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Armed robber strikes again, this time at a Santa Ana Subway shop on Bristol

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Subway robber

Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: Detectives request Media & Public assistance identifying suspect in second armed robbery

Detectives link suspect to second Santa Ana Robbery

Location 1: 2860 S. Bristol # E, SUBWAY

Weapon: Black, semi-automatic handgun

Suspect: Male, White, 30-35, blond hair, 6’00-6’03, 150-180 lbs., wearing a black, blue, green checkered long sleeved shirt, dark pants and a black baseball cap with an unknown design. Continue reading→

Costa Mesa man sentenced for trying to kill his 2- month old baby boy

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Joshua Allen Robey

Orange County District Attorney Press Release

For Immediate Release,  Case # 11NF3109: September 27, 2013

FATHER CAUGHT ON HIDDEN CAMERA SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS TO LIFE IN STATE PRISON FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER OF 2-MONTH-OLD SON FOR SHAKING, STRANGLING, AND SWINGING BABY BY NECK

FULLERTON – A father caught on a hidden video camera was sentenced today to 13 years to life in state prison for attempting to murder his 2-month-old son by swinging him by the neck with a noose-like blanket and repeatedly punching, strangling, and shaking the baby. Joshua Allen Robey, 26, Costa Mesa, was found guilty by a jury Aug. 19, 2013, of one felony count each of attempted murder with premeditation and deliberation, torture, and child abuse with a sentencing enhancement for causing great bodily injury to a child under 5 years old. Continue reading→

SAPD arrests idiotic suspects who tried to rob an off-duty police officer

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Ryan Irwin Tischer

Ryan Irwin Tischer

Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: Suspects arrested in Attempted Robbery of off-duty officer outside Police Facility as well as GTA and Auto Burglary

Jose Ortiz & Ryan Irwin Tischer released from OC Jail 09-25-2013 around 7:20pm befriended one another … they stole a 1994 Ford van together in the 1000 block of W. 2nd street… they return back to the area between the OC Sheriffs dept and SAPD in the stolen van where they enter the public parking structure and break into a SAPD jailer’s vehicle … they stole items from his vehicle. Meanwhile, at approximately 0010 this morning 9-26-2013 an off duty SAPD officer (in plain clothes) walks towards the parking structure from the police department while talking on his phone to police department communications. Continue reading→

SAPD seeks public assistance in tracking down armed Mobil gas station robber

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Santa Ana robbery suspect 2

Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: Detectives request Media & Public assistance identifying suspect in armed robbery. Should be considered Armed and Dangerous

Crime Type: Commercial Robbery

Location: 100 W. Mac Arthur/ Mobil Gas Station

Suspect Description: Male, Caucasian, 25-30 yrs., 5’10”-6’00” tall, 180-200 lbs., short brown straight hair, light beard. Suspect wore a distinctive paper-boy cap and was armed with a black semi-auto pistol. Continue reading→

Santa Ana gangs raided as authorities go after the Mexican Mafia again

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FBI Seal

UPDATE: We have received the official press release regarding this multi-agency gang sweep. It is posted at the end of this article.

Pre-dawn raids at about 75 locations throughout the county Tuesday were the culmination of a multi-agency investigation called “Operation Smokin’ Aces” taking aim at the Mexican Mafia, a notorious prison gang known for its grip on local street gangs, particularly in Santa Ana, authorities said, according to the O.C. Register.

Authorities said it involved dozens of arrests and search warrants that were served throughout Santa Ana neighborhoods. More than 800 officers, deputies and agents of the Santa Ana police; Orange County Sheriff’s Department; FBI; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and U.S. Marshals took part in the investigation and the arrest warrants that were served before sunrise. The arrests were coordinated simultaneously. Continue reading→

City Council agrees to pay $275K to an innnocent man attacked by a police dog

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Police attack dog

The Santa Ana City Council has agreed to pay $275,000 to a Santa Ana resident who contended in a claim that he had been mauled by a police dog, according to the O.C. Register.

Apparently Santa Ana police officers thought they were sending the dog into a house on West First Street to get ayoung suspected felon named Reuben, at 3:35 am on June 6, 2012.  But the dog attacked 50-year old Higinio Hernandez instead.

Here’s the best part of this mess – the city, said Assistant City Attorney Laura A. Rossini, “did not acknowledge any liability for the city and/or any employees for this matter as a result of the settlement.” Continue reading→

O.C. prison escapee captured in Oceanside

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Max Edward Fernandez

Orange County Sheriff’s Department

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts: Lt. Jeff Hallock, (714) 904-7042/Gail Krause, (714) 623-8940

Escapee from Musick Facility In Custody

IRVINE, California – (September 21, 2013) – On Friday, September 20, 2013 inmate Max Fernandez, 27, escaped from the James A. Musick Facility.  An investigation immediately ensued and efforts to locate Fernandez were initiated.
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Inmate escapes from the James A. Musick Jail in Irvine

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Max Edward Fernandez

Max Edward Fernandez

Orange County Sheriff’s Department

Jail Escapee Notice

DETAILS:

IRVINE, California – (September 21, 2013) – On Friday, September 20, at approximately 4:00 p.m. inmate Max Edward Fernandez (DOB: 8-27-1986) was confirmed missing during a security check at the James A. Musick Facility.

The investigation is ongoing as to how Fernandez escaped the facility. Fernandez was in custody for possession of stolen property and a narcotics violation. He has a criminal history of thefts, burglaries, narcotic violations, auto theft and resisting arrest.

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