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January 14, 2008
Game Over? Carona resigns!
The AP and OC Register report that Sheriff Michael Carona will announce his resignation today in order to better focus on the case against him. We were sitting here pinching ourselves when we wandered over to the OCSD blog and read this statement from Carona. Guess it ain't a dream: Over the past f ... More >>
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April 3, 2008
Slain Deputy Faced Criminal Charges
Sources tell OC Weekly that the Orange County Sheriff's Department deputy found dead in a car parked in Aliso Viejo yesterday had been the subject of a sex crimes investigation in the District Attorney's office and may have opted to kill himself rather than face arrest. Susan Schroeder at the DA's ... More >>
News
November 4, 1999
Armed and Dangerous
A Weekling with a gun
Blogs
November 5, 2008
Carona Corruption Trial Quote Of The Day
"He had no problem being corrupt. He just didn't want to be stupid about it." --Former Orange County Sheriff's Department Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl testifying this afternoon in Santa Ana about FBI indicted ex-Sheriff Mike Carona's private views on taking bribes, lying to the public and illegally ... More >>
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March 3, 2009
OC Union and Democratic Activists Call County Board Shameful
Spirited Orange County union and Democratic Party officials gathered this morning outside the county's Hall of Administration to protest the Board of Supervisors' firing of more than 200 Social Service Agency employees as one way to address massive budget woes. With a backdrop of placard-waving seni ... More >>
Culture
February 23, 2006
'Like a Machete Cutting Through Traffic'
How and why the Sinners build new motorcycles to look 40 years old
Columns
December 29, 2005
The Year in Diary of a Mad County
Worst. Year. Ever!
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April 26, 2009
To The Very End, Mike Carona is a Shameless Hypocrite
It's not a crime if the sheriff does itPlease, please, please don't punish me for my criminal activity!--The position ex-Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona is taking with U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Guilford, who will decide on April 27 what punishment is fitting for the former top cop's repeate ... More >>
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September 29, 2009
Crime Time: F-Bombers, Tiki Takers, Beatles Fans, Creepy Molesters and Tawny Kitaen on the Loose
FACES OF TAWNY Actress, ex-Anaheim Angel wife, car hood buffer, supposedly reformed druggie and all-around hot mess Tawny Kitaen is shown on a February 2004 Weekly sex issue cover (left); in a booking photo from her April 2002 assault on then husband Chuck Finley in Newport Beach (top right); and wr ... More >>
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July 13, 2009
Did the Moon Rise for Last Time at Annual Mugs Away Event?
Photo by Christopher VictorioIt's mighty uncrowded along the fence as folks bare their asses for passing trains Saturday.After getting the greenlight from the Laguna Niguel City Council, the Orange County Sheriff's Department beefed up its presence before Saturday's annual mooning of passing trains ... More >>
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November 4, 2009
Crime Time: Double the Fun Starring [Alleged] Skeevy Teachers, Fake Cop Robbers and Ryan Seacrest's Strange Stalker
It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--actually the Weekly's TWO weekly round-up as an attempt is made to make up for lost vacation time.Left courtesy of E! Entertainment, right courtesy of Orange Police DepartmentRyan Seacrest (left) gets paid another visit from his No. 1 Army spe ... More >>
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November 19, 2009
DUI Checkpoints Set For Stanton and Villa Park
Here's government-sponsored motivation for you to make it safely to Thanksgiving. The Orange County Sheriff's Department announced this morning that its "DUI Task Force" will conduct "roving patrols" in Stanton and Villa Park on Friday, November 20. Deputies will target areas that attract drunks ... More >>
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December 18, 2009
Roving Patrols to Catch Drivers Under the Influence of Eggnog
Toni Blay on flickr, Creative Commons.We already warned you about DUI checkpoints to be held in Anaheim, Costa Mesa and Westminster this weekend. If you saw that post and thought "Merry me, I don't live in central county so I can go crazy with the hard cider in my hatchback tonight"... we've got ... More >>
Blogs
February 12, 2010
Deputies Hunt for Drunken Drivers in South County Tonight
Anaheim is not the only Orange County town launching DUI saturation patrols tonight.
