Santa Ana Police Department
The Santa Ana Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Friday, August 7th, 2015. It will begin at 9:00PM and is scheduled to conclude at 3:00AM. It will be conducted in the area of 1000 W. First Street, in the City of Santa Ana. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Woman In Stolen Vehicle Arrested After Pursuit
Arrested: Jessica Suarez Sanchez – (23) Anaheim
Charges: CVC 10851 Auto Theft, CPC 496 Possession of Stolen Property, CPC 245 ADW, CVC 2800.2 Evading and CVC 23103 (a) Reckless Driving
Summary: Wed, 8/5/15 at 10 pm officers were dispatched to 2909 S. Bristol Street regarding a female down in the middle of the street. Callers reported that the female was sitting in a traffic lane and appeared to be dazed. Continue reading
The Santa Ana City Council continued their habit of raising fees whenever possible by voting 5-1 to increase parking rates at garages and meters across the city. City meters and garages will see their rates climb to as much as $1.50 per hour. The current rates vary between $0.75 and $1 per hour, according to the O.C. Register.
The City Council tried to soften the blow by promising that the higher parking rates will be used to pay for improvements including new public restrooms, security cameras and LED lighting. The rates will increase once the improvements have been completed. Continue reading
David Cote, 54, of Santa Ana, who was arrested for DUI after a traffic collision that killed his 6-year-old nephew, Ivan Sandoval, in Santa Ana died in a hospital Tuesday night, the Orange County Coroner’s Office said, according to the O.C. Register.
He had been driving a BMW with his nephew Ivan Sandoval in the front seat, but not in a booster seat that was in the back of the car as required by law, when they were t-boned by a Nissan around 12:40 p.m. Monday on St. Andrew Place near Bristol Street. The boy died a short time later at UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange, according to the OC Weekly. Continue reading
Andres Adolfo Serrat
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # 15WF1708
Date: August 5, 2015
MAN TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR STABBING-MURDER OF STEPBROTHER IN GARDEN GROVE HOME
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon for the stabbing murder of his stepbrother in their Garden Grove home. Andres Adolfo Serrat, 25, is charged with one felony count of murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a knife. If convicted, Serrat faces a maximum sentence of 26 years to life in state prison. The defendant is being held on $1 million bail and is scheduled to be arraigned today, Aug. 5, 2015, in Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana. The time is to be determined.
At the time of the crime, the defendant lived with his stepbrother, 20-year-old Donte Barcelona and other family members. Continue reading
Fairhaven’s Concert in the Park
Get ready to rock with James Intveld at Fairhaven Memorial Park’s free Concert in the Park on Sunday, August 16. Grab a blanket, snacks and your favorite fellow music lovers, and join us as we celebrate the end of summer with live music.
Influenced by such diverse artists such as Hank Williams, Sr., Dean Martin, Lefty Frizzell and Elvis, Intveld’s vocals will lure you to your feet. The event will begin at 4 p.m., kicked off by a classic car show at 3 p.m. Continue reading
Belinda Faith Contreras
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Update Officers Arrest Female Depicted in Theft On Video
On Saturday August 1st, 2015 Patrol officers located the female suspect depicted in the previously distributed video and pictures. Officers identified the woman as Belinda Faith Contreras (28) Transient. Suspect Contreras was a wanted Parolee at Large.
Contreras was arrested and transported to SAPD where she was booked on the Parole Charges. On August 5th, 2015 Property Crime Detectives interviewed suspect Contreras about the July 30th, 2015 theft. Based on information obtained during that interview and evidence of the crime, additional charges of CPC 496 – Possession of Stolen Property and CPC 484 Theft were added to Contreras charges.
ORIGINAL: Continue reading
Protesters marched on McFadden Street last night in opposition to the SAPD and the OCDA’s gang injunction in the Townsend Street neighborhood.
The SAPD did themselves no favors when they recently raided and tried to destroy an unlicensed medical marijuana dispensary. The cops on that raid helped themselves to marijuana edibles and said awful things about an amputee – not realizing that they were being videotaped.
The bad cops and the Santa Ana Police Officer’s Association filed a lawsuit last week in Orange County Superior seeking to prevent Santa Ana police internal affairs investigators from using a hidden camera video from a May 26 raid at Sky High Collective to determine if department policies were violated, according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading
Dia Chanh Diep, a 43 year-old transient who robbed a Bank of America branch located at 102 W. Fourth Street in Downtown Santa Ana, on Tuesday at 5 p.m., was arrested minutes later because the bundle of money he stole contained a dye pack and a tracking device inside, according to the SAPD.
