City of Santa Ana
Community: Community Budget Meeting / Presentación Comunitaria sobre el Presupuesto Municipal
The community is invited to participate in the upcoming Community Budget Meeting on Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers (22 Civic Center Plaza). This meeting is being held in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance which implements additional measures aimed at making city government more transparent.
Topics to be covered include: Continue reading
Orange County Speeds up Delivery of Non-English Ballots 2-Week Translation Delay Reduced to as Little as 48 Hours
Santa Ana, California – Orange County is making it easier for non-English speaking communities to exercise their right to vote.
This election, the Orange County Registrar of Voters has dramatically improved the delivery times for non-English vote-by-mail ballots, providing Vietnamese, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Tagalog and Farsi speakers more time to review their election materials. In previous elections, non-English voters waited nearly two weeks longer than English speakers to receive their ballots. Continue reading
The OC Health Care Agency has released a list of the eateries (including restaurants, caterers and even school kitchens) that they inspected and shut down for the week of Oct. 5 to 12, 2018. Most of these eateries reopen pretty quickly after the health inspectors determine their issues have been resolved. Here is the list:
Two arrested after OCSD uncovers stolen tools and equipment stashed in homeless encampment
MISSION VIEJO, Ca. (Oct. 12, 2018) – Two men are in custody after Orange County Sheriff’s deputies found thousands of dollars’ worth of stolen tools and equipment stashed in a homeless encampment in the city of Mission Viejo.
Members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department South Homeless Outreach Team on Wednesday, Oct. 3, contacted two men living in an encampment tucked away near Avery Parkway and Camino Capistrano. Continue reading
Anthony Edward Bridget
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case # 13CF1025
Date: October 12, 2018
*Husband of victim sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2014
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A hitman was sentenced today to life in state prison without the possibility of parole for the 2004 special circumstances murder of a woman whose killing was solicited by her estranged husband.
Defendant: Anthony Edward Bridget, 44
Found guilty by a jury on April 12, 2018, of the following felony counts: Continue reading
Brandon Alexis Mumtaz
Costa Mesa Police Department
Advisory: Man suspected of indecent exposure in Costa Mesa arrested and charged yesterday
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Law enforcement seeking potential additional victims of a man arrested and charged yesterday with indecent exposure to high school and college students in Costa Mesa.
Brandon Alexis Mumtaz, 18, Costa Mesa, was arrested and charged on Oct. 11, 2018, with the following misdemeanor counts: Continue reading
John William Zelinski
John William Zelinski, a 62-year-old man, pleaded guilty Wednesday to voluntary manslaughter for fatally stabbing a homeless man in Santa Ana in 1984, according to the O.C. Register.
Zelinski was originally looking at a murder charge and a sentencing enhancement for the use of a deadly weapon, but he accepted a plea deal from prosecutors. Continue reading
Eddy Bustamante Infante
Case # 18CF2879
Date: October 11, 2018
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Law enforcement is seeking potential additional victims of an after school instructional provider charged with sexually assaulting three girls.
Defendant: Eddy Bustamante Infante, 23, Santa Ana
Charged today with the following felony counts: Continue reading
Eddy Bustamante Infante
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: SAPD Detectives Re-Arrest After School Instructional Provider For New Child Abuse Charges
On October 4, 2018, Santa Ana Police Department detectives began an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by a After School Instructional Provider working at Greenville Fundamental Elementary School in the Santa Ana Unified School District.
On October 5, 2018, detectives arrested Eddy Bustamante Infante at his residence for Aggravated Sexual Assault on multiple victims. Infante was booked at the Orange County Jail on multiple child abuse charges. Infante posted bail and was released from custody. Continue reading
NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Self-identified police officer from Mexico arrested for transporting more than 50 lbs. of meth
SANTA ANA, Ca. (October 10, 2018)- On October 9, 2018, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Highway Interdiction Team initiated a traffic stop for vehicle code violations on the northbound I-5 freeway between Orange and San Diego counties. The driver, Miguel Patron, 41, Ensenada, identified himself, stated he was a police officer in Mexico and handed the deputy his police identification. Patron was extremely nervous and several criminal indicators were identified by the deputy conducting the traffic stop. Continue reading
City of Santa Ana
The Registrar of Voters Office will begin mailing out the Vote-by-mail ballots starting Tuesday, October 9, 2018. If you are interested in voting my mail, the deadline to complete your application and request a Vote-by-Mail ballot is Tuesday, October 30, 2018.
Any registered voter may vote using a vote-by-mail ballot instead of going to the polls on Election Day. A voter may request a vote-by-mail ballot for a single election or permanent vote-by-mail voter (formerly referred to as absentee ballot). Continue reading
Costa Mesa Suspect
Costa Mesa Police Department
Advisory: Seeking public’s help in identifying man suspected of lewd conduct and child annoyance
On Oct. 3, 2018, at about 4:00 p.m., a teenage female victim was walking home from high school on the 900 block of Presidio Drive in Costa Mesa. A newer black 2-door convertible pulled up and parked next to her. The suspect remained in his vehicle and spoke to the victim while exposing his penis to her. Continue reading
The County of Orange and OC Parks are pleased to present the annual Halloween Zoo-tacular at the OC Zoo located inside Irvine Regional Park on Saturday, October 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Activities include trick-or-treating*, spooky kids crafts, a scavenger hunt*, and fun games! (*children ages 12 & under). Continue reading
William Jason Plumley, 41, a Huntington Beach man accused of conspiring with a Santa Ana psychiatrist to sell prescription opioids, pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal drug-distribution charges according to the O.C. Register.
Plumley accepted a plea deal that required him to admit to federal charges of distributing methamphetamine and conspiring to distribute controlled substances. Continue reading
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Date: October 5, 2018
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) Tony Rackauckas will be recognized among others by the Angel Light Academy as honorees of the ninth Annual Above and Beyond Award for their work with the Orange County Gang Reduction Intervention Partnership (OC GRIP) and keeping kids out of gangs. The honorees selected for this award are local citizens who have proven excellence in community leadership and service and have consistently gone above and beyond. Continue reading