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March 23, 2010
Dawn Marie Baloun, Teacher at Juvie, Charged With Kissing and Fondling Boy
CORRECTION: The victim's age was incorrect in an earlier version of this post. A female teacher at a juvenile correctional facility in Trabuco Canyon was charged today with having an unlawful relationship with a 15 16-year-old housed at the facility by kissing and fondling him after meeting in ... More >>
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April 20, 2010
Small Time Crooks Accused of Tunneling into Medical Marijuana Dispensary
Which way to the pot?In the 2000 Woody Allen movie Small Time Crooks, a dim, nickle-and-dime criminal hatches a plan to re-open a pizza place so he and his dimmer cronies can dig through to a bank down the street. Proving that inspiration can come from anywhere, three men allegedly tunneled thei ... More >>
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April 30, 2010
Fake craigslist Ad Brings Rush of Lookiloos to San Clemente Home
From PeepersDennis Romero over at our big sis' paper LA Weekly has a post about a craigslist rental advertisement that sent a bunch of lookiloos to a San Clemente pad that was going to be leased out for $3,500 a month.The problem was the couple living in the 2,800-square-foot home had not yet pla ... More >>
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May 5, 2010
Police/French Army to be Out in Force to Stop Cinco de Drinko Imbibers/Mexican Army
If you celebrate Cinco de Mayo today in Cinco de Drinko style (see the current print edition for places to get sauced--or salsaed), you may want to pretend that you are a member of the Mexican army and the police are invading French soldiers.That's because cops will be out in force today not to c ... More >>
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June 8, 2010
[UPDATED:] Harvey Romero Jr., OC Homicide No. 24: Shot in the Face
Harvey Romero Jr., a 20-year-old from Garden Grove, left a graduation and birthday party in a car with four other people inside Friday night. At about 10 p.m., the car stopped on Santa Catalina Avenue in Stanton and the people inside started looking for a friend in the area. They talked to a gro ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
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 >>
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July 9, 2010
What's the Cost for Police Service in Your City?
At the most recent meeting of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, Sheriff Sandra Hutchens got the five supes to approve $77 million in annual police service contracts with 11 cities throughout the county.That amount represents a slight increase (primarily due to deputy benefits) over the last ... More >>
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July 16, 2010
Warning to Rummies: DUI Patrols Tonight!
Brooklyn Museum ArchivesDid somebody order a designated driver?If you're driving in Lake Forest, Mission Viejo or Rancho Santa Margarita today, you may notice more sheriff's patrol cars on the road than usual.And, if you've been drinking:1) What are you doing driving, butt wipe?2) The deputies in ... More >>
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August 17, 2010
On Record, the Carpenters Bombed
Could it have been this 45?The Register reports that the Cypress Police Department received a suspicious package Monday, which led to a call to the Orange County Sheriff's Department bomb squad. The dangerous package? "An old 45 single by The Carpenters, with a note asking police t ... More >>
Blogs
October 1, 2010
Pop and Lock Bandits Frontin' It OC-Style
The FBI and the Orange County Sheriff's Department have issued a special bulletin and $10,000 reward for information leading to a live look at that breakin' and frontin' act taking center stage at local banks, the Pop and Lock Crew.B-boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyz!Check that: being sought for capture ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
Sheriff Hutchens Hopes To Make Money Inside The Jail
Flickr user RionCMNext Tuesday the Orange County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to consider Sheriff Sandra Hutchen's request to approve a contract allowing bail bonds companies and criminal defense lawyers to advertise their services inside the county jail. Hutchens' biggest selling point ... More >>
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December 12, 2010
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!
