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June 30, 2011
[UPDATED with Conviction:] Gustavo Adrian Vega, Repeat Drunken Driver Accused of Murdering Cara Alexandra Lee, Stands Trial
UPDATE, JUNE 30, 4:58 P.M.: A jury today found second-time drunken driver Gustavo Adrian Vega guilty of murder, hit-and-run resulting in death and possession of cocaine for the Valentine's Day 2010 crash in Costa Mesa that killed 20-year-old aspiring model Cara Alexandra Lee.Vega, 23, of Costa M ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
[UPDATED with Defense Motion Denied:] "Irvine 11" Case Heads for Trial
UPDATE, JUNE 21, 11:51 A.M.: An Orange County judge last week denied a defense motion claiming 11 college students cannot be prosecuted criminally for disrupting an Israeli ambassador's speech at UC Irvine.Attorneys for the so-called "Irvine 11," who are enrolled at UCI and UC Riverside, argued t ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
Joel Lee Craft Jr., Seller of Telemarketing Leads, Indicted in $25 Million Indie Movie Investment Scam
David Mamet's independent movie (and play that preceded it) Glengarry Glen Ross is about slick salesmen using underhanded tactics to rope in would-be property investors culled from what is known as "lead lists." The CEO of a San Clemente information company that sells such lists to telemark ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
[UPDATED with Sentence:] Darryl Raymond Phillips, Ex-Fullerton Official, Gets Jail, Probation, Restitution
UPDATE, JUNE 21, 2:17 P.M.: The city of Fullerton's former risk manager admitted last week to scheming with his cousin and cousin's boyfriend to signing off on phony personal-injury and property-damage claims and cashing out about $28,000 in payouts for his own use.In exchange for guilty pleas, 4 ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
[UPDATED with No New Boozing Counts:] Ex-Deputy Allan James Waters Guilty of Causing Crashes While Hopped Up on Pills
UPDATE, JUNE 14, 1:18 P.M.: Former Orange County sheriff's deputy Allan James Waters will not face additional counts after authorities suspected him of being drunk at his scheduled sentencing on charges of causing an injury accident while driving under the influence of prescription drugs.Thou ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
Thanh Van Tran Convicted of Murdering Lunar New Year Partier Outside Little Saigon Restaurant
A man who fatally shot a Lunar New Year celebrator outside D Saigon restaurant in Garden Grove in 2009 was found guilty by a jury today of second-degree murder.The jury also found true the sentencing enhancement for the personal discharge of a firearm causing death against Thanh Van Tran. The ... More >>
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June 7, 2011
[UPDATED with New Trial:] Vitaliy Krasnoperov Accused of Murder in Plot with 2 Burned Bodies
Vitaliy KrasnoperovUPDATE, JUNE 7, 11:52 A.M.: 25-year-old Hollywood resident Vitaliy Krasnoperov is accused of conspiring with childhood friend Iftekhar Murtaza via online instant messages to plan and carry out the kidnapping, murder and setting ablaze of the sister and father of Murtaza's ex-gi ... More >>
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June 2, 2011
[UPDATED with Mistrial:] Mary Katheryn Sharpski, Her Lover and His Butcher Friend Tried for Machete Attack on Her Husband
The wifeUPDATE, JUNE 2, 10:06 A.M.: The murder trial of the wife and lover accused of getting a butcher to kill her husband with a machete--which, ironically, is the name of the new John Grisham novel--has ended in mistrial.After deliberating for two days, the four-man, eight-woman jury informed ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
Did Appeals Court Read Own Ruling Clearing OCDA and Capistrano Unified Schools' Susan McGill?
In their California 4th Appellate District, Division 3, ruling in McGill v. Superior Court of Orange County, the justices exonerate both Susan McGill and the Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA), which brought charges against the Capistrano Unified School District's former assistant su ... More >>
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May 20, 2011
[UPDATED with Sentence:] Joseph Raymond Garcia Raped and Sodomized Women He Met Online
UPDATE, MAY 20, 2:19 P.M.: A judge today sentenced Joseph Raymond Garcia to 45 years to life in state prison for forcibly sodomizing three women and raping two of them.The 51-year-old Irvine resident met two of the victims online through MillionaireMatch.com.
