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Men robbed and carjacked outside the 7-11 located at 2745 W. McFadden

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Santa Ana 17 Comments

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: Santa Ana Police Seek Public’s Assistance in Identifying Robbery & Carjacking Suspects

On 10/24/15, Victims 1 and 2 were standing near the “Redbox” machine in the 7-11 parking lot at 2745 W. McFadden. Three suspects exited the suspect vehicle and robbed the victims of their property, including victim 1’s car keys. All three suspects fled in the suspect vehicle with the victims’ property.

Minutes later, suspect 1 returned with the car keys, entered the victim’s black 1998 Acura Integra (which was parked in the 7-11 parking lot) and drove away in the vehicle. The victim’s vehicle was located later in the area of 3200 W. 5th Street. No weapons seen; only simulated. Continue reading→

Carjacking suspect arrested by the SAPD at 1600 North Susan in Santa Ana

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD Officers Arrest Carjacking Suspect – Detectives Believe There May Be Additional Unreported Victims

Arrested: Matthew Jacob Granados (20) Santa Ana Location: 1600 North Susan

Charges: CPC 215 Carjacking, CPC 245 Assault with a Deadly Weapon, CPC 211 Robbery

Summary: Fri, 8/7/15 7:05 am Officers responded to a reported armed carjacking in the 1600 block of North Susan. The victim was asleep in his 1997 black Honda CRV, when he was confronted by a suspect wearing a black hoodie and a black mask. The suspect was on a blue beach cruiser bicycle. The suspect was holding a black handgun and ordered the victim out of his vehicle. The suspect demanded the victim’s cellular phone and vehicle keys. The victim complied and the suspect fled the scene.

The victim followed the suspect, who returned to the victim’s vehicle, placed his bicycle on the vehicle hood and drove away eastbound on 17th Street. At approximately 0830 hours, SAPD officers located the victim’s vehicle unoccupied at 4317 W. 1st Street. Officers conducted a surveillance of the vehicle. Continue reading→

Garden Grove man arrested in Santa Ana after two carjackings

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Garden Grove, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Phuong Ngoc Nguyen, a 41-year-old resident of Garden Grove, suspected of carjacking one car and trying to make off with a second while a child was in the backseat was arrested Sunday morning, in the area of 15th Street and Brookhurst Street, in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register.

At about 7 a.m., Phuong Ngoc Nguyen approached a victim at Brookhurst and 15th streets, demanding the person’s vehicle, a red 1995 Toyota Camry, according to My News LA.

The suspect was arrested by the SAPD, after he hid in some bushes after a hit-and-run at Corta Street and Roberts Drive, with a vehicle that matched the carjacking victim’s vehicle, according to CBS. Continue reading→

Santa Ana woman arrested and charged with carjackings in Irvine, Tustin and Costa Mesa

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Costa Mesa, Crime, irvine, Santa Ana, Tustin Leave a comment

The Tustin Police responded to the 3090 block of Edinger Ave., in reference to an attempted carjacking, on March 9, at around 7:09 pm.

The female suspect in that crime was suspected to have committed previous carjackings in Costa Mesa and in Irvine. Detectives from the Tustin Police Department identified the suspect using forensic evidence left at the Tustin crime scene.

On March 12, Santa Ana resident Jocelyn Cano, 21-years-old, was arrested by Tustin Dectives, without incident, at a residence in Santa Ana. Continue reading→

The SAPD arrests one of two men who carjacked a man at Northgate on 17th

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD Officers Arrest One for Carjacking Looking For Second Suspect And Weapon

Arrested: Yuly Andres Aguayo (22) Santa Ana

On 3/16/15, at 8:53 A.M., officers were dispatched to the Northgate Market located at 1623 W. 17th Street (Ward 3) to investigate a carjacking which had just occurred.

