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Police

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2006

    Gentlemen, Start Your SUV Engines...

    IT TURNS OUT THE FOLLOWING ITEM IS BASED ON A HOAX THAT BEGAN IN NEW JERSEY. SEE THIS. SO SPEED AWAY, SOUTH COUNTY DRIVERS! This just made the rounds in the OC Weekly e-mail-ery, not that all of us have lead foots here. Just most of us. Consider yourselves warned: California Highway Patrol will la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2007

    Cop Cruiser Filmed Plowing Over Man Below OC Weekly World HQ

    Perhaps in an effort to decrease inmate overcrowding, a Santa Ana police cruiser accelerated in a restaurant parking lot and ran over a fleeing suspect across the street from OC Weekly's world headquarters late Tuesday night. Police officials tell reporters that they are conducting an investigation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2008

    And Now There Are Two

    Five months after indicted Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona resigned to prepare for his corruption trial, the county's board of supervisors (BOS) today narrowed the prospective replacement list from nine candidates to just two: Santa Ana Police Chief Paul Walters and ex-Los Angeles County Sheriff's ... More >>

  • Columns

    November 9, 2000

    Good Cop, Bad Cop

    Garden Grove mayor plays both in re-election bid

  • News

    March 15, 2001

    Welcome to Orange County, Now Go Home

    Cops say they want to bail on INS duty

  • News

    July 12, 2001

    Fit to Be Hog-Tied

    Westminster cops still use controversial technique on combative drug users despite a 1998 death while in custody

  • News

    June 26, 2003

    Dirty Marky

    New lawsuits surround Surf Citys most expensive cop

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    In Anaheim, Sticks And Stones Can Kill You

    Auto Theft Advisory CommitteeFlanagan received an award last year for recovering the most stolen cars in the county. **Update: Julian Alexander's family has released a statement expressing their disappointment over the DA's decision not press charges against Kevin Fagan. "The shooting represents an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Santa Ana, Police Feted for Getting Their War On

    Parked on Civic Center?If you're scooting past Santa Ana police headquarters Thursday afternoon and notice a large contingency of uniformed members of the Armed Services, worry not. That portion of Downtown Santa Ana has not been declared a war zone. Yet.Nor is it a green zone signifying safety from ... More >>

  • Features

    June 5, 2008

    At Frank Santos' Garden Grove Family Barbecue, the Police Brought the Pepper Spray and Handcuffs

    Parked on Civic Center?If you're scooting past Santa Ana police headquarters Thursday afternoon and notice a large contingency of uniformed members of the Armed Services, worry not. That portion of Downtown Santa Ana has not been declared a war zone. Yet.Nor is it a green zone signifying safety from ... More >>

  • News

    May 15, 2008

    The Weekly's Head Count of the 48 New Faces Who Want to Be Your Next Sheriff

    Parked on Civic Center?If you're scooting past Santa Ana police headquarters Thursday afternoon and notice a large contingency of uniformed members of the Armed Services, worry not. That portion of Downtown Santa Ana has not been declared a war zone. Yet.Nor is it a green zone signifying safety from ... More >>

  • Features

    February 14, 2008

    How Robert Zilliott's alcohol-monitoring anklet led to a painful run-in with Laguna Beach cops

    Parked on Civic Center?If you're scooting past Santa Ana police headquarters Thursday afternoon and notice a large contingency of uniformed members of the Armed Services, worry not. That portion of Downtown Santa Ana has not been declared a war zone. Yet.Nor is it a green zone signifying safety from ... More >>

  • Columns

    November 1, 2001

    Anthrax Schmanthrax

    Parked on Civic Center?If you're scooting past Santa Ana police headquarters Thursday afternoon and notice a large contingency of uniformed members of the Armed Services, worry not. That portion of Downtown Santa Ana has not been declared a war zone. Yet.Nor is it a green zone signifying safety from ... More >>

  • News

    April 5, 2007

    Thanks for the Work!

    An open letter to District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, Sheriff Mike Carona, and the police chiefs and mayors of every Orange County city except Laguna Niguel

  • News

    March 15, 2007

    Inside the Kill Zone

    Eyewitnesses contradict official version of Surf City shooting

  • News

    February 22, 2007

    'We Love Hunting Wetbacks'

    Costa Mesa Latino alleges Bizarre beatdown by OC Sheriffs Deputies

  • News

    August 17, 2000

    Cop Out

    Why arent OC agencies following Garden Groves lead?

  • News

    November 9, 2006

    Training Day

    Police admit they planted a gun at Huntington Beach crime scene

  • Columns

    November 2, 2006

    Hey, You!

    Titanic Injustice

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    "This Is Unacceptable Behavior"

    Web Exclusive! Veteran cop Ralph Martin calls on sheriff to resign after mob ties documented

  • News

    January 19, 2006

    Razin' La Raza

    Whether posing as protesters or cutting off speeches, OC police clamp down on immigrant-rights activists

  • Features

    December 1, 2005

    REQUIEM FOR A DREAMGIRL

    A Tale of Sex, Drugs, Dirty Copsand a Girl Who Knew Too Much

  • News

    January 8, 2004

    The Year of the Gun

    OC cops end 2003 with perfect record

  • News

    November 20, 2003

    Reefer Badness

    DA investigates charges sheriffs deputies covered up pot bust involving an officials son already on trial for videotaped gang-rape

  • Features

    November 6, 2003

    The Thin Boo Line!

    Orange Countys 31 scariest cops!