Blogs
December 17, 2010
[UPDATED:] Tustin, Cypress, La Habra, Costa Mesa, Dana Point and Garden Grove Hold DUI Checkpoints Tonight, a Bunch More Follow Through the Holidays
Update, December 17, 2:46 p.m.: Irvine Police announce a DUI checkpoint for Saturday night (weather permitting). Details on next page.Update, December 17, 12:11 p.m.: Two more DUI checkpoints will be held tonight, in Seal Beach and Huntington Beach.The Seal Beach operation runs from 6 tonight ... More >>
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January 28, 2011
[UPDATED] James Edward Norkin Is NOT John Belushi, According to Authorities Holding the Sex Offender
UPDATE, JAN. 28, 7:08 P.M.: A sex-offender parolee and John Belushi look-alike was sentenced today to five years in state prison for molesting a 14-year-old girl on an Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) bus in front of her friends. Get this: At the time of the offense, the genius was ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
Edward Justin La Porte, Ex-Cop Accused of Pulling Fake Massage-Parlor Check and Getting Free Rubdown While Naked, May Have Hit More Shops
The Orange County Sheriff's Department is reaching out to local massage parlors.Betcha never thought you'd read that--well, not since international connoisseur of "phenomenal pussy" Mike Carona was run out of the sheriff's office.The alert to spas and massage parlors comes after the alleged illeg ... More >>
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February 18, 2011
Jesus Christ Threatens to Kill Obama
The Orange County Sheriff's Department received a call just after 10 a.m. Sunday from a distressed individual at Crossline Church, 23331 Moulton Parkway, Laguna Hills.Passing by the pews was a fellow who claimed he was Jesus Christ risen from the dead, and he had a message you won't find in Sunda ... More >>
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March 21, 2011
Pot, Guns and Cash Seized After Raids of Dispensaries and Homes
Weed, guns and money were seized last week after law enforcement served search warrants at storefront medical marijuana dispensaries in Lake Forest and Long Beach and the homes of people associated with the shops.According to a notice from the Orange County Sheriff's Department, members of South ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
DUI Patrols Intensify for Cinco de Drinko
I mean, it's not like your favorite outpost of alternative newsiness is bastardizing the Mexican Army's unlikely victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, with "Cinco de Drinko" listings. Er, check that.Anyways, in other Cinco de Drunk Tank news, the countywide "Avoid the 38 ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
[UPDATED with Bigamy Charge:] Antonio Potenciano Gana, OC Homicide No. 15: Allegedly Shot By Wife Accused of Also Shooting Son on Mother's Day
UPDATE, MAY 12, 1:20 P.M.: A Filipino newspaper reports Antonio Potenciano Gana, the 72-year-old Mother's Day murder victim, is the former general manager of the Manila International Airport Authority, which oversees the airport in the country's capital. The Philippine Star also claims the slai ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
[UPDATED with Final Tallies:] Fourth of July Surprise! Stepped Up DUI Checkpoints and Patrols
UPDATE, JULY 6, 10:38 A.M.: The Avoid the 38 DUI Task Force just released the final numbers from the holiday weekend past's three sobriety checkpoints and multiple DUI saturation patrols countywide.From 12:01 a.m. Friday through midnight Monday, officers representing 38 county law enforcement age ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
[BREAKING:] Plum Crazy Fool Takes Deputy's Gun from Holster at John Wayne Airport
This afternoon at John Wayne Airport, a man managed to come up on a uniformed sheriff's deputy from behind and remove his gun from his holster.The deputy and a second sheriff's department employee managed to recover the gun and take the man into custody without any shots being fired. The employee ... More >>
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July 26, 2011
[UPDATED with Victim's Death:] Leovardo Vera Bustos, OC Homicide No. 33: Dies From Single Punch Outside Nightclub
Medina-PerezUPDATE, JULY 26, 7:44 A.M.: 24-year-old Westminster resident Leovardo Vera Bustos has died from the brain injuries suffered after sustaining a single punch in front of La Barca NIght Club in Stanton on July 5.Bustos fell backward, hit the ground hard, lost consciousness and never reg ... More >>
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July 18, 2011
Man Fights With Estranged Wife Then Sets Himself on Fire
A 50-year-old Rancho Santa Margarita man attempted suicide by setting himself on fire.The Orange County Sheriff's Department and Orange County Fire Authority responded to a call that came in around 11:15 p.m. Friday from a neighbor who heard the man screaming on the deck of his condominium on Blu ... More >>
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July 29, 2011
DUI Patrols Cover Stanton and Villa Park Tonight
If you're getting your drink on in Stanton and/or Villa Park tonight, be advised to have a designated driver along.The Orange County Sheriff's Department this morning announced roving DUI patrols in those contract cities.
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September 1, 2011
Don't Throw the Baby Out With the Bongwater
An incident from Ladera Ranch last week brings to mind the young Florida mom who was busted last year for posting a photo on Facebook of her baby appearing to smoke from a bong.Only, in the latest case, the toddler actually did consume something.No, not the pot in the bowl. The bongwater.Yeccch!
