Parole

Ivan Von Staich, Murderer Who Has Menaced Society In and Out of Prison, Loses Parole Bid

Robert Topper received an early Christmas present in 1983: a toolbox for the wrenches, screwdrivers and other instruments he used in his spare time tinkering around in his Santa Ana garage. His pride and joy from his off-hours hobby was a Porsche he restored and would drive around, beaming. But Topp ... More >>

Sid Landau Suffers Another Setback in Bid to End Sexually Violent Predator Status

Sexual predator Sid Landau tried for years through the courts to be freed from a state mental institution on grounds he had not committed a crime against children in three decades, but at every turn the Orange County District Attorney's office thwarted the 71-year-old. Now, a three-justice panel at ... More >>

Calvin James Calvin, Parolee Who Lied He Was Kobe Bryant and LeBron James' Investor, Guilty of Stinging 7 Marks for $198,000

Calvin James Calvin--yes, that's not a typo--sold investors on a securities plan by claiming he was a financial investor for Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and other pro athletes.The Newport Beach 48-year-old was really a parolee barred from investment activities, but Calvin's worst phony role involved p ... More >>

Michael Wentworth, Sex Offender Parolee Who Couldn't Let 14 y.o. Girl Be, Gets 25 Years to Life

Partly because Michael Richard Wentworth molested a child in Florida (where he also attempted armed robbery), sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl he lured into his car in Los Angeles and committed lewd acts on an Orange County girl who was 10 to 12, he wore a GPS anklet while on parole.And now, be ... More >>

[UPDATED with DA Levels Charges:] Christopher Glen Phernambucq, Sex Offender Parolee for Kiddie Porn Shoots, Repeats: Cops

See the update at the end of this post about the charges brought against the defendant.ORIGINAL POST, JAN. 24, 10:36 A.M.: The load to your right, a registered sex offender on parole for making kiddie porn, is accused of contacting two 17-year-old Anaheim boys via Facebook, shooting his latest skeev ... More >>

10 Really Bad Orange County Boyfriends eHarmonizers and Match.commers Must Avoid

Today's arraignment of Cheyene Fuimaono for allegedly murdering his girlfriend's toddler son reminded me that I wanted to slap together a list of 10 Orange Countians who proved to be really bad boyfriends in 2012. Match.comming eHarmonizers take note of the results after the jump . . .

[UPDATED with DA, Public Defender Interpretations:] Orange County Pervs-in-Parks Ban Violates State Constitution: Judicial Panel

See Update No. 2 on page 2, where DA Tony Rackauckas maintains the three-judge panel ruling pertains to the Godinez case and not pending or future cases involving the county sex offender ordinance. Public Defender Frank Ospino argues that law is now void.See Update No. 1 with the district attorney's ... More >>

[UPDATED with Hearing Postponed:] Ivan Von Staich, Killer of Ex's Husband and Near-Killer of Her, Seeks Parole Again

See the update at the end of this post on the parole hearing being delayed. ORIGINAL POST, NOV. 27, 3:49 P.M.: He's baaaaaaack!Ivan Von Staich--who twice escaped from jail, threatened to kill a judge, nearly killed his ex-girlfriend by bludgeoning her with a claw hammer and fatally shot her new h ... More >>

[UPDATED] Orange County Prosecutors Oppose Prison Release For Paul Crowder, 1991 Anaheim Prom Night Killer

[Updated at end of this original Sept. 18 post] Paul Crowder has never taken responsibility for getting drunk and murdering Berlyn Cosman, a 17-year-old high school student on her Anaheim prom night in 1991, but he wants a California parole board to vote to release him back into society on Sept ... More >>

[UPDATED with I.D.:] Santa Ana Police Officer Shoots Parolee Toting Large Handgun

See the update at the end of this post identifying the alleged gunman.ORIGINAL POST, SEPT. 10, 10:09 A.M.: It's not often that a parolee carrying a large gun can confront a police officer, get shot multiple times and live to talk about it. But that's what Santa Ana Police are saying about the man in ... More >>

Frankie Jay Szabo, Alleged Casanova Conman, Moves Act from OC to Riverside County

As Frankie Jay Szabo was being sentenced to two years in state prison in the 1990s after pleading guilty in Orange County Superior Court to nine counts of grand theft, a victim predicted Szabio would surely con again.He has, according to Riverside County authorities now accusing the Menifee 55-year ... More >>

Anaheim Police Target Two-Wheelers

You know Anaheim Police have a thing for parolees.This month, cops there are also keeping an eye out especially for unlawful motorcyclists.So, if you are a parolee on a bike . . .

