County Superior Court, Nereo Del Valle won three convictions: kidnapping for child molestation, and two felon ... More >>
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April 25, 2013
Moises Rendon Held for Bizarre Kidnap Try on 15 y.o. Girl, But What About His Accomplice?
Santa Ana Police have a 28-year-old man in custody for allegedly being the creeper who was wearing gloves and carrying a rag as he ran at an desperately tried to grab a 15-year-old girl walking to Santa Ana Valley High School Wednesday morning.But as Moises Rendon sits in the city jail thanks to his ... More >>
Blogs
February 20, 2013
Sources: OC DA Investigating Costa Mesa Police Union for Possible Crimes in Jim Righeimer DUI Set-Up Last Year
Remember that weird-ass story last year involving Costa Mesa councilmember Jim Righeimer, a private dick who called 911 saying Riggy was DUI-ing after emerging from Skosh Monahan's, and Costa Mesa PD summarily forcing Riggy out of his house and giving him sobriety tests even though all he had to dri ... More >>
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February 4, 2013
Schizophrenic Vietnamese Immigrant Loses Attempted Civic Center Rape Conviction Appeal
Born in 1970 in South Vietnam and adopted by an Orange County family five years later, Son Kim Tran struggled to get his life on track.But Tran dropped out of high school, got lost in drugs and booze and, in 1996, was diagnosed with schizophrenia.Four years later he committed rape, went to a Califor ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2012
[UPDATED with Charges, How He Made Bail:] Jesus Acosta-Inchaorrondo, Out on Bail for Alleged Molest and Sex Assault on Teen Relative, Accused of Plot to Kidnap Her
See the update at the end of this post on the charges and possible prison time the defendant faces and which church posted his original $100,000 bail.The Costa Mesa Police Department is dealing with a wild case involving a 58-year-old Laguna Hills man awaiting a Nov. 2 court appearance for allegedly ... More >>
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October 4, 2012
Orange County Home Invasion Robber: Judge Screwed Up So I Win, Right?
Orange County Superior Court Judge Gary S. Paer read an outdated jury instruction at the conclusion of Anthony Michael Vega's trial for a 2008 kidnapping and home invasion robbery in La Habra and the Commerce man got sent away to prison.Vega appealed the 2011 convictions and this week learned that j ... More >>
Blogs
September 18, 2012
Boyfriend Rapist of Anaheim High Student Hates California's One Strike Law
A month after Orange County Jorge Luna turned 18 in 2007, his girlfriend ended their two-year romantic relationship and he reacted angrily by promising that if she "wasn't his, then she was no one's."The following day Luna confronted the Anaheim High School student when she arrived on campus, pulled ... More >>
Blogs
September 11, 2012
Hector Campos of Orange Dies After Being Kidnapped and Shot in Long Beach; 3 Held
A 24-year-old man from Orange who was kidnapped Friday in Long Beach, shot and left for dead passed away Monday, according to authorities, who have three suspects in custody. Hector Campos had been seen by witnesses being shoved into a car's trunk in the 1200 block of 10th Street just before noon. O ... More >>
Blogs
August 8, 2012
[UPDATED with Charges Clarified:] Grisel Maria Ramirez Held in Newborn-napping Try
See updates Nos. 4 and 5 at the end of this post on the charges and prison time Grisel Maria Ramirez faces, as well as allegations she shopped for a baby in "multiple hospital rooms."Also see updates: No. 3 on 9-1-1 audio and another hospital possibly targeted; No. 2 with photo evidence and the susp ... More >>
Blogs
August 7, 2012
Raul Barrientos Gets 30 Years for Raping Severely Disabled Woman at Fullerton College
Anaheim 23-year-old Raul Barrientos was convicted Monday of raping and sexually assaulting a woman with severe mental and physical disabilities in a Fullerton College men's restroom.After pleading guilty to two felony counts of forcible digital penetration and one felony count each of forcible rap ... More >>
Blogs
June 26, 2012
[UPDATED with Sentencing Details, Disturbing Testimony:] Anthony Nicholas Orban, Ex-Westminster Cop, Guilty of Violent Rape
See update No. 3 at end of this post for details on sentencing and a disturbing testimony that undercut Anthony Nicholas Orban's Zoloft defense.See update No. 2 at end of this post for details on the jury determining Orban was sane when he kidnapped and raped a waitress at the nose of his Westm ... More >>
Blogs
June 5, 2012
James Lee Crummel's Death Row Suicide Gives No Closure to Family of Missing Victim
The families of those victimized and suspected of having been victimized by James Lee Crummel didn't lose any sleep upon learning the serial child molester and killer had hung himself in his cell on California's death row. But onetime Newport Beach resident Crummel's suicide caused at least one fami ... More >>
Blogs
June 5, 2012
Citizen of the Week! Ray Michael Blackmore Can't Control His Penis
At the age of 18 in 1984, Orange County's Ray Michael Blackmore couldn't control his penis. Blackmore stood outside a 16-year-old girl's bedroom window one night, reached inside, tried to yank off her shirt and failed.While the girl called a 911 operator for help, he climbed through a kitchen window ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2012
[UPDATED with Conviction:] Daniel Vlas Flores Guilty of Developmentally Disabled 7-year-old Girl's Kidnapping and Rape
UPDATE, APRIL 27, 1:32 P.M.: A jury today found Daniel Vlas Flores guilty of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 7-year-old developmentally disabled girl in 2009. The Huntington Beach 30-year-old faces a maximum sentence of 72 years in state prison at his June 6 sentencing in Westminster.ORIGINAL ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2012
Why The Voice Project, America's Latest Anti-Kony Project, is B.S.
Editor's note: OC Weekly's infamous Kenyan intern, Peter Ngugi, still doesn't have his own blog account, so once again, I'm posting this on his behalf. Take it away, Peter...As former President George W. Bush once said, "Fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me, you can't get fooled again."U ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2012
MySpace Perv Joshua David Threlkeld Facing Life Sentence For Luring 40 Girls Into Sending Him Naked Pics
Joshua David Threlkeld, a 34-year-old pervert from Orange, was found guilty Wednesday in Riverside County Superior Court of kidnapping a 13-year-old Moreno Valley girl for sex and getting 40 girls to send him naked pictures of themselves. Threlkeld is scheduled to be sentenced April 11 ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2012
Vagan Adzhemyan, Former Champion Armenia Wrestler, Gets 30 Years for Violent Kidnapping
A former Armenia wrestling champion living in Costa Mesa was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for kidnapping a business associate who was accidentally shot during the abduction before being beaten, tased and denied medical attention while his captor negotiated a $1 million ransom."No one d ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2012
Orange County Death Row Inmate Wins California Supreme Court Reversal
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 written by Justice Joyce ... More >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
January 4, 2012
Charles Craig Clements, Bank Teller Kidnapper, Gets Life Due to Handcuff Keys Up His Ass
On 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 treatment ultimately informed the sentence ... More >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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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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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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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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 >>
News
August 26, 2010
Asylum Denied
Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.
News
August 12, 2010
Seized
Inside the brutal world of America's kidnapping capital
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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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May 27, 2010
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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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Film
October 4, 2007
Clients of Industry
Brazil’s kidnapping epidemic spawns its own supply-and-demand economy
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June 22, 2006
Deep Doo-doo
A modern-day Bonnie and Clyde are after your money again
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May 4, 2006
Baghdad Diaries
One womans two-year adventure in Iraqs Green Zone
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August 11, 2005
Superman Pajamas
How SmartWear Technologies hopes to profit from paranoia
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September 9, 1999
Inner Children
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