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November 21, 2005
Mea Culpa, We Fuck-Uppa
There were two HUUUUGE mistakes in the virtual droolings below. First, in KEN CALVERT'S MOD SQUAD, we reported that OC Blog has always been behind state Senator John Campbell (R-Richy Richland) from the beginning of his quest for the 48th Congressional District seat. A close follower of Clockwork an ... More >>
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October 30, 2007
Tuesday's Headlines. No Surprises: Moxley called it
Moxley called it: Last night, the Los Angeles Times reported that OC Sheriff Mike Carona had been indicted on federal corruption charges. If you haven't already, read R.Scott Moxley's post on the subject, with links to his ballsy coverage of the official over the years. Note: The indictment is unde ... More >>
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April 10, 2009
Angels Pitcher Nick Adenhart Killed in Fullerton Crash
*Moved up by Gustavo, because dumb-ass trolls have hijacked a tragedy to go on and rail about Mexicans. Give 'em hell, gentle readers...Nick Adenhart, the Angels starter who pitched six scoreless innings in last night's 6-4 loss to the A's, was one of three people killed in a collision involvin ... More >>
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January 26, 2006
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February 10, 2005
What The Devil Told Joe Parker
Nobody paid much attention to the terrifying voices Joe Parker heard until he slashed his way through an Irvine supermarket.
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June 24, 1999
The Talking Drug
Nobody paid much attention to the terrifying voices Joe Parker heard until he slashed his way through an Irvine supermarket.
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January 7, 1999
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Nobody paid much attention to the terrifying voices Joe Parker heard until he slashed his way through an Irvine supermarket.
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May 20, 2009
Two Local Hospitals To Be Fined For Violations
marosh / Flickr / Creative CommonsThis might sting a little.St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton and UCI Medical Center in Irvine will both face administrative fines from the California Department of Public Health, the department announced today. Each fine is $25,000, and comes as a result of "a det ... More >>
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June 16, 2009
Crime Time: No Incidents at Home Plate Before Angel Game
Photos by Professional Services Responder George Ridley Olszynski, Lewellyn, Palmer and Hutchens play hardball.This week's Weekly round-up of local police calls is illustrated with a photo of Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, Anaheim Police Sgt. Greg Palmer, who is president of the Anaheim Pol ... More >>
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June 29, 2009
Just Another Orange County Murder: John Doe in Anaheim
View Larger Map Police responding to a call of a man down in an alley near South Olive Street and East Valencia Avenue in Anaheim around 9 p.m. Friday found a 20-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his chest. The unidentified man was taken to UCI Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 9:5 ... More >>
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June 30, 2009
UC Irvine To Fire Whistleblower Nurse?
Paul SchultzThis is not Ethel Mark, but isn't she so cute?A cardiac care nurse at UC Irvine who raised questions about faulty narcotics pumps, proper nurse rotations and mandatory breaks was notified by management that she could expect to fired in early July, according to the California Nurses Assoc ... More >>
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June 30, 2009
Crime Time: Hey, Mister in the Miniskirt Looking at Porn!
Very early Tuesday in Tustin. Not the real crime but an amazing facsimile. Once again, it's the Weekly's weekly round-up of Orange County police calls...MONDAY, JUNE 22Breaking Up the Boredom of a Bank Line: Shortly after noon, a man clutching a backpack threatened to blow up the Bank of America bra ... More >>
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July 7, 2009
Crime Time: Spot This Week's Celebrity Victim!