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May 19, 2011
[UPDATED with Sentence:] Armando Macias: DEATH!
Courtesy of OCDAArmando MaciasUPDATE, MAY 19, 6:08 P.M.: A jury today recommended that gang member Armando Macias, 35, of Lancaster, receive the death penalty for his role in a bizarre family murder plot in 2002.It was Macias who "executed" 44-year-old David Montemayor, who was fleeing after bri ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
[UPDATED with Sentences:] Caretaker Norma Ruth Casini, Husband Leno and Daughter Anastasia Darlena Mendezkestler Guilty of Fleecing the Elderly
UPDATE, MAY 5, 6:52 P.M.: Caretaker Norma Ruth Casini pleaded guilty to stealing more than $642,000 from multiple elderly victims, including taking $610,000 from an 85-year-old woman to spend on shopping, travel and a "dog whisperer." The 51-year-old Laguna Niguel resident was sentenced to 13 ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
[UPDATED with Promotion for Liar:] Deanna Fogarty-Hardwick Wins Supreme Court Ruling Against County Taking Her Daughters
UPDATE, APRIL 26, 11:52 A.M.: You might assume--wrongly, it turns out--that lying to a juvenile court commissioner so a woman's two daughters would be taken away from her for years would cost two County of Orange social workers their jobs. Even if you didn't believe those workers lied after the f ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
[UPDATED with Board Denial:] Parole for Lawrence Rayburn Cowell, Who Threw Buddy Out of Plane, Doesn't Fly With Rackauckas
UPDATE, APRIL 26, 5:30 P.M.: The Board of Parole Hearings, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations today denied parole for Lawrence Rayburn Cowell.He will be eligible for his next parole hearing in 2016.The board heard opposition to the 62-year-old's parole on double 25 years to ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
[UPDATED with Conviction:] Armando Macias Faces Death Penalty for Bizarre Family Murder Plot
Courtesy of OCDAArmando MaciasUPDATE, APRIL 21, 5:56 P.M.: A jury in Santa Ana today found Armando Macias guilty of murder--a conviction that could bring the 35-year-old Lancaster gang banger the death penalty.Macias was part of the family murder plot of businessman David Montemayor, 44, of Buena ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Steven Bickel, OC Prosecutor, Target of Hit by Quadruple Murderer, LA County DA Alleges
Los Angeles County prosecutors claim a Whittier man facing the death penalty for fatally shooting four people tried to arrange a gang hit on Steven Bickel, an Orange County deputy district attorney attached to the Welfare Fraud unit.The allegation was made Monday during the penalty phase of 37-ye ... More >>
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April 9, 2011
[UPDATED with Not Guilty Plea:] Joe David Nelms, Former Pastor, Accused of Molesting Girl in 1993
UPDATE, APRIL 9, 10:16 A.M.: 47-year-old Joe David Nelms pleaded not guilty Friday to eight felony counts related to the sexual assault of a then-14-year-old girl he met while serving as a youth pastor in San Clemente in 1993.Nelms, who was extradited to Orange County from Texas, returned to Oran ... More >>
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April 7, 2011
[UPDATED with Conviction:] Joseph Raymond Garcia Up on Charges of Rape and Sodomy of Women He Met on MillionaireMatch.com
UPDATE, APRIL 7, 6 P.M.: A jury today convicted Joseph Raymond Garcia of forcibly sodomizing three women, two of whom he met online through MillionaireMatch.com. The 51-year-old Irvine resident was also found guilty of raping two of the women.He faces up to 120 years in state prison at his May ... More >>
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March 28, 2011
[UPDATED] Edgar Calvillo Loses Appeal in Murder After Spat Over Girl and Vandalized Car
UPDATE, MARCH 28, 1:39 P.M.: The same day the third and final defendant was sentenced in the 2008 shooting death of a 22-year-old Lake Forest father, the shooter in that case lost an appeal over his confession.The California Court of Appeals, Fourth District, disagreed with the contentions of Edg ... More >>
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March 28, 2011
