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April 29, 2013
Justin Alvin Masao Tombleson on Trial for Murders of High School Coach and Friend
A Lake Forest man is scheduled to face trial this morning for fatally stabbing a Santa Margarita Catholic High School hockey coach and his friend who'd been standing in line at a Mexican joint in town when a fight broke out.Justin Alvin Masao Tombleson, 30, faces up to 67 years to life in state pris ... More >>
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April 26, 2013
Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo, Alleged Serial Killer of 6, Has Death-Penalty Trial Pushed to May 2014
The trial of suspected serial killer Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo likely will not begin until May 2014.While the 25-year-old Yorba Linda man accused of fatally stabbing a mother, her adult son and four homeless men has a Nov. 1 court date, his attorneys asked an Orange County Superior Court judge today fo ... More >>
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April 8, 2013
Rene Antonio Lobos Pleads Guilty in Halloween 2009 Slaying of Joshua Steven Rodriguez
An 18-year-old--who at 15 was charged as an adult for the murder of a La Habra teen beaten and stabbed to death at a Halloween night 2009 house party--pleaded guilty last week to voluntary manslaughter with a sentencing enhancement for gang activity.Rene Antonio Lobos, also of La Habra, was immediat ... More >>
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March 27, 2013
[UPDATED with 3rd Arrest:] Andrew Pacheco, 19, Fatally Stabbed as Attackers Yell Gang Name
See Update Nos. 3-4 on page 2 with the charges prosecutors have filed against three men in this case.See Update Nos. 1-2 on the next page identifying the dead man and the two men arrested for his murder.ORIGINAL POST, MARCH 11, 2:10 P.M.: A 19-year-old man was fatally stabbed Saturday night in an at ... More >>
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March 27, 2013
[UPDATED with Death a Suicide:] Richard Swartz Fatally Stabbed Near Anaheim Gas Station
See the update at the end of this post with police saying Richard Swartz fatally stabbed himself.ORIGINAL POST, MARCH 19, 9:44 A.M.: A man found stabbed and bleeding in a gas station driveway in Anaheim this morning died a short time later at UCI Medical Center in Orange.The clerk at the Mobil on Li ... More >>
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February 15, 2013
Saul Jose Salazar Gets 16 Years to Life for Murder of Mother's House Guest in Santa Ana
A Santa Ana man with a history of crime and a restraining taken out by his mother for the violence directed at her received the maximum sentence today for the second degree murder of her house guest, who was stabbed in the chest with a pocket knife.Saul Jose Salazar, 29, was sentenced to 16 years t ... More >>
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November 8, 2012
Saul Jose Salazar Murder Trial for Fatal Stabbing of Mom's Tenant Reboots
A man with a history of crime and a restraining taken out by his mother for the violence directed at her is scheduled to stand trial today for murdering her house guest.Saul Jose Salazar, 29, of Santa Ana, could get up to 16 years to life in state prison if he is convicted of murdering 33-year-old L ... More >>
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November 6, 2012
[UPDATED with Husband Kenneth Finefield Released:] Macaria Finefield, OC Homicide No. 44: Convicted Fatal Stabber is Fatally Stabbed
See the update at the end of this post explaining why the deceased's husband has been released from custody.ORIGINAL POST, NOV. 5, 12:30 P.M.: Macaria Finefield was accused of killing a pregnant woman by stabbing her in the belly in 1974.On Saturday, the 71-year-old Santa Ana resident became a fatal ... More >>
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October 18, 2012
[UPDATED with I.D., Media Racism Charge:] Joshua Aguirre, OC Homicide No. 38: Fatal Stabbing Begins Day of Violence in Anacrime
See the update at the end of this post with the dead young man's name and a college staff member's accusation of local media racism.ORIGINAL POST, OCT. 1, 9 A.M.: Two men walking along West Ball Road near South Roberts Street in Anaheim early Saturday discovered a man who had been stabbed and was cl ... More >>
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October 17, 2012
Elizabeth Cuevas Villanueva, Craziest Ex- Ever, Gets 17 Years for Ice Picking Former Beau
Elizabeth Cuevas Villanueva, the craziestex-girlfriend ever, was sentenced today to 17 years in state prison after pleading guilty to hiding in the back seat of her estranged boyfriend's Mercedes-Benz parked in a church parking lot and, after he climbed in, repeatedly stabbing him with an ice pick i ... More >>
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August 31, 2012
[UPDATED with Arrest of Joseph Robert Suess:] Unidentified Man, OC Homicide No. 29: Stabbed in Anaheim Alley
See update at the end of this post on the arrest of Joseph Robert Suess.ORIGINAL POST, AUG. 30, 9:10 A.M.: Anaheim Police received an anonymous call shortly after midnight today about a possible burglary in progress in the 800 block of North Zeyn Street near Anaheim Boulevard.Officers arrived short ... More >>
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August 7, 2012
Shazer Fernando Limas Pleads Not Guilty to Stabbing His Young Family to Death
Shazer Fernando Limas, who is accused of stabbing his girlfriend and their two children to death in Orange on April 13, pleaded not guilty at his continued arraignment today.But a question remains: Where are the boys?