Sid Landau, Pedophile Hounded into State Mental Hospital, Wants Out

Back in March 2008, Alex Brant-Zawadzki, a colleague whose name I forever misspelled, gazed navally at Sid Landau, who was convicted in 1982 and 1988 of molesting two boys under age 14 and became one of the first sex offenders targeted in California under Megan's Law. After Landau did his ... More >>

Curtis Michael Regulus Makes Curtain Call to Win Ugly Fabulous Police Mugshot of the Week

​Like cops, soldiers and morticians, journalists use gallows humor to deal with the horrific human events they cover. So, when, say, there are a rash of newsworthy deaths, an ink-stained wretch will say of the no more, "They're dying to get into the paper." Homeless sex offender Curtis Michael Reg ... More >>

What Has Brown Done for Paul Crowder Lately? Gov. Again Denies Parole for Murderer of High School Basketball Star on Her Prom Night

​For the second time in four months, Governor Jerry Brown has determined that Paul Crowder should not be set free from the California prison holding the convicted killer of Berlyn Cosman, a Crescenta Valley High School basketball star who was shot to death in an Anaheim hotel room on her prom nig ... More >>

Ivan Von Staich: Killer Loses Parole Battle But Wins the Ugliest Mugshot of the Week War

​The ugliest police mugshot of the week comes not from a cop shop or district attorney's office but the California Department of Corrections, which is charged with continuing the incarcerate Ivan Von Staich with the governor's reversal of the Lake Elsinore 56-year-old's parole.For reasons known on ... More >>

Steven Anthony Sender Held for Getting Eyeful in Orange Coast College Women's Restroom

​One good (bad) act of pervitry in a community college women's restroom apparently deserves another. We told you earlier this morning about an unknown guy shooting photos or video of a woman using the restroom at Cypress College:"Pervy Shutterbug Invades College Ladies Room" Orange Coast College i ... More >>

[UPDATED with Victim I.D., Arraignment:] Dolores "Arias" Fagan, OC Homicide No. 1: Parolee Ean Keith Brown Held for Her Murder

​UPDATE, JAN. 10, 9:56 A.M.: Third-strike parolee Ean Keith Brown is scheduled to be arraigned in Santa Ana this morning for the strangulation murder of Dolores "Arias" Fagan, who was visiting relatives who live in the same Huntington Beach neighborhood as the defendant when she went missing and l ... More >>

Paul Crowder, Who Killed Star Student-Athlete on Her Prom Night, Has Parole OK Reversed by Gov. Brown

​As his predecessor Arnold Schwarzenegger did last year, Gov. Jerry Brown has reversed a state parole board decision to release from prison Paul Crowder, who was convicted in 1991 of murdering a brilliant student-athlete from Anaheim's Crescenta Valley High School on her prom night.But Brown stil ... More >>

Ernest Arthur Peralta, Who Murdered a Man in 1982 by Beating Him to a Pulp and Firing a Rifle into His Bloodied Body 13 Times, Loses Parole Bid

​Perhaps the news is not that parole was denied this morning for Ernest Arthur Peralta, who is locked up at California State Prison in Corcoran for a 1982 Santa Ana murder.Perhaps the news is that the 51-year-old who beat a guy to a pulp while on parole then took a rifle and fired 13 times into th ... More >>

California's Paroled Sex Offenders Get Halloween Curfew

​Past 5 p.m. on Halloween, paroled sex offenders can't look for little treats.California sex offender parolees have long been ordered to stay inside and turn off their lights on the one day kids are encouraged to talk to strangers, but this year, authorities are taking safety a step further. The C ... More >>

Bryant Phillip Islas, Gang Banger on Parole, Walks Away from Prison Rehab and Tries to Kill a Guy: Cops

​A parolee who was supposedly under the watch of a Garden Grove rehab center obviously wasn't on Aug. 31, according to Santa Ana police officials who have linked 28-year-old Bryant Phillip Islas to the attempted murder of a man heading to Taco Bell for lunch that day. Islas is accused of walking a ... More >>

[UPDATED with Charges Dropped, New Ones Added:] Whether Making Meth at Auntie's or Overtaking a Sick Veteran's Apartment, Home is Where the Crime Is