Hey, juvies, it's our weekly Weekly round-up of Orange County police calls . . .MONDAY, JUNE 29 The pre-vandalized Scott BorasAnyone Fitting the Description of a Major League Baseball Team Owner Spotted Outside Before the Crime? The windows of super-agent Scott Boras' Land Rover were vandalized whil ... More >>
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August 4, 2009
Crime Time: Stabbings, Curfews, Drunk Marines, Drunk Councilman and Van's a-Rockin'
It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more stabbings and [alleged] drunken-driving politicians . . . Courtesy Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentKnew those Trader Joe's bags were good for something . . .MONDAY, JULY 27Cash and Carry A man walked up with a Trader Joe's b ... More >>
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August 27, 2009
Just Another Orange County Murder: Renato Gaitan [UPDATED]
View Larger Map UPDATED WITH ARRESTS IN CASE.Suspected gang members were hanging out near an apartment complex in the 2100 block of West Alameda Avenue in Anaheim some time before 11 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, when a shot rang out. Police arrived to find Renato Gaitan, 29, of Anaheim, lying ne ... More >>
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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 >>
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September 9, 2009
Crime Time: Boozy Mom, Asshole Cop, Thieving Aliens, Fast-Acting Pharmacist and Lotsa Stabbers
It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more boozy moms, asshole cops, fast-acting pharmacists, apartments full of thieving aliens and loads of stabbings!Courtesy of Costa Mesa Police DepartmentCraig Anthony McVay, 48, of Garden Grove, was in the midst of three years probat ... More >>
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September 22, 2009
Just Another Orange County Murder: Mary Bowman
View Larger MapThe 40-year-old daughter of Mary Bowman, 75, called 9-1-1 about 8 p.m. Wednesday to say her mother was not feeling well. Paramedics at Bowman's condominium at 1700 West Cerritos Avenue in Anaheim to discover she was suffering from a major head injury. She was rushed to UCI Medical Cen ... More >>
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September 17, 2009
Hold Your Mother of the Year Ballots: Here's the Woman Who Allegedly Stabbed Her Little Girls
Courtesy of Westminster Police DepartmentThuy Le's booking photo.This photo was taken today of Thuy Le, 38, of Garden Grove, after she was booked for allegedly trying to stab to death her 3- and 5-year-old daughters before turning the knife on herself in Westminster Wednesday morning.
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November 17, 2009
Crime Time: Late Octogenarian Lesbian Sex Edition
It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local crimes and police calls--now with more . . . um . . . you'll see. (Not that you'll want to.) TUESDAY, NOV. 10 Nothing to See Here Folks. . . . Seriously, You Don't Want to Look This call came in around 1:10 p.m. concerning activ ... More >>
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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 >>
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April 29, 2010
Alejandro H. Garcia, OC Homicide No. 14: Bicyclist Shot in an Alley and Left to Die
flickr user crystl Alejandro H. Garcia was on a bicycle in an alley in the 400 block of north Bush Street, Anaheim, Monday night.Wrong place, wrong time.He was approached by three other guys on bikes. Someone asked Garcia which gang he belongs to. Don't belong to any, he replied.Wrong answer.The ... More >>
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August 5, 2010
Chair-Tossing, Guard-Conking Riot at Juvie
A riot broke out at Orange County's Juvenile Hall in Orange Saturday night, with 27 boys fighting one another and a guard getting hit in the head with a flying chair.Deputy juvenile correctional officer Stacy Androus reports she was briefly knocked out by the chair and can't recall the entire f ... More >>
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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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August 17, 2010
If Your Kids Won't Listen, Blame Their iPods
A new study out of two Boston hospitals shows those ages 12 to 19 are suffering hearing loss, and a UC Irvine expert who has conducted his own research believes he knows why: the use of MP3 players like iPods.That is, Dr. Hamid Djalilian, director of Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery at UCI Medi ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
[UPDATED:] California Adventure's Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Becomes a Real Tower of Terror
UPDATE: More details from Disneyland and Anaheim Police (see below) . . . Subject for your approval: it's the dark of night, and a young man fortified with hooch jokes around with friends on the way to an elevator in an elegant Hollywood hotel that has fallen into disrepair.
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September 7, 2010
Welcome to Buena Par--OUCH!
