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May 17, 2013
California Assembly Passes Immigrant-Friendly TRUST Act; OC's Dem Assemblymembers Join GOP in Not Voting for It
The Trust Act made its way once more through the California Assembly yesterday by a final vote of 44-22. The legislation was vetoed late last year when it reached the desk of Democratic Governor Jerry Brown. Supporters say the bill authored by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano will limit deportations fueled b ... More >>
Blogs
April 24, 2013
Gokhan Kucuk, John Giang Ly and Joon Heung Son Busted in "Operation Fashion Faux Pas"
Gokhan Kucuk of Huntington Beach, John Giang Ly of Westminster and Garden Grove shoe shop owner Joon Heung Son are facing felony charges stemming from "Operation Fashion Faux Pas," an Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation of Orange County retailers suspected of dealing in counterfeit des ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2013
Larry James Allred Cuts Deal That May Pin Him to Cell for 8 Years for Selling Fake Disney Pins
Remember the two knuckleheads who dared try to import counterfeit Disney collectible pins and sell them on the Internet?Hell, even Vlad Putin's too scared of the Mouse to pull that shit.The second of the two guys pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges and enhancements for past crimes that could send hi ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2013
Dana Rohrabacher Makes DREAMer Cry By Ranting About Illegal Immigration at His DC Office
All of us know Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Supported Taliban) is an idiot, a pendejo, a guy who once employed a staffer who'd go on to get arrested for pedophilia (then deny he ever knew him) and believes in wacky things. But it's one thing to be some foolish politician, and quite another to mak ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2012
Farhad Ebadat, Bellagio Motors Owner, Accused of Embezzling $3 Million from Customers
The owner of a Costa Mesa dealership specializing in Audi Spyder, BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lexus, Lotus, Maserati, Porsche, Rolls Royce and other high-end luxury cars is accused of embezzling $3 million from those buying and selling vehicles at his business.Farhad Ebadat, the 37-year-old operator ... More >>
Blogs
November 28, 2012
[UPDATED with 300 Groups Demand Closure:] Theo Lacy Facility Outed as Among the Worst Immigration Detention Centers in the U.S.
See the Update No. 2 at the end of this post on 300 groups calling on the president to close troubled immigrant holding facilities, including Theo Lacy's.See Update No. 1 on the ACLU of Southern California citing the Detention Watch Network report in calling for the closure of Orange County's immigr ... More >>
Blogs
November 27, 2012
Safieh Fard, Who Copped to Family Mortgage Scam Then Withdrew Plea, is Found Guilty
A year ago, jewelry store owner Safieh Fard did something her sister and two of her sons did the year before: plead guilty in Santa Ana federal court to charges related to mortgage scams the family pulled with Newport Beach oceanfront properties for years. But heading into sentencing, the then-50-ye ... More >>
Blogs
October 1, 2012
Governor Jerry Brown's Actions on Immigrant Legislation Draws Ire from Advocates
With a midnight deadline looming, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the Trust Act yesterday calling it "fatally flawed" while singing into law legislation on driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants who obtain work permits under President Obama's deferred action policy. The National Day Laborer Organ ... More >>
Blogs
September 28, 2012
Two Men Charged with Possessing Pounds of Ecstasy and Thousands of Steroids
One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you incredibly horny. But if jail time is in the cards for suspects Cody Horn, 29, of Yorba Linda and Troy Olson, 44, of Norco, it's the former pill they'll want to keister. Both men face multiple charges related to a drug transaction involvin ... More >>
Blogs
May 2, 2012
[UPDATED with Victim and Suspect I.D.'s, Charges:] Luis Arreola, OC Homicide No. 10: Shot Outside Apartments
UPDATE, MAY 2, 10:23 A.M.: The trail from the body of Luis Arreola, who died in an emergency room after being found with gunshot wounds outside apartments in Anaheim April 25, led investigators to alleged meth dealers and an apparent plot to steal drugs from them. Six suspects from Anaheim, Commerce ... More >>
Blogs
March 5, 2012
Daniel Edward Becerril II, Huntington Beach Investor, Allegedy Robbed-Murdered Artist