​UPDATE, OCT. 19, 1:50 P.M.: It may have seemed like an open-and-shut case at the time: Santa Ana cops check a 62-year-old veteran's apartment and discover eight young people led by 19-year-old Andrew Perez have taken it over without the frightened tenant's consent. But looks can be deceiving as p ... More >>

Paul Crowder, Murderer of Anaheim Basketball Star on Her Prom Night, Wins Parole Bid (Again)

​After murderer Paul Crowder was granted parole last year, then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reversed it.Today, the Board of Parole Hearings, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation once again determined the killer of a 17-year-old Anaheim basketball star on her prom night should be ... More >>

Ivan Von Staich, Convicted Murderer Who Scored Win in Parole Bid, Has Menaced Courts for Years

​The state parole board Wednesday found suitable for parole a two-time jail escapee convicted of bludgeoning a former girlfriend with a claw hammer and fatally shooting her husband in 1983. District Attorney Tony Rackauckas opposed Ivan Von Staich's parole bid, but if the 55-year-old is ultimately ... More >>

[UPDATED with I.D.:] Anaheim Police Shoot Wanted Parolee Dead

Anaheim Police Dept.​UPDATE, AUG. 18, 11:29 A.M.: Whether a 23-year-old parolee shot dead by Anaheim Police Tuesday afternoon was armed and, if so, returned fire remain unknown.But at least we now know who he was.The department identified him as David Raya, who pleaded guilty in 2006 to felony ass ... More >>

DA Tony Rackauckas Gets Half a Wish: Parole Denied for Uciel Murgo, OK'd for Raul Puente Robles

​Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas is batting .500 this week in the state prison board's Gang-Banger Parole Homerun Derby.The paroles of gang members Raul Puente Robles and Uciel Murgo--who traded warm beds in Santa Ana for cold cell bunks at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blyth ... More >>

John Cole, Paroled Sex Offender, Accused of Fleeing Ankle Monitor and Jerking Off to Pilates Class

​Police arrested a wanted Santa Ana parolee who allegedly jerked off while watching a pilates class in Santa Monica.John Cole was originally popped for suspected indecent exposure, but police in Santa Monica later discovered the 54-year-old was also wanted in Orange County for allegedly failing to ... More >>

[UPDATED with Denial:] Kevin Frank Henriques, Killer of Girlfriend, Faces Parole Challenge

​UPDATED, MAY 11, 10:04 A.M.: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations' Board of Parole Hearings on Tuesday, denied parole for Kevin Frank Henriques, a 40-year-old Riverside man convicted of strangling his live-in girlfriend to death before wrapping her body in a blanket and ... More >>

Gregory Coates, Who Raped and Murdered Stepmother and Friend's Mom in 1975, Denied Parole

​Today, the district attorney offices of Orange and Riverside counties tag-teamed to help stop a 54-year-old man from being paroled for the rapes and murders of his stepmother and a friend's mother when he was 17. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Board of Parole Hearings ... More >>

Christopher Michael Sheehan, Accused of Killing Partner in Armed Robbery, Parole Opposed by DA

Ed Deuel​UPDATE, MAY 4, 4:21 P.M.: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations' Board of Parole Hearings today denied parole for Christopher Michael Sheehan, who has been rotting in a San Luis Obispo cell for the 1985 murder of his partner in armed robbery and attempted murder of ... More >>

Luis Epifano, Bloodied and Half-Naked Parolee, Allegedly Leads Cops on Chase That Ends on Preschool Roof and Our Ugly Police Mugshot Roll

​At least you can say this about Luis Epifano, this week's ugliest police mugshot "winner":He posed while wearing clothing.Unfortunately for Santa Ana police officers, that's not how they found him . . . on the roof of a preschool.

John Thomas Windsor Allegedly Stole Blind Widow's $280k for Cars, Ring and Sex Swing

​A Vermont parolee faces arraignment in Santa Ana Thursday morning for allegedly stealing more than $280,000 from a deaf, blind and demented 98-year-old widow and using the money to buy such expensive items as two pre-owned cars, a Tiffany & Co. engagement ring for his girlfriend, a classic r ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Lawrence Joseph Brown: District Attorney and Co. Want Him Committed as 'Sexually Violent Predator' and Locked Away for Good

OCDALawrence Joseph Brown's booking photo​UPDATE, APRIL 11, 3:46 P.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office continues to work toward keeping convicted child rapist Lawrence Joseph Brown off the streets indefinitely, filing a new petition to have him committed to a mental institution as a s ... More >>

