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Santa Ana named to the Top 10 National Burglary Safezones list

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Santa Ana 2 Comments

The City of Santa Ana has been named #10 on the “Top 10 National Burglary Safezones” list by a national home security company, Protect America. Santa Ana made their Top 10 List for small cities.

Protect America’s research team divided all US cities into categories based on size (small, medium, large) Santa Ana fell into the “small cities edition”, which covers cities with populations between 100,000 and 500,000 people. Protect America then analyzed burglary statistics provided by the FBI to determine what cities have the lowest burglary rates. Santa Ana reported a population of 332,848 last year and 803 burglaries. Continue reading→

Woman arrested for multiple local commercial mall burglaries

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Orange County Leave a comment

News Release Newport Beach Police Department
Public Information Office

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PRESS RELEASE: 02/11/15

Subject: Woman Arrested for Multiple Commercial Burglaries

Contact : Jennifer Manzella, Press Information Officer, 949-644-3662, jmanzella@nbpd.org

Arrested: Thu Thao Thi Vu, Female Asian, 59-year-old resident of Huntsville, Alabama

On Friday, February 6, 2015 at 1:15 pm, the Newport Beach Police Department arrested Thu Thao Thi Vu for a number of Commercial Burglaries committed in the City. Ms. Vu has also been tied to numerous other Commercial Burglaries in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, and San Bernardino Counties. This arrest was made possible through the strong relationships between the Police Department and the Loss Prevention teams from our local department stores. Continue reading→

SAPD searching for burglars who have been targeting Ward 1 apartments

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento Leave a comment

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: Santa Ana Police Department Detectives Request Media and Public’s Assistance Identifying Burglary Suspects

Three residential burglaries have occurred at 31 MacArthur Crescent (Pinnacle at MacArthur Place Apartments) in the City of Santa Ana since 1/31/15. The suspects entered the residential complex, burglarized residents’ vehicles in the parking area, and have stolen residents’ mail by breaking the lock of the mail distribution slots. Continue reading→

Suspects posing as housekeepers arrested for residential burglary

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Orange County Leave a comment

NEWS, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Lt. Jeff Hallock, 714.904.7042, JHallock@ocsd.org/Emily Osterberg, 714.647.1840, EOsterberg@ocsd.org

Suspects Posing as Housekeepers Arrested for Residential Burglary

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. – (September 16, 2014) – On Monday, September 15, 2014, Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigators arrested Sandra Elizabeth Rojas, 36, Riverside and Marie Alejandra Rojas, 38, Riverside, in connection with several residential burglaries in the south Orange County area. The suspects are related by marriage.

Over the last year, Sheriff’s investigators have been investigating several cases that include thefts of cash and jewelry from residences. As information and evidence was obtained, investigators determined the suspects were posing as housekeepers as a means of committing the burglaries without forcing entry into the residences. In the event the suspects were contacted by homeowners, they would pose as a legitimate cleaning crew. Continue reading→

SAPD catches robbery suspect who was targeting homes in North Eastern Santa Ana

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Art Pedroza Posted in Civic Affairs, Crime, Public Safety, Santa Ana Leave a comment

SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT

NEWS RELEASE

Date: 8/19/10
Contact: Santa Ana Burglary Unit, (714) 245-8400

Since March, 2010, the Santa Ana Police Burglary Unit noticed an increase in residential burglaries around the North East area of the City (see map).

The burglaries occurred during the morning and early afternoon hours while the residents were typically at work and away from home. Several undercover operations were conducted and last week the Santa Ana Crime Scene Investigations Forensic Lab (CSI) identified a suspect through fingerprints left at one of the burglaries.

Yesterday on 8/18/10 SAPD Detectives conducted surveillance of the suspect, a 17yr old male, and made the arrest after he left his house. During their investigation 13 Santa Ana and 3 Garden Grove residential burglaries were connected to this suspect. Most of the victims have been contacted and some were able to recover property, including an expensive watch the suspect was wearing when arrested. He targeted homes with unlocked doors and windows. Additional burglaries and suspects are being reviewed at this time.

Jewelry and other expensive items were taken. The approximate value of the items stolen is over $100,000.