Diep presented the teller with a note, which stated he had a gun and demanded money. Out of fear for her safety, the teller provided the suspect with an undisclosed amount of U.S. currency. The suspect fled the location on foot. Continue reading
A man in his 50s was on drugs when he stabbed a man in his mid-30s with a folding box cutter tool in the arm and hip on Monday at around 1:30 a.m. in the 500 block of South Townsend Street, according to the O.C. Register.
The attacker was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and for some outstanding arrest warrants but has not been identified by the SAPD. Continue reading
Armando Antunez
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # 15CF1723
Date: August 4, 2015
*OCDA will issue a full factual legal report on the OIS when the investigation is completed
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A gang member on probation was charged today by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) with possession of a firearm after evading police in an enjoined gang neighborhood on Townsend Street in Santa Ana. He was alsoinvolved in an officer-involved shooting (OIS) in relation to this case. Armando Antunez, 24, Santa Ana, is charged with one felony count of possession of a firearm by a felon, one felony count of possession of a firearm by a probationer, one felony count of possession of a firearm within 1,000 feet of a school, one felony count of street terrorism, and a sentencing enhancement for criminal street gang activity. Armando Antunez has a prior strike conviction for Case #14CF0791. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 19 years in state prison. The People will request he be held on $200,000 bail in this case and is subject to a no-bail probation violation hold. Armando Antunez is expected to be arraignedat a later date and the time is to be determined.
Deputy District Attorney Mena Guirguis of the TARGET Unit is prosecuting this case. Continue reading
John William Rodenborn
If you need yet another reason to stay away from meth consider the fate of 37-year-old John William Rodenborn, a man who was arrested today at around 10:30 a.m., at the Santa Ana Zoo while he was shirtless and covered with mud, claiming to be Tarzan and was swinging from the trees and trying to break into a monkey pen, according to the O.C. Register.
Rodenborn, a local transient, was found to be under the influence of meth and in possession of meth as well. He apparently jumped over a safety fence that is supposed to keep the public out of the monkey exhibits. He tried to escape when the cops showed up but they were able to detain him. Continue reading
STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUGUST 3, 2015
MEDIA CONTACT: Rigo Rodriguez, rigoberto@sbcglobal.net, 714.504.7446
JENNY RIOS SELECTED AS CEO TO LEAD DELHI CENTER IN SANTA ANA
SANTA ANA, CA – On July 14, 2015, Delhi Center’s Board of Directors selected Jenny Rios as its Chief Executive Officer to lead Delhi Center, a nonprofit organization founded in 1969 and dedicated to helping families achieve self-sufficiency in Santa Ana, CA.
‘Ms. Rios comes to Delhi Center with over 35 years of experience developing and managing excellent programs and services for underserved populations,’ stated Dr. Rigo Rodriguez, President of Delhi Center’s Board of Directors and CSU Long Beach professor. ‘Her leadership and management experience and strong commitment to Santa Ana youth and families make her a perfect match for the organization and the people we serve,’ he added. Continue reading
JUICE IT UP! CELEBRATES 20 YEARS WITH FREE SMOOTHIES ON AUGUST 4
Company Commemorates Milestone with Guest Freebies at All Locations
IRVINE, California – Juice It Up!, one of the nation’s leading raw juice bar and hand-crafted smoothie franchises, is celebrating 20 refreshing years by offering guests a free smoothie at the chain’s more than 80 units nationwide. On Tuesday, August 4, between 9 and 11 a.m., head to Juice It Up! to receive a complimentary small Strawberry Wave™ or the new California Cooler™ smoothie, with no purchase necessary.
Ron DiLuigi
MOMS ORANGE COUNTY APPOINTS NEW LEADERSHIP
Ron DiLuigi is Named President of MOMS Orange County’s Board Of Directors
SANTA ANA, Calif. (July 28, 2015)– MOMS Orange County, a nonprofit organization serving low-income pregnant women for more than 22 years, is proud to announce the appointment of Yorba Linda resident Ron DiLuigi as the new MOMS Orange County Board of Directors president.
DiLuigi is the former vice president and chief advocacy officer for St. Joseph Health, headquartered in Irvine. He retired in July 2015. In this capacity, he was the lead executive in St. Joseph Health’s fifteen-hospital system, in the areas of advocacy, public policy and government relations. Prior to this, DiLuigi held executive positions during a 27-year career in government, most recently as director of the Orange County Health Care Agency. He is a MOMS Orange County founding board member and has served the organization for 14 years. Continue reading