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July 31, 2012
Ryan Nichols Coale Indicted for Murder of Another Teen on Anaheim Junior High Court
Orange County's grand jury has indicted 17-year-old Ryan Nichols Coale for March's fatal stabbing of a visiting teen on an athletic court at Sycamore Junior High School in Anaheim. Coale, who is being tried as an adult, was indicted on one felony count of murder and a sentencing enhancement for th ... More >>
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July 19, 2012
[UPDATED with Victim I.D., Details, Reward:] Edgar Ortiz, OC Homicide No. 27: Found Shot to Death in the Street
Update at the end of this post identifies victim Edgar Ortiz and provides details about the shooting and a reward.ORIGINAL POST, JULY 18, 10:43 A.M.: Only in Santa Ana. (OK, or Anacrime.) Police were responding to a man being stabbed in the 700 block of East Third Street in Santa Ana around 9:30 p.m ... More >>
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July 6, 2012
[UPDATED with Victim I.D., Suspect Wanted for Santa Cruz Murder:] Daniel Rowlett, OC Homicide No. 23: Found Stabbed in Truck
See Update No. 2 at the end of this post identifying murder victim Daniel Rowlett, 67, and disclosing suspect Felipe Jesus Delgado is also wanted for murder in Santa Cruz County.See Update No. 1 on next page about the murder arrest of Anaheim 21-year-old Delgado, who police initially identified by h ... More >>
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May 23, 2012
[UPDATED w/ Venue Response] Man Stabbed Last Night During Show at the Observatory
UPDATE MAY 23 4:23 P.M.: The Observatory's Jon Reiser contacted the Weekly about the incident at the venue last night and offered what he deems a less dramatic retelling of events."What actually happened is two people in front of the stage got into a fight. One of the two had 5 inch spiked / plug ty ... More >>
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May 21, 2012
Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo, Accused Serial Killer of Orange Countians, to Face Death Penalty
The death penalty will be sought against Yorba Linda 24-year-old Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo, the accused serial killer of four homeless men and a mother and grown son fatally stabbed etween October 25 and January 13, prosecutors announced today.Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas convened a ... More >>
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March 28, 2012
[UPDATED with Penalty Phase Mistrial:] Jason Balcom Guilty of Newlywed Woman's Rape and Murder
UPDATE, MARCH 28, 12:56 P.M.: Though a jury earlier this month convicted Jason Balcom for the rape and murder of a newly arrived bride in Costa Mesa in 1988, the panel deadlocked 10-2 on whether the 42-year-old Michigan rape convict deserves the death penalty.Superior Court Judge Francisco Brisen ... More >>
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March 21, 2012
[UPDATED with Suspect I.D., Charges:] Edgar Cervantes, OC Homicide No. 7: Stabbed in Fight
UPDATE, MARCH 21, 2:17 P.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's (OCDA) office has announced the 17-year-old accused of fatally stabbing Edgar Cervantes, 19, of Riverside, in Anaheim Monday night will be tried as an adult.As such, the OCDA identified him as Ryan Nichols Coale of Anaheim.