A Huntington Beach financial consultant and his wife are being held in the 2008 murder of a Santa Monica artist who was fleeced out of more than a half million dollars.Santa Monica police investigators also believe others may have been involved in the complex financial scheme, but so far it is on ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2012
Ali Achekzai, International Serial Rapist, Gets 61 Years to Life
International serial rapist Ali Achekzai, who was convicted of six felony counts last month after Orange County authorities had the 34-year-old extradited from Austria, was sentenced today to 61 years to life in state prison. Before the former Ladera Ranch resident learned his fate, one of three ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2012
[UPDATED with Not Guilty Plea:] Robert Vincent Peace, Youth Soccer Coach, Accused of Possessing Child Porn
UPDATE, JAN. 25, 10:36 A.M.: Ex-soccer coach and accused child pornography hoarder Robert Vincent Peace pleaded not guilty at arraignment Tuesday to 16 felonies and a sentencing enhancement allegation for substantial sexual conduct with a child. The judge set Peace's bail to $500,000. He fa ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2012
Erwin Johnny Sanchez Gets 29 Years to Life for Murder of Man Who Died of Pneumonia
Nineteen-year-old Scott Sittler lived another 15 years paralyzed and on a respirator after Erwin Johnny Sanchez shot him in the head on a quiet Santa Ana street in 1994. But after Sittler died of pneumonia in February 2009, the district attorney's office filed murder charges. Sanchez had been sch ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2012
Oscar Raul Medina-Perez Gets Jail, Probation and Probably Deportation for Single-Punch Killing Outside Club
When a man died weeks after Oscar Raul Medina-Perez dropped him with a single punch outside La Barca Night Club in Stanton last year, it was not outside the realm of possibility that the hitter would be looking at a murder count. After pleading guilty to felony involuntary manslaughter, Huntingt ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
17 of 19 Defendants Pleaded Guilty in Little Saigon Gaming Machine Case
Seventeen of the 19 people swept up in last spring's crackdown on illegal gambling machines in Little Saigon have reportedly pleaded guilty to misdemeanors.Charges were dismissed against an 18th arrestee, California Café manager Anh Viet Quach, 34, of Westminster, while Cafe Miss Cutie owner Ha ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
Leo James Zabala Jr. Accused of Posting Craigslist Personals Seeking Sex With High School Girls
After a personal ad posted Sept. 6 in Craigslist's Orange County "Casual Encounters" section offered to pay high school girls $60 for intercourse and $40 for head, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children alerted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investi ... More >>
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October 25, 2011
ACLU Study Reveals Almost 200 Allegations Of Sexual Abuse Of Immigration Detainees, Three Cases At Santa Ana City Jail
A recent American Civil Liberties Union report shows that sexual abuse of people in immigration detention facilities is a widespread, and likely underreported, issue in the U.S. Through Freedom of Information Act requests, the ACLU learned of almost 200 cases of alleged sexual abus ... More >>
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September 30, 2011
Robert Edward Smyrak and Larry James Allred: Two Knuckleheads Bootlegged Disney Pins
Is there any doubt Disney will sue the balls off anyone who bootlegs its merchandise? Nope.Need proof? Just ask the two Southern California knuckleheads who were busted importing $2 million worth of bootlegged Disney pins from China.Learn more about their attempted scam (and some even more distur ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
Chicano Activist Carlos Montes Makes His Case in Anaheim Ahead of Next Court Date
MontesAt the invitation of the Orange County Peace Coalition, longtime Chicano activist Carlos Montes spoke about the serious legal charges he now faces to an audience gathered at the Unitarian Univeralist Church in Anaheim. "I was really happy to be invited to share my issue and support their wo ... More >>
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September 16, 2011
Gary Samuel Cochran, Child Porn Convict Swept Up in Peer-to-Peer Network Probe, Cuts Deal with Feds
Gary Samuel Cochran, a 53-year-old registered sex offender who was among 55 men nabbed after a multi-agency probe into child pornography exchanged via peer-to-peer networks like Limewire, agreed Thursday to plea guilty to making kiddie porn, federal prosecutors say.How kiddie? A search of Cochr ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2011