[UPDATED] Armando Macias Faces Death Penalty for Bizarre Family Murder Plot
David MontemayorUPDATE, MARCH 28, 9:34 A.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) today goes for a third death penalty conviction and sixth and final conviction overall in the 2002 murder of a Buena Park man that was set in motion by his sister, who was jealous he was being handed ... More >>
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March 28, 2011
Me Arlene Settle Could Get Stiff Prison Sentence for Role in International Phishing Ring
When federal indictments were announced in the fall of 2009 as part of Operation "Phish Phry," a multinational investigation conducted in the United States and Egypt that led to charges against 100 people, it was hailed as the largest number of defendants ever charged in a cybercrime case. Fiv ... More >>
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March 18, 2011
Jury Deliberates Dana Point Deputy Excessive Force Case
Prietto: Does this guy look like a troublemaker?The lawyer for a group of South Orange County residents--including a famous athlete and a successful Laguna Beach actor/model--told a federal jury today that sheriff's deputies lied on the witness stand to cover up excessive force used during an ear ... More >>
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March 15, 2011
Ricardo Avalos Maffey, Molesting Church Pastor, Tried to Blame 14-Year-Old Girl, But Jury Didn't Buy It
Here's something every mother of a 14-year-old girl fears: finding e-mails to her from the family's 44-year-old church pastor saying, "Okay, picture dis. U making out with me n my lips are really cracked n dry. As u pull away a lil piece of skin gets stuck 2 u" and, "There are no ways to describe ... More >>
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March 15, 2011
Joyce Char, OC 2010 Homicide No. 63: Dies from Son Hitting Her in Head with Shovel in 2009
Robert Lawrence Char pleaded guilty on July 9, 2010, to trying to kill his mother by hitting her repeatedly in the head with a shovel 11 months before. He was later sentenced to nine years in state prison and had been sitting in a cell at Vacaville ever since.Now, the 49-year-old is back in Orang ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
[UPDATED] Carlie Rose Attebury, Ex-El Modena High Band Teacher, Gets 16 Months for Unlawful Sex with 15-year-old Boy
UPDATE, MARCH 4, 2:52 P.M.: Former El Modena High School band teacher Carlie Rose Attebury was sentenced today to 16 months in prison for having sex with a then-15-year-old boy who was her drum major.The 31-year-old Orange resident must also register as a sex offender for life.She was also ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
[UPDATED] Caretaker Norma Ruth and Leno Casini's Daughter Anastasia Darlena Mendezkestler Joins Parents in Facing Charges Tied to Thefts from Elderly
UPDATE, MARCH 4, 6:01 P.M.: Are the Casinis a family of gypsies--the thieving kind Borat warned us about?Because now the daughter of alleged sticky-fingered caretaker to the elderly Norma Casini and her husband the accused fence Leno Casini is up on charges related to the caper.Anastasia Darlena ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Douglas John A. Mackenzie, One Sick Bastard, Deserves Sexually Violent Predator Tag: OCDA
Douglas John A. Mackenzie met a woman and her 7-year-old son at a local church gathering in the U.K., befriended them and moved in with them. Later, when he wasn't raping the boy, he was convincing the mother to conceive a child in-vitro with his sperm because he wanted to be a father but claimed ... More >>
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February 11, 2011
Veronica Paz Gets 15 Years to Life for Using Sex to Lure Ex-Boyfriend to His Death by New Boyfriend
What 17-year-old boy would turn down a promise of hot sex at a quiet hilltop construction site? El Modena High School wrestler Diego Gonzalez's ex-girlfriend had a new boyfriend, but 20-year-old Veronica Paz was still seeing Gonzalez on the side. They drove to an unincorporated residential area n ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
[UPDATED] Shaine Joseph LaVoie, Co-Founder of Ezekiel Clothing Co., Accused of Ripping Off Investors in Phony New Ventures
