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April 4, 2013
[UPDATED with Rescuers Put in Harm's Way:] Kyndall Jack and Nicholas Cendoya Saved
See Update No. 7 on page 3 about a recently concluded press conference giving a complete overview of the latest events in Trabuco Canyon.See Update Nos. 3-6 on page 2 about the man being found alive, the search resuming for the woman, Kyndall Jack being found and airlifted out and how it all happene ... More >>
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March 20, 2013
Baylor Eldric Maggenti, Facing Illegal Firearms, Bomb-Material Counts, Has Child Porn Added
The Costa Mesa man who was arrested on suspicion of possessing bomb-making materials and illegal firearms days after the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook massacre is now also accused of having had 33 photos of girls who appear scantily clad or in sexually suggestive poses and all younger than 10. Baylor Eldric Ma ... More >>
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February 4, 2013
Have You Seen the Creeper Who Groped Girl Jogging in Anaheim?
Anaheim Police have released a sketch of a man who groped a girl jogging through the city Saturday morning.The 14-year-old was jogging near the intersection of Cerritos Avenue and Gilbert Street around 9 a.m. when the stranger grabbed at her groin and butt before running away.
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January 31, 2013
OC DREAMers to Demand OC Sheriff Sandra Hutchens Stop Collaborating with ICE
It's been one hell of a busy week for any and all things immigrant! From the Gang of 8's framework for immigration reform to the Deporter-in-Chief Barack Obama's own speech on the subject in Las Vegas, politicians have been putting their dos centavos in. After Inauguration Day banner drops along the ... More >>
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January 16, 2013
Edder Giovani Nieves-Bera, Once Deported Tattoo Artist, Allegedly Plied 14 y.o. Girl with Drugs, Alcohol, Free Tattoo, Creepy Advances
A tattoo artist who was previously deported after serving time for child annoyance in Murrieta in 2004 was arrested Tuesday at Dana Point Harbor, where he thought he was meeting a 14-year-old girl he'd allegedly lured to his Mission Viejo home with promises of drugs, alcohol and free ink.Waiting ins ... More >>
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January 15, 2013
[UPDATED with More Serious Charges:] Jorge Diosdado Serafin, Youth Soccer Ref, Allegedly Molested 2 Boys and Forcibly Raped a Third
See the update at the end of this post with the DA revealing there is a third victim and filing serious charges that could put the defendant away for life with a conviction.ORIGINAL POST, JAN. 14, 3:46 P.M.: Wonder which Mexican state is dear to Jorge Serafin's heart?Also wonder how folks there woul ... More >>
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December 7, 2012
Anti-DUI Deputies Flood Streets of Dana Point, San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano Tonight
If you're driving south tonight--or north from South County--you may want to program your GPS to avoid the cities of Dana Point, San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano.That's because the Orange County Sheriff's Department, which patrols all three, is holding "saturation patrols" from 8 tonight through ... More >>
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October 31, 2012
Halloween Anti-DUI Patrols Give Revelers Behind the Wheel a Scare
Ghosts, ghoulies and other trick-or-treaters won't be the only scary beings out tonight as the Orange County Sheriff's Department has announced it is stepping up patrols for drunken drivers."Keep the party off the road" is the message of the Orange County Avoid DUI task force.
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October 23, 2012
Sheriff's Deputies Barge Into Cancer-Stricken Disabled Woman's House with Guns Drawn to Evict Her
On the morning of October 10, Niko Black was alone and ill when deputies from the Orange County Sheriff's Department arrived to evict her from her Garden Grove home on Shannon Avenue. "I'm in my bed and I see them storming my property," she tells the Weekly. "I crawl to my wheelchair."The 37-year-ol ... More >>
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September 25, 2012
[UPDATED with Conviction:] Flordeliza Aguillo Escano and Son James Francis Alambra Guilty of Abandoning 30 Dogs
See the update at the end of this post on the defendants' guilty pleas and sentences.ORIGINAL POST, SEPT. 25, 8:02 A.M.: A mother and son are scheduled to be arraigned in Newport Beach this morning on charges of abusing and abandoning 30 dogs in a South County park. Rancho Santa Margarita's Flordel ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2012
Huntington Beach Police SWAT Officer Shot--by Fellow SWAT Officer
Following a day of training, SWAT team officers were cleaning their weapons at the Huntington Beach police station around 10 p.m. Wednesday when an officer's revolver fired.The round struck the floor and ricocheted, striking the leg of a colleague, according to police spokesmen. The unidentified sho ... More >>
Blogs
June 18, 2012
[UPDATED with Description Change:] Do You Recognize This Man Found Floating in the Bolsa Chica Surf?
See update at end of post about the county coroner correcting the initial description of the man found floating in the Bolsa Chica surf.ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 14, 2:58 P.M.: Do you recognize the man in this drawing?If so, the Coroner's Division of the Orange County Sheriff's Department would like to he ... More >>
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May 30, 2012
Anaheim Gets Its First Cop Block!
OWS Facebook PageIt looks like Anaheim got its very first entry on citizen vigilante website Cop Block.Not so fast though--it does not concern the Anaheim Police Department, which sees at least a half dozen people demonstrating against deadly excessive force in front of their department every S ... More >>
Blogs
May 21, 2012
Four Tons of Floating Weed Discovered Off Dana Point
Presumably this is unrelated to the arrival of Japanese tsunami debris along the California coastline that we've all been hearing about. But at about noon yesterday, a boater who either really hates marijuana or really loves obeying the law, called authorities to report several large bales of weed f ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2012
New Jail ATMs For Orange County's Criminal Lovers
For those of you who reared or married criminals, we have good news!Thanks to an agreement between the county and Continental Prison Systems (doing business as EZ Card and Kiosk), you can more easily transfer money to your jailbird loved-ones, you know, the men and women who have nothing better to d ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2012
OC Police: St. Patrick's Day DUI Checkpoints a Success
During the St. Patrick's Day weekend when folks were gulping loads of green beer, Orange County thankfully endured zero related traffic fatalities and, in response, the sheriff's department is hailing the effectiveness of law enforcement sobriety checkpoints.From 6 p.m. March 16 to 6 p.m. yesterd ... 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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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 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
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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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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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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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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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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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!
Blogs
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.
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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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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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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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