An older model Honda sedan crashed into the "Welcome to Buena Park" sign at the Beach Boulevard exit of the 91 freeway Saturday evening.Cops did not describe the damage to the illuminated sign hanging from two large pillars as a result of the 6 p.m. mishap.That, of course, means we are free to sp ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
Angel Herrera Leal Convicted of Murder in Wrong Way Disney Way DUI Crash
We told you last week about Angel Herrera Leal facing a murder charge in Fullerton's North Justice Center a December 2008 crash on the 5 freeway near Disney Way in Anaheim that occurred after the Los Angeles 30-year-old drove several miles the wrong way. Leal was found guilty by a jury today of ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
Immigration Detainee Dies at Theo Lacy Jail
Remember that cover story that ran in the Weekly a few weeks back about suicides and strange deaths inside Orange County Jails? The one that mentioned how the Sheriff's Dept. is filling up empty bunks with hundreds of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees? Well, now we can add an IC ... More >>
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February 28, 2011
[UPDATED] Marques Murray, OC Homicide No. 5: Shot Watching Hoops in Motel
Steven Matthew LeClaire, Jr.UPDATE, FEB. 28, 5:19 P.M.: U.S. Army Specialist Steven Matthew LeClaire, Jr. was AWOL when he opened fire without provocation on three men Thursday night, according to prosecutors.After allegedly killing his friend Marques Murray, 24, and wounding his father, Steven F ... More >>
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February 28, 2011
State Report Blasts UC Irvine Dialysis Center; University Claims Recommendations in Place
After a November inspection of UC Irvine's dialysis center, state regulators filed a 70-page report detailing poor oversight, unsanitary conditions and mistakes that put patient care and Medicare funding of the facility at risk.News of the report, posted by the Los Angeles Times today, prompted U ... More >>
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March 9, 2011
A Skype Wedding: Groom Marries His Bride From a Hospital Bed at UCI Medical Center
Nothing was going to stop Helen Oh from getting married this past Saturday, not even the fact that her hubby-to-be, Samuel Kim, had come down with a lung infection that landed him in the isolation ward of the UCI Medical Center in Orange. Family and friends from Korea and New York had flown in fo ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
[UPDATED with I.D.:] Gustavo Lugo, OC Homicide No. 9: Shot in Head After Attending House Party
UPDATE, APRIL 19, 11:23 A.M.: Anaheim police have identified the man shot in the head after attending a house party Friday night as Gustavo Lugo, 20, of Anaheim.Police say about 100 people were at the party in the 9200 block of West Houston Avenue but that no description of the shooter or motivat ... More >>
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April 18, 2011
Unidentified 26-Year-Old Man, OC Homicide No. 10: Stabbed to Death at County's Best Taqueria
Anyone seen my knife?Taqueria Tapatia may have been deemed by this very site "the county's best taquería," but the Santa Ana eatery earned a rep for something else early Saturday.Being a murder site.A 26-year-old man stabbed multiple times in the chest during a fight inside the taqueria at 202 S ... More >>
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April 28, 2011
Enrique Mengoza Held for Arson After Allegedly Trying to Kill Himself by Burning Down his Home
A man arrested Thursday morning for setting his own Westminster home on fire, which sent him and three others to the hospital, may have been trying to kill himself, according to authorities.Three hours after the fire was reported around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, 61-year-old Enrique Mengoza returned to ... 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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July 22, 2011
[UPDATED with Arraignment Continued to Sept.:] Catherine Kieu Becker Cut Off Hubby's Pecker and Tossed It in Garbage Disposal (Allegedly)
UPDATED, JULY 22, 4:22 P.M.: Orange County Superior Court Judge Debra Carrillo in Westminster agreed to continue Catherine Kieu Becker's arraignment until Sept. 23.The 48-year-old Garden Grove resident's public defender, Frank Bittar, asked Carrillo to bar the media from covering the proceedings ... More >>
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July 12, 2011
Unidentified Man in His 40s, OC Homicide No. 29: Shot in Anaheim Park
Anaheim police received a call about a man who had been shot at Julianna Park around 10 Monday night.Officers arrived to find him suffering from a single gunshot wound. The yet-to-be-identified man was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange, where he was pronounced dead just before 11 p.m.