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February 21, 2012
[UPDATED with New Not Guilty Plea:] Itzcoatl Ocampo, Serial Killer Suspect, Accused of 6 Fatal Stabbings
UPDATE, FEB. 21, 11:40 A.M.: To give you the proper visual for this post, picture Itzcoatl "Izzy" Ocampo at right with an al Qaeda beard. That's how he appeared in a Santa Ana courtroom this morning when he pleaded not guilty to the stabbing-murders of a mother, her son and four homeless men sinc ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
[UPDATED with $5,000 Reward Paid:] Itzcoatl Ocampo, Troubled Former Marine, Accused Orange County Serial Killer
UPDATE, JAN. 25, 10:58 A.M.: Before the arrest of Itzcoatl Ocampo, the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of a serial killer preying on homeless men. Union president Tom Dominguez is scheduled to hand Donny ... More >>
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January 16, 2012
[UPDATED with Victim I.D.:] John Berry, OC Homicide No. 2: Itzcoatl Ocampo Held in Fatal Stabbings of Homeless
UPDATE, JAN. 16, 8:53 A.M.: The homeless man fatally stabbed behind an Anaheim Carl's Jr. Friday night has been identified by friends as 64-year-old John Berry. He's been described as a spiritual man who was so beloved by neighbors and patrons of businesses near where he was murdered at La Palma ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
[UPDATED with Cause:] Homeless Man Found Dead in Santa Ana IS NOT 4th Victim of Serial Killer
UPDATE, JAN. 11, 6:23 P.M.: An autopsy determined that 49-year-old homeless man Antonio Ruiz Martinez, whose body was found Monday morning in Santa Ana, next to an auto shop's pickup truck with a large amount of blood inside, died as a result of "gastrointestinal issues," according to police. ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
[UPDATED with Motive Revealed Online:] Dylan James Austin, 2011 OC Homicide No. 66: Quiet Park, Loud Commotion, Stabbing Death
Jesse ShockeyUPDATE, JAN. 5, 4:50 P.M.: Police and prosecutors have not officially divulged what Jesse Shockey and Dylan James Austin were arguing about before 16-year-old Shockey allegedly stabbed 19-year-old Austin to death last month.But Flickr has.
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January 3, 2012
Stephen John Frea Held for New Year's Eve Stabbing Outside Goat Hill Tavern
2011 began in Orange County with Robert Sickles, 27, of Mission Viejo, being stabbed to death outside a New Year's Eve party in a Costa Mesa hotel.2012 almost began the same way, with a different victim, of course, but in the same city, only 4 1/2 miles from the New Year's Eve 2011 attack.
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January 2, 2012
[UPDATED with I.D.:] Lloyd Middaugh, 2011 OC Homicide No. 69: Homeless Man Stabbed on River Trail
UPDATE, JAN. 2, 10:32 A.M.: The transient whose body was discovered Wednesday along the Santa Ana River Trail near the 91 freeway in Anaheim Hills has been identified as 42-year-old Lloyd Middaugh. The last known address for Middaugh, who was stabbed to death, was in Yorba Linda, but authorities ... More >>
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January 2, 2012
Paulus Cornelius Smit, OC 2011 Homicide No. 70: Third Homeless Man Slain in 2 Weeks
The body of a homeless man was found near a puddle of blood at the base of a Yorba Linda Public Library stairwell Friday evening, and Brea Police homicide investigators believe 57-year-old Paulus Cornelius Smit was murdered.Cops were called out to a 5 p.m. report of a man down in an area behind t ... More >>
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December 27, 2011
[UPDATED with Charges, Suspect I.D.:] Dylan James Austin, OC Homicide No. 66: Quiet Park, Loud Commotion, Stabbing Death
UPDATE, DEC. 27, 3:25 P.M.: An Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) statement on the charges against the suspected murderer of Huntington Beach's Dylan James Austin, 19, identifies him as Jesse Shockey, 16, of Garden Grove.The OCDA also reveals Shockey will be tried as an adult on one ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
[UPDATED with I.D., Suspect Description:] James MacGillivray, OC Homicide No. 65: Transient Found Stabbed to Death
UPDATE, DEC. 22, 4:46 P.M.: Placentia Police identified the homeless man found stabbed to death as 53-year-old James MacGillivray, who beat officers knew slept in a camp at the north end of a strip shopping center where his body was found Wednesday morning. Thanks to surveillance cameras, cops al ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