UPDATE, FEB. 10, 1:37 P.M.: Here's a piece of Shaine Joseph LaVoie's booking photo.For those who do not have the energy to hit "MORE" to see the full version of the mugshot after the jump and read the accompanying text, LaVoie is accused of defrauding investors in clothing ventures authorities c ... More >>
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February 7, 2011
Arsenio Lamonte Collins Gets 54 Years to Life for Peeling Off 2 Shots in Failed Bid to Rob Pot Shop
A would-be bandit who was foiled in his attempt to rob a medical marijuana dispensary in Laguna Niguel but managed to get off two shots from his handgun that missed the owner was sentenced Friday to 54 years to life in state prison.Arsenio Lamonte Collins, 21, of Los Angeles, had been convicted b ... More >>
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January 31, 2011
[UPDATED] Brinda Sue McCoy in Deep Doodoo and Lucky to Be Alive: Wife of Oceanside Police Chief and Former Cypress Mayor Accused of Shooting at Cops
UPDATE, JAN. 31, 4:47 P.M.: Don't know how we missed this one last week, but 47-year-old Brinda Sue McCoy pleaded not guilty in a Santa Ana courtroom Wednesday to firing one of her husband's guns at police officers who were trying to talk her out of suicide during a three-hour standoff in the cou ... More >>
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January 25, 2011
More on Blood, Hurst & O'Reardon, One of the Law Firms Behind the Taco Bell Fake-Beef Lawsuit
Of course, it was going to be a big story, the $5 million class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. federal court alleging Taco Bell doesn't sell real beef in its tacos. And most stories focus on the Alabama-based law firm representing plaintiff Amanda Obney: Beasley, Allen, Crow, Mehvin, Portis & Mile ... More >>
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January 21, 2011
Bradley Stewart Wagner, Ex-Cop Who Forced Immigrants to Sex Him Up, Heads to Federal Court
Bradley Stewart Wagner, a former Anaheim police officer who was sentenced last month to four years in prison for forcing immigrant women to blow him lest he have them deported, has more legal entanglements ahead. The 63-year-old Perris resident is due in federal court in Los Angeles on Feb. 22, w ... More >>
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December 23, 2010
Mr. Wagner (Finally) Goes to Prison
[Moxley Confidential] Anaheim cop Bradley Stewart Wagner's former lawyer dooms his chances of getting out of his guilty plea to sexually assaulting illegal immigrants.
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December 16, 2010
[UPDATED:] Alfredo "Freddy" Cruz GUILTY in Murder That Followed Spat Over Girl, Vandalized Car
The late Luis Alejandro Rivera, with his son Isik.Update, December 16, 3:35 p.m.: 24-year-old Alfredo "Freddy" Cruz was convicted today of murdering Luis Rivera outside the young father's Lake Forest home. Cruz could get up to 15 years to life in state prison at the Lake Forest resident's sentenc ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
[UPDATED:] Paul Marshal Curry, Accused of Killing Wife by Poisoning in '94, Gets Arraignment Delayed
Update, December 7, 1:41 p.m.: The arraignment of Paul Marshal Curry, a 54-year-old Kansas building inspector accused of poisoning his wife of two years in San Clemente in 1994 to collect a $400,000 insurance claim, has been delayed until Jan. 14.Meanwhile, officials in Salina, Kansas, say Curry ... More >>
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December 3, 2010
"Creepy" Anaheim Cop/Rapist Gets Nailed By His Own Defense Lawyer
Dirty copAdd "cheap" and "pitifully subservient" to the long, disgusting list of descriptions--rapist, habitual liar, dirty cop, drug addict--you can say about Bradley Stewart Wagner, the veteran Anaheim officer who repeatedly used his badge in an illegal sex-crimes scheme that targeted illegal-i ... More >>
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November 29, 2010
[UPDATED:] Paul Gentile Smith Gets Life for 1988 Near-Decapitation Murder of Friend