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September 12, 2011
[UPDATED with Navy Taking Over Probe of Corpsman Daniel Morgan:] Bomb Threat Clears San Clemente High School
UPDATE, SEPT. 12, 8:55 A.M.: Because no bombs were discovered at San Clemente High School, nor has any evidence of crime turned up outside Camp Pendleton involving Navy medic Daniel Morgan, the 22-year-old corpsman will not be charged in Orange County courts.That does not mean Morgan is off the h ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
Anti-DUI Enforcers Say Boozy Driving Arrests Were Up This Summer
Orange County's "Avoid the 38" anti-DUI campaign, which involves policing agencies throughout the region, released preliminary figures on arrests made during routine patrols, special patrols of roads frequented by drunken drivers and sobriety checkpoints over 18 summer days.Cautioning that figure ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
San Clemente High School Bus Drivers: Unsung Heroes of the Bomb Scare
As you may have previously read, an empty bomb threat on the first day of school at San Clemente High School drew a response from the FBI, the Navy, the Marines, U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the Orange County Sheriff's Department, a regional counter-terrorism team, the Capistrano Unified S ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Mario Manuel Castro, OC Sheriff's Deputy, Charged for Driving on Wrong Side of Road with .24 Blood Alcohol Level
Moxley is doing...something...so I'll step up to the plate and use his Orange County Sheriff's Department bat to smash Sandra Hutchens' crew anew. After all, this one writes itself!On Sept. 30, sheriff's deputy Mario Manuel Castro had a few too many at a Costa Mesa bar while off-duty--like, three ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
[UPDATED with DA Charges:] Christopher David Schwanke, Parolee Accused of Showing Partiers "Man-Gina" and Later Fingering the Hostess
UPDATE, NOV. 2, 11:40 A.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) this morning announced the following charges against Christopher David Schwanke: one felony count each of sexual penetration by foreign object by force, sexual penetration by foreign object of an unconscious victim, ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
Sobriety Checkpoint in Anaheim and Roving Patrols for Boozy Drivers in South County Tonight
The Anaheim Police Department is holding a sobriety checkpoint tonight through early Saturday.Meanwhile, the Orange County Sheriff's Department has roving DUI patrols in some of the South County cities it patrols tonight.Check after the jump for the exact locations.
Blogs
November 30, 2011
Man Who Beat and Robbed 88-year-old Woman Sought
The Orange County Sheriff's Department is reaching out to the public to help find a man who robbed and roughed up an 88-year-old woman who'd returned to her Tustin area home after making a bank withdrawal on Nov. 22. He is described as a clean-cut Hispanic, 5-foot-6, 150 lbs. with short black hai ... More >>
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December 2, 2011
Roving DUI Patrols Hit Aliso Viejo, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel and Laguna Woods Tonight
The Orange County Sheriff's Department holds DUI roving patrols tonight in Aliso Viejo, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel and Laguna Woods.Deputies will target areas that have a high incidence of DUI-related arrests and collisions, according to a department release.
Blogs
December 8, 2011
Long Beach Parolee Held in Home Invasion of 90-year-old Rossmoor Lady
OCSDA Long Beach parolee was arrested this morning in Wednesday's Rossmoor home invasion that had a 90-year-old woman held at gunpoint, tied up and robbed.The names of those involved have not yet been released, although the Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) has revealed the suspect is 23, ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
[UPDATED with Decorative Cause:] Bomb Squad Called to Anaheim Church
UPDATE, DEC. 28, 10:27 A.M.: The cause for alarm that prompted the Orange County Sheriff's Department bomb squad to swoop down on Faith Lutheran Church in Anaheim this morning has been revealed:A box of Christmas tinsel. Don't laugh: anyone who's picked the shiny lace out of shag carpeting knows ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Police Find 2 Grenades at Cypress Home, But Resident Says He Has a Third
While serving a search warrant at a home in the 5300 block of Bishop Street in Cypress this morning, the man of the house being cuffed for alleged narcotics sales mentioned he had three grenades on the premises. The disclosure prompted a call to the Orange County Sheriff's Department Bomb Squad, ... More >>
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