[UPDATED with Arraignment Continued:] Bobby Ray Rainwater Jr., OC Homicide No. 57: Body Found Outside His Mobile Home
UPDATE, DEC. 7, 12:41 P.M.: 34-year-old Robert Eugene Vasquez is being held without bail as his defense attorney got his arraignment continued to Jan. 6 in the alleged special circumstances murder of his San Juan Capistrano mobile home park neighbor and the assault on a second man with a metal ob ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Oscar Robles Diaz Stands Trial Again for Murder of Ex-Roommate Leon Abarca Torres
A mistrial was declared in May at the murder trial of Oscar Robles Diaz, a 26-year-old Santa Ana man accused of stabbing his former roommate to death after a night of drinking, singing and chatting up friends.Today, prosecutors are scheduled to get another crack at Diaz, who is charged with one f ... More >>
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October 25, 2011
[UPDATED with Dead Man's I.D.:] Santa Ana Man Held in Stabbing Death of One and Wounding of Another Outside Fourth Street Dive Bar
UPDATE, OCT. 25, 12:42 P.M.: The 28-year-old man who was stabbed to death early Saturday outside Fern's Bar on Fourth Street in Long Beach has been identified as the incredibly named Tommy Buck Whitson IV of Long Beach. Police have yet to identify the other 28-year-old, who suffered non-life thre ... More >>
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October 10, 2011
Arnulfo Gonzalez, Who Fatally Stabbed Orange Man Who Criticized His Driving, Gets 16 Years
A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for stabbing to death an Orange man who had criticized his driving. Arnulfo Gonzalez, 30, was found guilty in August of second-degree murder with a sentencing enhancement for use of a deadly weapon for the early morning, March 14, 2010, sl ... More >>
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October 4, 2011
Andrew Urdiales, Serial Killer, Extradited to OC For Killing Saddleback College Student Robbin Brandley
Andrew UrdialesMore than 25 years after he allegedly stabbed Saddleback College drama student Robbin Brandley 41 times in an unlit campus parking lot, Andrew Urdiales is finally on his way to Orange County to face trial for her murder. Urdiales, 47, who was the subject of a Nov. 2007 OC Weekly fe ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
[UPDATED with Odd Twist:] Steven Craig DePhillips, OC Homicide No. 41: Found Stabbed in Driveway of Residence Near Country Club
Jeffrey Alec HendersonUPDATE, SEPT. 12, 8:39 A.M.: Costa Mesa Police investigators still are not releasing many details about a motive (or anything else) in the Aug. 30 stabbing death of 40-year-old Steven Craig DePhillips near Mesa Verde Country Club. However, it's been revealed that DePhillips ... More >>
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July 5, 2011
Emanuel Pennington, OC Homicide No. 28: Stabbed in Street Outside Family Party
Garden Grove police officers were on their way to the 8200 block of Acacia near Fern Street, where reports had come in of three or four people fighting in the street just after midnight, when a dispatcher informed over the radio that someone in the middle of the altercation had been stabbed. Cops ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
[UPDATED with Plea, Weapon, Purported Suspect Photo:] Elvis Kechechian, OC Homicide No. 24: Stabbed in Restaurant Melee
Tombleson?UPDATE, JUNE 29, 2:42 P.M.: 28-yearold Justin Alvin Masao Tombleson pleaded not guilty this week to the murders-by-stabbing of Santa Margarita Catholic High School ice hockey conditioning coach Elvis Kechechian and his friend Hossein Saidoian.Tombleson is due back in court July 15, but ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
[UPDATED with Formal Charges:] Hossein Saidoian, OC Homicide No. 27: 2nd Restaurant Stabbing Victim
Hossein SaidoianUPDATE, JUNE 23, 12:39 P.M.: Sheriff's officials indicated they would seek a second murder complaint against Justin Alvin Masao Tomblesongiven the June 16 death of Hossein Saidoian, and prosecutors confirmed this morning that those charges were filed. Tombleson, 28, of Lake Forest ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
[UPDATED with Formal Charges:] Juan Martinez, OC Homicide No. 25: Stabbed After School
UPDATE, JUNE 15, 4:59 P.M.: 18-year-old Bryan "Moto" Ocampo of Anaheim could be sentenced to 26 years to life in state prison if he is convicted of the stabbing-murder of a seventh grader.Currently jailed on $1 million bail, Ocampo was charged today with one felony count of murder with a sentenc ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