[UPDATED with Victim's Death:] Leovardo Vera Bustos, OC Homicide No. 33: Dies From Single Punch Outside Nightclub
Medina-PerezUPDATE, JULY 26, 7:44 A.M.: 24-year-old Westminster resident Leovardo Vera Bustos has died from the brain injuries suffered after sustaining a single punch in front of La Barca NIght Club in Stanton on July 5.Bustos fell backward, hit the ground hard, lost consciousness and never reg ... More >>
Blogs
July 15, 2011
[UPDATED With Criminal Charges, Another Incident:] Boat Carrying Mexican Nationals Capsizes Near Crystal Cove State Park
UPDATE, JULY 15, 4:17: Four of the fourteen Mexican nationals who were onboard the panga boat that capsized near Newport Tuesday have been charged as criminals -- three for "conspiring to bring illegal aliens to the United States" and the other for illegal entry. The three alleged consp ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2011
Samuel Chai Cho Oh Gets Prison Time For Selling Diplomas at Fake University
ICEA fake graduation ceremony at the fake school, California Union University. Hundreds of "students" "attended" Fullerton's "California Union University," a school with possibly no books or classes or teachers.It was a school run by 66-year-old pastor Samuel Chai Cho Oh, who was sentenced on Monday ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2011
Mandak Kohn Griffin, Cypress BMX Coach, Hit With Multiple Counts of Sex Assaults on Young Boys
Bicycle moto-cross (BMX) coach Mandak Kohn Griffin was to be arraigned today on charges of sexually assaulting three boys, ages 7 to 9, from his Cypress neighborhood and exchanging thousands of child pornography images over the Internet, authorities said. The 30-year-old Cypress resident could ge ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2011
[UPDATED with More Guilty Pleas:] 19 Alleged to Have Provide Loosest Slots in Garden Grove
UPDATE, JUNE 3, 4:57 P.M.: Two more defendants have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the multi-agency sweep of Little Saigon cafes alleged to have operated illegal gaming machines.Hien Thanh Thi Nguyan, 41, of Garden Grove, and Quy Huu Tran, 61, of Santa Ana, both pleaded guilty to misdem ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2011
[UPDATED with First Four Convictions:] 19 Arraigned for Providing the Loosest Slots in Garden Grove
UPDATE, MAY 25, 5:15 P.M.: Four of the 19 defendants have already been convicted in the case of illegal gambling at Garden Grove cafés. Pleading guilty today to one misdemeanor count of possession of an unlawful gaming device, one misdemeanor count of possession or control of a slot machine, a ... More >>
Blogs
March 3, 2011
The 10 Spanish Words and Terms Restaurant Owners and Customers Must Know
A publishing company has bombarded me recently with their Spanish-for-restaurants guides that promises supervisors, owners, waiters, customers--essentially anyone who doesn't speak español--enough fluency to speak with the Mexicans that work at restaurants. They promise over 1,000 easy-to-employ ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2011
Aurelia Ramirez Got Cash and Food Stamps for 11 Years Because Her Husband Was Away. But He Wasn't
On Dec. 6, 1991, Aurelia Ramirez first applied for public assistance for her nine children through a county program that gives cash and food stamps to families that have an absent parent--in her case, a husband who lived and worked in Mexico.She continued to get taxpayer-funded help until author ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
Election 2010: Gustavo Drinks Through the Election, Or: Trashing the Dems and Bashing Whitman
Updated throughout the day, with the freshest post on top. Click after the jump for vignettes on Barbara Coe, Loretta Sanchez, Meg Whitman, and Borat!Midnight. Drink of choice: Alka-Seltzer...my pockets hurt. Loretta Sanchez has pulled away by thousands of votes, but we'll wait until the official ... More >>
Film
September 2, 2010
'Machete': Blades of Gory
When it's not LOL-funny, Robert Rodriguez's film is downright dull
Blogs
August 27, 2010
Ali Achekzai, Serial Rape Suspect Captured in Austria, to be Back in Orange County Tonight
R. Scott Moxley told you in January about the capture of Ali Achekzai, a onetime Ladera Ranch resident and alleged Southern California serial rapist who was found living in Salzburg, Austria, through a DNA match. Tonight, the 32-year-old on District Attorney Tony Rackauckas' Ten Most Wanted list ... More >>
News
August 26, 2010
Asylum Denied
Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.