Update, Nov. 29, 1:04 p.m.: Long Beach 50-year-old Paul Gentile Smith, who was found guilty earlier this month of stabbing, torturing and murdering his long-time high school friend in 1988, was sentenced today to life in state prison without the possibility of parole.At his sentencing hea ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
[UPDATED:] Carlie Rose Attebury, El Modena High Band Teacher, CONVICTED of Unlawful Sex with 15-year-old Boy
Update, November 24, 7 p.m.: Former El Modena High School band teacher Carlie Rose Attebury, 31, of Orange, was convicted today of four felony county of having sex with an underage male student.She could get up to five years in state prison at her Jan. 7 sentencing, according to prosecutors. ... More >>
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November 15, 2010
ACLU Accuses Feds of Retaliatory Deportation of Whistleblower Who Sued Fullerton Company
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is "deeply concerned" over federal immigration agents detaining and initiating deportation proceedings against an immigrant worker who filed a federal class action lawsuit against a Fullerton-based firm in August for labor and civil rights violations. ... More >>
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November 10, 2010
Paul Marshal Curry Faces Extradition Hearing in Kansas for Wife's 1994 Murder in OC
A Salina, Kansas, man faces an extradition hearing today as he has been arrested and charged in the cold case murder of his wife in San Clemente 16 years ago.Paul Marshal Curry, 54, is accused of poisoning his wife of two years, Linda Curry, for a $400,000 life insurance payoff. He faces life in ... More >>
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November 9, 2010
Marwan Abdellatif, Douglas Nissan Manager, is Fugitive in Elaborate Customer Fraud Case
The Orange County District Attorney's Office is reaching out to the public in its search for the former Douglas Nissan desk manager, who is accused of stealing the identities of unsuspecting customers and defrauding banks in the sale of used cars at the Orange dealership.A $2 million arrest warr ... More >>
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October 28, 2010
OC's Scariest People
Crypt from the headlines, here are our annual 31 flavors of fiendishness
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October 21, 2010
Grinding Justice
Operation Streamline costs millions, tramples the Constitution, treats migrants like cattle, doesn't work
Blogs
September 14, 2010
Andrew Thomas Gallo, Accused of Killing Angels Pitcher Nick Adenhart and 2 Others, is Not Only Alleged Drunken Driver Up on Murder Today
Andrew Thomas GalloSeparate murder trials for two alleged drunken drivers begin this morning in Orange County.One you've heard a lot about, the other not so much.Guess that's to be expected when a rookie phenom Angels pitcher is a murder victim in the more talked-about case.
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August 19, 2010
Local School Districts Caught Up in New Study Showing Millions Blown on Litigation
The Peabody-winning educational program South Park aired an episode the other night that took lawsuits against public school districts to despicably hilarious new heights.The real-life cartoon plays out publicly--and locally--in the Capistrano, Santa Ana and Long Beach unified school districts.
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July 7, 2010
DA Announces Second Anaheim Gang Injunction
CORRECTION: The Orange County District Attorney's Office just sent this over: "The Safety Zone is primarily located north of Katella Avenue, east of Nutwood Street, south of Ball Road, and west of Disneyland Drive." Ah, summer: the season of flip-flops, sundresses . . . gang injunctions.The Orang ... More >>
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June 30, 2010
[UPDATED:] Kevin Michael Sianez, Ex-Cop Allegedly Defrauded P.I. Clients, Intimidated Critics and Sought Women to Screw His Dog
UPDATE: Former cop Kevin Michael Sianez, who failed to show up for his Tuesday arraignment, turned himself in (updates throughout). After Kevin Michael Sianez failed to show up for his scheduled arraignment Tuesday morning on a 63-count criminal complaint that alleges the former Santa Ana and Sta ... More >>
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