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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 >>
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August 5, 2011
[UPDATED with Manslaughter Count:] Leovardo Vera Bustos, ~~OC Homicide No. 33~~: Dies From Single Punch
Medina-PerezUPDATE, AUG. 5, 10:19 A.M.: As expected, amended charges have been filed against 24-year-old Oscar Raul Medina-Perez in the death of Leovardo Vera Bustos, who died from brain injuries two weeks after taking a single punch in front of La Barca Night Club in Stanton on July 5.However, ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
[UPDATED with 1 More Photo:] 3 Returning From Crystal Cathedral Service Perish in Fiery Crash
UPDATE, AUG. 9, 1:07 P.M.: One more shot by the Weekly's Brandon Ferguson from last night's triple-fatal accident in Buena Park shows the wreckage:
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November 7, 2011
[UPDATED with No Attempted Murder Charge:] Marcos Gonzalez Caught After Allegedly Using Car to Run Over Motorcycle Cop
UPDATE, NOV. 7, 2:15 P.M.: The Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA) announced today it is charging Marcos Gonzalez with one felony count of assault of a police officer with sentencing enhancements for causing great bodily injury and having a prior conviction for possession for ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
[UPDATED with Suspect Dead and I.D.'d:] Anaheim Police Shooting Injures One
UPDATE, NOV. 9, 1:12 P.M.: The man shot by an Anaheim police officer near Casa Madrid Apartments on East Ball Road Friday later died.He has been identified as Marcel Luis Ceja, 22, of Anaheim.Ceja was among three pedestrians stopped by the unidentified officer just before noon. The cop later radi ... More >>
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November 7, 2011
Jose Velazquez Castillo, Mowing Backyard Lawn, Falls into Pool and Drowns
This sounds like the opening to a Six Feet Under episode: Jose Velazquez Castillo was mowing the back lawn of his Anaheim home Saturday afternoon when he fell backward into his swimming pool and apparently drowned.The 41-year-old resident of the home in the 800 block of South Stone Circle could ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
[UPDATED with Afghan Marine Similarities:] Soraya Faroqi and Her Unborn Child, OC Homicides Nos. 64 and 67: Boyfriend Ahmad Siddiqi Held in Stabbing Deaths
Ahmad SiddiqiUPDATE, DEC. 22, 2:12 P.M.: U.S. Marine Cpl. Ahmad Siddiqi cut a plea deal in an insurgent beating case last year that prevented him from being deported back to his native Afghanistan, where he was sure the Taliban would kill him. If he's the same Ahmad Siddiqi sitting in Orange Cou ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Mario Marin, Who Fought Congregants at Skater Church, Dies During Mental Health Tests
Mario Marin, who was arrested Dec. 28 after fighting with churchgoers at City Lights Dream Center in Santa Ana, died while undergoing a mental health evaluation, authorities divulged a week after the 53-year-old homeless man's death. When Santa Ana Police officers arrived that day, Marin was alr ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
[UPDATED with Headline Wiener:] Catherine Kieu Becker, Accused of Chopping Off Hubby's Pecker, Indicted by Grand Jury
UPDATE, JAN. 10, 12:21 P.M.: Methinks an OC Weekling is moonlighting at TalkRadio 790 KABC, based on this headline on the AM station's website about the continued arraignment of Catherine Kieu Becker, who is accused of slicing off her husband's schlong:"Husband's Penis Makes Court Appearance."One ... More >>
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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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January 27, 2012
Nick Burresch and Phillip Reinig, OC Homicides Nos. 3 and 4: Shot Outside Home
"POP-POP-POP-POP-POP-POP."Neighbors in the 500 block of South Clifton Street, near Lambert Road in La Habra, heard six shots around 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Police quickly arrived to find Nick Burresch, 24, and Phillip Reinig, 30, bleeding out in front of a home.
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February 3, 2012
Catherine Kieu Becker Pleads Not Guilty to Slicing Off Estranged Husband's Pecker
After several starts and stops, Catherine Kieu Becker finally entered another not guilty plea today to slicing off his estranged husband's penis as he was waking up, throwing the member into the garbage disposal and turning it on. That means she still could have done it, as she supposedly admitte ... More >>
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