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Judge turns down the Voice of OC’s request for Bustamante records

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David Benavides and Carlos Bustamante

Judge Denies Voice of OC Request for Bustamante Records

By NICK GERDA, Voice of OC

A Superior Court judge on Tuesday denied Voice of OC’s request under the California Public Records Act for documents showing what top county officials knew when they allowed former executive Carlos Bustamante to quietly resign in October 2011, months before District Attorney Tony Rackauckas charged Bustamante with a dozen felony sex crimes against female employees.

In turning down the request, Judge David McEachen wrote that his civil court “has no power” to overturn a June 24 protective order issued by a criminal court hearing Bustamante’s case.  Continue reading→

Possible pipe bomb blows up at Santa Ana’s Orchard Supply Hardware

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Advisory: SAPD investigating loud explosion at 1075 E. 17th Street

On Wednesday 9/4/13 at 08:59 a.m. Officers responded to the report of an explosion at Orchard Supply Hardware located at 1975 E. 17th Street.

According to witnesses, an explosion was heard near the exit doors to the store. Officers arrived and located what appeared to be remnants of an exploded pipe bomb near the exit doors.
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Man found passed out next to a burning car on 200 block of N. Daisy

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santa ana man found passed out next to burning car

A 26-year-old man was found unconscious next to a burning car in Santa Ana early Monday morning, according to CBS.

Santa Ana officers responded to the vehicle fire on the 200 block of North Daisy Avenue around 3 a.m. on Labor Day, Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said. They found the fire, in a 2001 Nissan sedan, had been intentionally set. A man was lying next to the burning car with a wound to his head, according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading→

Man gets life in prison for cold case murder of O.C. strip club owner

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Richard Curtis Morris, Jr.

Orange County District Attorney  Press Release

For Immediate Release,  Case # 08CF1591: September 3, 2013

HAWAII MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE FOR 1987 COLD-CASE MURDER OF STRIP CLUB OWNER

SANTA ANA – A Hawaii man was sentenced today to life in state prison without the possibility of parole plus an additional five years in state prison for murdering a strip club owner in 1987. Richard Curtis Morris, Jr., 59, formerly of Pearl City, HI, was found guilty by a jury April 30, 2013, of one felony count of special circumstances murder in the commission of robbery, murder in the commission of rape, and murder for financial gain. Continue reading→

793 O.C. DUI arrests during the Summer/Labor Day DUI Crackdown

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SAPD DUI Checkpoint

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts: Lt. Jeff Hallock (714) 647 7042/Gail Krause, (714) 647-1840

Summer / Labor Day Holiday Avoid DUI Campaign – Final Report

SANTA ANA, California – (September 3, 2013) – The Summer/Labor Day Holiday DUI crackdown on drinking drivers has ended and resulted in a significant number of DUI arrests from sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols and routine patrols in Orange County during the past 18 days. Continue reading→

Three assaults with a deadly weapon among 33 crimes reported on 9/2

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There were 33 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Monday, September 2, 2013, by our friends at CrimeMapping.  These crimes included two DUIs and three Assaults with a Deadly Weapon, which occured on the 1600 block of North Ross St., the 1900 block of West 2nd St. and West Civic Center Dr. and North Ross St.

Here is our latest Daily Santa Ana Crime Report: Continue reading→

There were 26 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Sat., 8/31, including 6 DUIs

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Drunk Cop

There were 26 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Saturday, August 31, 2013, by our friends at CrimeMapping.  These crimes included an astounding six DUIs – and none of them appeared to be located near the DUI checkpoint that took place on Saturday night, over on South Fairview.

Here is our latest Daily Santa Ana Crime Report: Continue reading→

SAUSD Police Department launches “OC Campus Crime Stoppers”

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Santa Ana Unified School District

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, MEDIA ADVISORY

SAUSD Police Department Launches “OC Campus Crime Stoppers”

SANTA ANA, CA – August 30, 2013 – The Santa Ana Unified School District Police Department continues to be a leader in school safety by becoming the only school district in Orange County to join a cadre of other police departments as part of a new component of the Orange County Crime Stoppers, an organization aimed to promote community safety through awareness and an anonymous public crime tip line. In partnership and collaboration with OC Crime Stoppers and Crime Survivors Inc., the Santa Ana School Police Department has launched “Orange County CAMPUS Crime Stoppers” within the school district that serves over 57,000 students, the largest in Orange County. Continue reading→

Two Grand Thefts among 22 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Thursday, 8/29

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SAPD

There were 22 crimes reported in Santa Ana on Thursday, August 29, 2013, according to our friends at CrimeMapping.  These included two acts of Grand Theft, at the 2700 block of West Edinger and at the 600 block of West 17th St.

Here is our latest Daily Santa Ana Crime Report: Continue reading→

Santa Ana robbers savagely beat two men, using wrenches as weapons

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Every time we post articles about the crime in Santa Ana we get negative comments – some of these anonymous comments are so awful that I have to delete them, from folks who are upset that we are “making Santa Ana look bad.”

So what are we to make of this latest report from the Santa Ana Police Department?  They are looking for a group of suspects who brutally attacked and robbed two men in separate attacks in Santa Ana last week.  Detectives said in the first assault, which happened before dawn Aug. 18 at West 5th and Forest, four robbers nearly killed a man over $26 in his pocket, according to CBS News. Continue reading→

Former Marine charged with bringing non-lethal grenade and fuses to JWA

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Gregory Thomas Salyer

Orange County District Attorney  Press Release, For Immediate Release:  Case # 13HF2631: August 29, 2013

FORMER MARINE CHARGED WITH POSSESSING NON-LETHAL GRENADE AND MILITARY FUSES IN JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT

SANTA ANA – A former Marine has been charged with illegally bringing a non-lethal grenade, knife, and other military materials into John Wayne Airport (JWA) by checking them in his bag and carrying them on his person. Gregory Thomas Salyer, 23, Independence, KY, is charged with one felony count of placing a destructive device in a checked baggage, two felony counts of possession of a controlled substance, one felony count of receiving stolen property, and one misdemeanor count of carrying a switch-blade knife on his person. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of eight years in state prison. Salyer is being held on $500,000 bail and is expected to be arraigned today, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, in Department CJ-1, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. The time is to be determined. Continue reading→

SAPD DUI Checkpoint set for Sat., Aug. 31, at 400 South Fairview

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SAPD DUI Checkpoint

Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: Santa Ana Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Saturday, August 31st, 2013

SANTA ANA POLICE STEP UP DUI ENFORCEMENT

The Santa Ana Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Saturday, August 31st, 2013. It will begin at 7:30PM and is scheduled to conclude at 1:30AM. It will be conducted in the area of 400 S. Fairview Street, in the City of Santa Ana. Continue reading→