A 26-year-old Irvine man, who was ratted out by a family member, was charged Thursday with hate crimes for threatening to kill prominent Jews, possessing anti-semitic literature and being loaded for bear–if those bears were Jewish bears. Nicholas Rose was slapped with three felony counts of attempted criminal threats, three misdemeanor counts of violating civil […]
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Water Polo Coach Accused of Sexually Assaulting Seven Girls in Los Alamitos
A local water polo coach pleaded not guilty yesterday afternoon to sexually assaulting seven girls during practice at his Los Alamitos club. The Orange County district attorney’s office charged Bahram Hojreh, a 42-year-old Irvine resident, with multiple felony and misdemeanor counts. After his arraignment at West Justice Center yesterday, the investigation continues as authorities believe […]
ACLU Aims Lawsuit At Remorseless Orange County Law Enforcement Bosses in Snitch Scandal
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today announced a lawsuit against Orange County’s top two remorseless law enforcement officials for continuing to trample the constitutional rights of charged, pre-trial defendants with the illegal use of jailhouse informants. “The Orange County criminal justice system is in disrepair and disrepute,” the ACLU’s Peter Eliasberg and Brandan Hemme […]
Sick Puppy Spends National Puppy Day Copping to Selling Really Sick Puppies
A sick puppy of the human breed, who knowingly sold locals sick puppies of the canine breeds, pleaded guilty to animal abuse on Monday, which just so happened to be National Puppy Day. Megan Ann Hoechstetter, whose charges we detailed a year ago this month, admitted that she used a fake rescue organization to sell […]
Joseph Jordan Taylor of Surfing Family Cops to Putting Hit Out on Brother’s Ex
A Huntington Beach surfboard shaper and son of Surf City royalty pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to get his former sister-in-law knocked off. Joseph Jordan Taylor, whose father is 2011 Huntington Beach Surfing Walk of Fame inductee John Reid Taylor, copped to felony solicitation to commit murder and attempted murder with a prior strike conviction […]
And Your Next Orange County DA Is . . . Susan Kang Schroeder?
Appearing on an Orange County cable broadcast, embattled District Attorney Tony Rackauckas made a startling, possibly accidental admission: If he wins re-election in June, he plans to handpick an unelected successor who will control the powerful government position for as long as four years. In response to a question about why he wants a sixth […]
Judges Back Cop Liability In 39-Bullet Barrage Case
Two Long Beach police officers who killed an unarmed man during a 39-bullet barrage in 2013 have lost their appeal to escape $2.9 million in liability. Following a report in the Weekly, a three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit this week backed a judge and jury’s findings against officers John […]
SoCal Cops Are Still Defending 39-Bullet Barrage on Unarmed Man
Having spotted a vehicle-code violation they believed deserved a near-midnight investigation in November 2013, Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) cops stopped a purple Mazda Protege containing three black residents allegedly because of defective license-plate illumination. Officers patted down the occupants and found no weapons. However, Tyler Woods, one of the passengers, gave false identification and […]
Terrall Magee Identified as Man Who Died After Clash with Santa Ana Cops
UPDATE: The man who died after a foot chase and physical altercation with Santa Ana police officers on West First Street Sunday night has been identified as Terrall Magee, a 53-year-old transient. His cause of death has not yet been released. Magee’s name and age fall in line with a man quoted in Orange County […]
Cop-Protected Orange County Snitch Avoids Murder Beefs With Laughable Tales
Minutes before 10 on the morning of July 14, 2016, five heavily armed Anaheim Police Department (APD) officers wearing ballistic vests took positions outside a one-bedroom, one-bath, 740-square-foot, $200,000 condo in Whittier. Officers waited cautiously for the emergence of Bryan Jason Goldstein, a 32-year-old associate of Southern California white-supremacist gangsters. To gain a judge’s approval […]
Cop Pushing Perp from Behind in Crosswalk, Perp Taking “Pigs” Ax to Cop, Mass Hysteria!
Things are tough all over when a guy in La Habra rushes at cops while holding an ax with “pigs” written on the handle on the Fourth of July, or when a cop in Fullerton comes up on a fellow in a crosswalk, pushes him from behind and then files a phony police report claiming […]
Irvine Police Open E-Commerce Exchange Zone Next to … Where Else?
Do you know how Irvine became the Safest City in America? Sure, of course, practice … but also worth considering is how the Irvine Police Department is always thinking. Take its new E-Commerce Exchange Zone. Perhaps you have read (even on this site) about crooks who post or respond to online classified advertisements, arrange to […]
James Anthony Lawler Charged in Tent Fire with Homeless Pair Inside
A Santa Ana man was charged Tuesday with arson and attempted murder for a tent fire that was deliberately set with a homeless man and woman inside. James Anthony Lawlor faces felony counts of attempted murder, arson of inhabited property, possession of flammable material as well as sentencing enhancements for premeditation and arson with an […]
Gay, Jewish Blaze Bernstein’s Alleged Killer Tied to Violent Hate Group
UPDATE, JAN. 29, 4:39 A.M.: Samuel Lincoln Woodward, the 20-year-old accused of murdering former 19-year-old classmate Blaze Bernstein, has been linked to a hate group by a nonprofit investigative journalism team. This is key because Woodward has so far been charged with one felony count of murder and a sentencing enhancement for personal use of […]
Podiatrist Dr. Renae Louise Witt Accused of Insurance Fraud
A former Tustin podiatrist is accused of insurance fraud for billing several patients for medical services she never performed, according to prosecutors. Dr. Renae Louise Witt, 47, of La Pine, Oregon, was awaiting extradition after being charged on Jan. 16 with seven felony counts of insurance fraud with sentencing enhancements for aggravated white collar crime […]
Laguna Beach Cops Yuk It Up Over Dispensary Fronting as Church
A marijuana bust at a Laguna Beach church—yes, church—allowed the poster to the city police department’s Facebook page to break out one liners worthy of an Irvine Improv open mic night. The setup: The Laguna Beach Police Department was alerted Jan. 12 by a resident who smelled pot coming from the Divine Church of Gardens, […]
Erik Lee Overturf Accused of Hate Crime in Assault at Brea Gym
A La Habra man could get three years in state prison if he is convicted of hate crimes against a Hispanic man and spitting on a Brea police officer, according to prosecutors. Erik Lee Overturf, 33, was charged Wednesday with felony hate crime (assault) with present ability to commit violent injury and misdemeanor violation of civil […]
Hate-Crime Murder Could Still be Filed in Blaze Bernstein Slaying
Prosecutors are examining evidence that could produce hate crime counts in the murder of 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein, Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas confirmed at a press conference this morning. This was after Samuel Lincoln Woodward was formally charged with one count of felony murder and a sentencing enhancement for personal use of a knife […]