News
August 12, 2010
Seized
Inside the brutal world of America's kidnapping capital
Blogs
August 3, 2010
[UPDATED:] Marisela Espinoza, OC Homicide No. 37: Deadbeat Hubby Accused in Killing
UPDATE: Victim identified, charges filed, motive revealed (updates throughout) . . . After Marisela Espinoza failed to show up to work since July 27, her co-workers at Alcoa Fastening Systems in Fullerton called Santa Ana Police on Friday, concerned about her well-being. That began a chain of eve ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2010
Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day
Headline: Immigration Could Creep into Senate RaceComment by SOUTHOC: I wrote Obama and "he" wrote me back stating that he would follow the writing on the statue of liberty. I reminded him that the statue of liberty was a gift from the French and not an American idea. No Amnesty for criminal ... More >>
News
July 15, 2010
Ronnie's Kids
Today, 'amnesty' is a dirty word. So what happened to the immigrants given a fresh start by Reagan in 1986?
News
July 8, 2010
What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?
It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship
Columns
July 1, 2010
Gustavo's Poetry Corner
[¡Ask a Mexican!] You might not be a pinche racist if . . .
News
June 10, 2010
Cowboy Down
Rob Krentz's Family Talks About the Life and Death of the Murdered Arizona Rancher
News
June 3, 2010
Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border
Tougher border enforcement in California and Texas has spelled disaster for southern Arizona
Blogs
April 16, 2010
Bayron Reyes Lopez, Who Choked Dog Before Smashing It Into Sidewalk, Gets Jail, Probation, Possible Deportation
Bayron Reyes Lopez probably isn't laughing now.When sheriff's deputies arrived the morning of Dec. 30 at the Rancho San Clemente Tennis Club in San Clemente where Bayron Reyes Lopez worked as a maintenance man, they found him nude and lying on his stomach in a pool of hot coffee.On the left is ho ... More >>
Columns
April 1, 2010
¿Ask a Minuteman?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] In honor of April Fools' Day, Jim Gilchrist puts on the sombrero and bandoliers this week
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 1, 2009
Crime Time: Alleged Rummy Mommy, Ex-Cop Robber, Sticky Fingers, Douches on (and Taking) Bikes and Really Bad Karaoke Singers
It's the Weekly's weekly police blotter--now with more alleged rummy mommies, ex-cop robbers, sticky fingers, douches on bikes and really bad karaoke singers.MONDAY, NOV. 23 Insert car here.That Walled-In Feeling A man crashing his black Toyota Corolla into a wall at the Shell gas station at Lake ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2009
The Real Drug Bust of "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County"
The Peruvian boyfriend of Alex Murrel, a cast member from season 2 of MTV's Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, was arrested in her rented Laguna Beach house on suspicion of felony possession of cocaine with intent to sell.Murrel, 22, was questioned as a witness last week but is not expected to fa ... More >>
Features
August 30, 2007
Face Off
A Little Saigon identity-theft ring pounded OC businesses until one cop saw a tear in its veil of secrecy
Features
June 28, 2007
From Hunter to Hunted
In his quest to free slaves around the world, Aaron Cohen thought hed seen it all. Then he went to Myanmar
Columns
January 4, 2007
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