[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 >>

Lawrence Joseph Brown: District Attorney and Co. Want Him Committed as 'Sexually Violent Predator' and Locked Away for Good

OCDALawrence Joseph Brown's booking photo​Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas held a press conference this afternoon to lay out what he and fellow OC authorities have planned to keep a violent rapist out of the community.The DA called out the Department of Mental Health (DMH) for faili ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Verne Joseph Strong Guilty of Swinging Puppy on Leash While Arguing With His Girlfriend at Walmart, But DA is Doggone Mad Over Sentence

​Update, December 16, 4:36 p.m.: Over the barks of prosecutors, a judge today sentenced Verne Joseph Strong to 317 days in jail--essentially time served--for swinging an 8-pound puppy by a leash like a lasso during a fight with his girlfriend. The Orange County District Attorney's Office wanted st ... More >>

Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Stolen Laptop Recovery!

​Advice to anyone who ever steals a laptop: use it in the privacy of your home. DON'T use it in public, where the former owner just might get the munchies and visit Taco Bell and...

Verne Joseph Strong Accused of Swinging Puppy on Leash While Arguing With His Girlfriend in Walmart Parking Lot

​A 56-year-old Newport Beach man was being arraigned in Westminster today for allegedly swinging an 8-pound puppy on leash as he argued with his girlfriend in a Walmart parking lot. Verne Joseph Strong is being charged with one felony count of animal abuse by a caretaker and a sentencing enhanc ... More >>

Rodney Alcala's Murderous Romp Through Polite Society Brings Him to an Orange County Courtroom Again

DA Objects to Gang-Assault Sentences

​The Orange County District Attorney's office objected today to a judge striking the "strikes" for a third-striker gang member who was on parole when he and two other men assaulted a fourth man who told the trio to stop tagging a wall in Santa Ana with graffiti last summer.At least the judge was c ... More >>

Garden Grove DUI Checkpoint Produces Arrests, Citations, Impounds and a Wanted Parolee

​You were previously informed (or warned) here about the Garden Grove Police Department's DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint Nov. 21 at 13752 Harbor Blvd. Here are the results:-601 vehicles screened-6 DUI suspects arrested -1 illegal drug suspect arrested -46 citations issued-6 vehicles Impounded for ... More >>

Yet Another OC Diocese Pervert Violates Parole

Pervert perforated parole--or something like that...​What has Catholic Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown put in the wine that has his convicted perverts violating parole in record numbers? Time was when you were a diocesan employee and could rape young boys and girls without worrying about the ... More >>

Serial Pedophile Who Bought 5-Year-Old Vietnamese Sex Slave is Up For Parole

England wants freedom but hasn't admitted his sick sex crimes​A convicted California serial pedophile who despises Jews, cops and African Americans and who forced a kindergarten-age girl he purchased in Vietnam to become a sex slave to not only himself but also his German shepherd and basset hound ... More >>

OC Reality TV Produces (At Least) 6 Who've Drawn Police Calls [UPDATED]

Too much reality for Orange County law enforcement (clockwise from top left): Ryan Alexander Jenkins, Josh Waring, Renzo Gamboa, Dennis Rodman, Jason Wahler and Matt Keough.​ UPDATED TO REFLECT MURDER CHARGE, CRIMINAL BATTERY COMPLAINT AGAINST JENKINS. If anyone in Orange County with a Hisp ... More >>

Just Another Orange County Murder: Alex Camacho

View Larger Map Five to 10 people were drinking in front of a home in the 1700 block of West Flora Street, just south of Warner Avenue, in Santa Ana around 12:30 a.m. on June 26 when Alex Camacho, 35, got into an argument with another man, who pulled out a gun and shot Camacho in the chest before f ... More >>

[Moxley Confidential] DA Tony Rackauckas Joins the Battle Over Susan Atkins' Dying Wish

Pedo File: Sid Landau

Sid Landau admitted to sexually abusing ten kids during his child-molesting "career" (do they have vocational schools for that?), crimes for which he has served his time - that and then some. Yesterday saw the start of the third trial to determine whether or not the Orange County District Attorney's ... More >>

Saturday's Headlines & Surprises: Calling Nurse Ratched

UCI Cluster Fuck: News emerged today that Michael J. Schroeder, OC GOP heavyweight, participated with a group of 20 fellow Republicans to pressure the UCI Chancellor from hiring liberal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky as dean of the university's first law school. Michael V. Drake offered the job to Cheme ... More >>

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