[UPDATED: Suspect Indicted] Robert Sickles, OC Homicide No. 1: Stabbed Outside Hotel New Year's Party in Costa Mesa
Courtesy of the OCDAAdam Randy Baker's booking photoUPDATE, FEB. 10, 5:36 P.M.: The case regarding a New Year's Eve murder and stabbing at a Costa Mesa hotel took a step forward this afternoon. Adam Randy Baker, 23, of Dana Point has been indicted by the Orange County Grand Jury on ... More >>
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January 13, 2011
[UPDATED:] Robert Sickles, OC Homicide No. 1: Stabbed Outside Hotel New Year's Party in Costa Mesa
Courtesy of OCDAAdam Randy BakerUpdate, Jan. 13, 8:15 a.m.: Adam Randy Baker, who is accused of stabbing a man to death with a knife and hospitalizing another in the early hours of New Year's Day, is out of jail after paying his $1 million bail on Wednesday. After recovering for days in t ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
Quang Van Quan, Convicted Murderer Of Garden Grove Family, Sentenced To 3 Life Sentences
Quang Van Quan better hope the Mayans were right, or he'll have a hell of a jail stay.On May 27, 2006, Quang Van Quan entered the Garden Grove home of Phuong Le, supposedly a friend he had made while in prison. Both were serving for robbery charges. The house-call wasn't a welcomed one. A ... More >>
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August 27, 2010
Julian Sermano Gets 16 Years in Prison for Stabbing Murder of Critic of His Singing
Julian Sermano, the 58-year-old San Juan Capistrano man convicted in June of stabbing another man to death in a park after arguing over who was a better singer, was sentenced today to 16 years to life in state prison. If only Sing Sing was in California.
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August 16, 2010
18-Year-Old Man, OC Homicide No. 38: Stabbed in Knife Fight at House Party
A house party was raging in the 300 block of West Bush Street in Anaheim just after midnight Sunday when things turned ugly.A fight broke out. Knives were whipped out. Much mayhem ensued.Two young men bolted out of the home and collapsed in a nearby alley. Both were 18. Both had been stabbed.
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July 19, 2010
Taco Bell Crime of the Week!
We here at the Weekly get along rather swell, with the biggest dust-ups usually caused by my loud voice whenever I do a radio interview. We're definitely no Taco Bell, and none of us would ever stab each other eight times in assorted body regions.
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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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June 23, 2010
[UPDATED:] Julian Sermano CONVICTED of Murdering Critic of His Singing
UPDATE: Julian Sermano was convicted of murder today (details below . . .) A 58-year-old San Juan Capistrano man was convicted today of stabbing another man to death in a park after arguing over who was a better singer. A jury in Santa Ana found Julian Sermano guilty of one felony count of second ... More >>
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April 30, 2010
Damoun Youden Rodrequez, OC Homicide No. 15: Stabbed After Argument
flickr user greggoconnellTwo men got into an argument around 5 a.m. Wednesday in the 1900 block of West Walnut Street in Santa Ana.Minutes later, police got a call about someone being assaulted on the same spot near First Street and the Orange County General Relief agency.Officers arrived to fin ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
[UPDATED:] Newborn Baby Girl, OC Homicide No. 13: Young Mother Held
UPDATE: Orange County District Attorney lays out the charges against young mother on eve of her arraignment (details at end of post) . . . Wikipedia CommonsA young mother who told her parents she was not feeling well was taken to a local hospital, where doctors determined she had just given birth ... More >>
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April 7, 2010
[UPDATED:] Carlos Humberto Vallejo, OC Homicide No. 11: Wife in Custody
UPDATE: The Oange County District Attorney's Office reveals the charges against the accused (details below) . . . View Larger MapUPDATED THROUGHOUT: The Orange County District Attorney's Office filed charges today against Janeth Hernandez, the 29-year-old Santa Ana woman accused of stabbing her husb ... More >>
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