Officers located the victim who told them that he parked his vehicle in the parking lot of the market and noticed the two suspects panhandling. The suspects asked him for money and he told them he was not interested as he entered the store. Continue reading→

Irvine man carjacked by a young woman with a knife

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, irvine Leave a comment

Irvine Police Department Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PRESS RELEASE: 03-09-15

Subject: Suspect Sought in Irvine Carjacking

Contact : Farrah Emami, Public Information Officer, 949-724-7112, FEmami@cityofirvine.org

IRVINE, CA – The Irvine Police Department (IPD) is seeking the public’s help identifying and locating a suspect, who carjacked a victim in a parking structure.

The suspect is described as a female, Hispanic, age 20’s, 5’2” tall and 130 pounds. She was wearing a navy blue hooded sweatshirt and jeans.

Shortly before 6:00 p.m., the suspect approached a female victim, who was sitting in a vehicle with the windows closed in a parking lot on the 17000 block on Von Karman Avenue. The suspect confronted the victim and attempted to carjack her by ordering her out of the car, but the victim refused and the suspect fled. Continue reading→

Santa Ana man suspected of an attempted carjacking arrested in Yorba Linda

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Orange County, Santa Ana Leave a comment

A Santa Ana resident, Juan Hernandez, 28-years old, was arrested today after seven hours of searching by Orange County Deputy Sheriffs. He is suspected of trying to carjack a woman in a Trader Joe’s parking lot in Yorba Linda, at the Country Club Shopping Center located at 19655 Yorba Linda Blvd., according to the O.C. Register.

Hernandez approached a woman as she left the grocery store – he opened her driver’s-side door then he demanded that she turn over her purse and her car keys. Then he pushed her into the car and started to choke her before attempting to turn on the car. Continue reading→

SAPD looking for a carjacking suspect named Joe Gamez

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: Detectives request media and community assistance locating wanted Carjacking Suspect

Synopsis: On 02/26/2014 at approximately 9:45 P.M. suspect Joe Gamez approached the victim (a past acquaintance) and demanded money that he claimed was owed to him. Gamez then began to beat the victim with his fists as the victim sat in his truck. The victim was able to exit his truck and continued to be beaten by suspect Gamez. The victim dropped his keys on the ground as he was being assaulted. Suspect Gamez took the victim’s keys, entered his vehicle and drove away. Continue reading→

SAPD arrests stabbing and carjacking suspect

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: Police arrest suspect in Stabbing/Carjacking

Mon, 1/20/14 10 PM, SAPD officers responded to 3900 W. Hazard, reference a report of a subject who had been stabbed multiple times. Upon their arrival, officers learned the victim (M/H/42) was seated in the driver’s seat of his parked vehicle when the suspect (Osvaldo Vallejo -18) entered the passenger’s side and began to physically assault and stab him.

The victim was able to flee on foot and call 911. After the victim fled on foot, the suspect stole the victim’s vehicle a 2001 Honda Civic, white in color. The victim sustained multiple stab wounds to his neck and upper torso. He was transported to UCI with non-life threatening injuries. Continue reading→

Two men robbed and carjacked by armed bandits, on West 1st St., on Saturday

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Two men were forced off the road, robbed and carjacked by armed bandits midday Saturday, according to the Santa Ana Police Department. The victims were driving in the 4700 block of West 1st Street at around 11:30 a.m. when a gray Toyota Camry cut them off, said Sgt. Richard Shin with the Santa Ana Police Department, as reported by the O.C. Register.

The robbers took a total of $1,200 from the two occupants of the Chevy Silverado, at gunpoint. Neither victim was hurt in the exchange. Continue reading→

Man carjacked on Bristol and Segerstrom Ave., near South Coast Plaza

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Public Safety, Santa Ana 6 Comments

Well this is depressing. Apparently a man driving a Volkswagen was carjacked in Santa Ana today at about 12:30 p.m. by at least two people. The victim called the SAPD to report this. The good news is that the cops caught the bad guys after a high speed chase that ended in a car accident on Harbor Bl.

The bad guys ran but “police sent a K-9 unit, helicopter, strike force, gang unit and police detectives after the man, who was arrested in the 1100 block of North West Street,” according to the O.C. Register.

The bad news? The carjacking happened at Bristol Street and Segerstrom Avenue. Yep. Right near what is referred to as South Coast but is actually Santa Ana. Continue reading→