  • News

    May 8, 2003

    Have Badge, Will Skate

    Anaheim seems content to let controversial cop continue brutalizing citizens

  • News

    February 14, 2002

    Cop Magnet

    Forget doughnut breaks. Cops prefer looking for drunks around Downtown Disneys House of Blues

  • News

    September 20, 2001

    Anaheim Spooks

    Report shows police spied on activists who complained about cops

  • Music

    August 23, 2001

    Rave Off

    Drug paranoia killed B3Cande desert rave

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    Whistleblower Blues

    Anaheim gang-unit cop still awaits justice

  • News

    June 3, 1999

    Testilying

    Video embarrasses DA, Newport cops

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Message in a Baton

    OCN tags along for troubling police raid

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2009

    OC Deputies Outraged That DA Attacked Their Honesty; Demand Top Resignation!

    Something rare happened on Friday, April 17--and it wasn't just that the Orange County Register was pretending it had broken news about a trial it's reporters hadn't attended. On that date in 6 B.C., so I'm told, the sun, Jupiter, Saturn and our moon were aligned. I won't pretend to know what astrol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Crime Time: Nekkid Folks, Robber Baby, Strip-Club Stabbers, Loaded Brownie and a Flaming Bag of Poo

    Courtesy of Orange Police Department and Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentWe call this collage "Robberies, Solved and Unsolved." Top left: a man hands a teller a note demanding cash at Chase Bank in Orange. Top right: Booking photo of Adam J. Bennett, 20, of Santa Ana, who is suspected of robbing $ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Crime Time: Methed Mom, Nitrous Oxide, a Full Moon, a Gutted Black Cat and a Skateboarding Giant Ax Carrier

    It's our weekly Weekly roundup of Orange County police calls--with suspect mugs!TUESDAY, JULY 7Courtesy of Cypress Police DepartmentAlison Le Anne EbertAt Least She Left the TV On Officers responding to an anonymous, 4:45 a.m. report of child abuse in a home in the 8500 block of La Homa Street in Cy ... More >>

  • News

    September 17, 2009

    An Investigation Into a SF Cop Killing Leads to a Chicago Professor Who Helped Launch Obama's Career

    It's our weekly Weekly roundup of Orange County police calls--with suspect mugs!TUESDAY, JULY 7Courtesy of Cypress Police DepartmentAlison Le Anne EbertAt Least She Left the TV On Officers responding to an anonymous, 4:45 a.m. report of child abuse in a home in the 8500 block of La Homa Street in Cy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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

    September 27, 2009

    Taco Bell Crime of the Week!

    Great candidate for the Smoking Gun's mugshot roundup...​What is most disturbing about this story: that Chattanooga has a Taco Bell, the stupidity of the crime, or that police officers are so badly paid they have to visit a Taco Bell for their Mexican grub? Anyway, the story:A man accused of tryin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Authorities Trumpet Largest Orange County Curfew Sweep

    ​About 300 officers from 20 law enforcement agencies made sweeps through various Orange County communities last night and early today and swooped up 67 kids in violation of city curfew laws, the District Attorney's office announced. Curfews begin at 10 or 11 p.m., depending o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Sheriff's Lobstergate Scandal Produces Deputy Conviction

    Another dirty deputy nabbed​An on-duty Orange County Sheriff's Department deputy who fabricated a wild story to protect an off-duty deputy allegedly caught illegally poaching undersized lobsters was convicted today of obstructing a fish and game warden, according to prosecutors.Deputy Phillip Glen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Crime Time: Is Tobias Fünke the "Blue Note Bandit"?

    It's the Weekly's weekly crime round-up--now with more blatant Arrested Development imagery.Could Tobias Fünke be the "Blue Note Bandit" (Wednesday) or the man making "blown" offers (Thursday)?​TUESDAY, DEC. 1Nice Racks! After pulling over a silver 2004 Acura TL four-door at Newport Boulevard and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Mom Threatened With Child Endangerment for Letting Her Kids Play Outside Gated Home

    Danger! Danger!​An Aliso Viejo mom claims law enforcement officers threatened to sic social services on her for endangering her children. Her crime? Allowing her oldest kids--ages 6, 7 and 9--to play just outside her town home, which is in a gated complex.

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Westminster Tabs New Police Chief

    Mitch Waller goes from captain to chief at Westminster Police Department.​Westminster Police Captain Mitch Waller will be promoted to police chief with the retirement of Andrew Hall, City Manager Don Lamm and the Westminster City Council announced.

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Which OC Sheriff's Candidate Has The Best Campaign Website?

    ​In just 133 days, Orange County residents will have their first opportunity to vote for sheriff after the FBI and IRS arrest and corruption conviction of Sheriff Mike Carona. There are three candidates at this point: Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, a former Los Angeles County Sheriff's official who was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Kevin Noel Schlueter, Former Anaheim Cop Pleads Guilty to 3 DUIs and Gets Treatment, Home Confinement, Probation

    ​It's not often that the Orange County District Attorney's Office issues a press statement about a conviction that's immediately followed by a correction from a local police agency, but one such squad found it necessary to send one today when it came to Kevin Noel Schlueter, the 37-year-old police ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Man Accused of "Annoying" Children on Bus Arrested

    Flickr user Boeke / Creative CommonsThese kids and this bus: not involved, not annoyed.​Kids are allowed to be annoying to adults. Adults are not allowed to be annoying to kids. Case in point: Jose Antonio Hernandez.

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • 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 >>

  • News

    December 1, 2011

    The Boy Scouts' Police Problem

    Dozens of teenage Explorers have been sexually abused by cops. Should the Scouts share the blame?

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