The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) is conducting a public hearing with invited presenters regarding the issue of rehabilitation exploitation and health care trafficking in Orange County, on Monday, March 12, 2018, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Costa Mesa
The OC Fair & Event Center will hire 1,500 workers for summer jobs
OC Fair & Event Center to hire 1,500 workers for summer jobs
Costa Mesa, Calif. (March 7, 2018) – There is a lot of work that goes into putting on the annual OC Fair, and hiring is now under way to fill about 1,500 seasonal positions.
Jobs include everything from selling carnival tickets, parking cars and building exhibits to working as an accounting clerk, mechanic or audio assistant. Continue reading
DUI and Driver’s License Checkpoint set for this weekend in Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa Police Department
Advisory: CMPD will conduct a DUI/driver’s license checkpoint this weekend
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 7, 2018
COSTA MESA, Calif. – The Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) will be conducting a driving under the influence (DUI) and driver’s license checkpoint on Friday, March 9, 2018, from 8:00 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. within the city limits.
DUI checkpoints like this one are placed in locations based on collision statistics and frequency of DUI arrests, affording the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence. Locations are chosen with safety considerations for the officers and the public. Drivers caught driving impaired can expect the impact of a DUI arrest to include jail time, fines, fees, DUI classes, license suspensions and other expenses that can exceed $10,000. Continue reading
Homeless man arrested after police find a woman’s body at Talbert Regional Park
Costa Mesa Police Department
Advisory: Man arrested after police find woman’s body in Talbert Regional Park
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 28, 2018
COSTA MESA, Calif. – The Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) arrested a man today after the body of a woman was found in Talbert Regional Park.
At approximately 7:10 a.m., on Feb. 28, 2018, CMPD Dispatch received a call from a man advising he had found a female’s body in the Talbert Regional Park area. Police officers and detectives responded to the Talbert Nature Preserve, at 1299 Victoria Street, and located the male caller, identified as Daniel Correa, as well as the female’s body in the brush area nearby. Continue reading
Man charged with stabbing and murdering a man in Costa Mesa
Case # 18WF0485
Date: February 28, 2018
MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER FOR STABBING ACQUAINTANCE DURING DISPUTE IN COSTA MESA
*Defendant was out of custody after posting $60,000 bond for two 2015 cases
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was charged yesterday with murder for stabbing his acquaintance during a dispute in Costa Mesa.
Defendant: Jasper Bear Belknap, 21, Azusa
Charged on Feb. 27, 2018, with the following: Continue reading
A Costa Mesa murder suspect was arrested today in Garden Grove
Today, shortly after 12:00 p.m., the Garden Grove Police Department located and arrested Jasper Bear Belknap, 21, the suspect wanted in the homicide of 23-year-old Austin D. Robinson on Feb. 12, 2018.
Belknap was located in the area of Trask Avenue and Leda Lane in Garden Grove and was turned over to the Costa Mesa Police at the scene of the arrest. Belknap is now in the custody of the Costa Mesa Police Department and was booked into their city jail. Continue reading
Serial robber gets 12 years in prison for robbing 13 O.C. stores
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
Case #16WF1578
Date: January 5, 2018
WESTMINSTER, Calif. – A serial robber was sentenced to 12 years in state prison for robbing 13 stores by threatening the cashiers with a replica firearm.
Defendant: John Allen Wagner, 50, Westminster
Pleaded guilty on Aug. 2, 2017, to the following felony counts: Continue reading
A Good Samaritan saved a Santa Ana woman who was being sexually assaulted in a vehicle
Santa Ana Police Department
Jorge Cruz De Armas (27) Tustin, suspected of kidnapping and attempting to sexually assault a 28-year-old woman, was arrested in Costa Mesa last night. Santa Ana Police detectives arrested 27-year-old Jorge Cruz De Armas at his workplace after evidence at the crime scene led police to his identity.
On Monday at about 4:30 p.m., De Armas contacted the victim and offered her a ride. The victim accepted the offer and willingly entered his vehicle. Moments later, De Armas asked the victim if she wanted to have sex with him and she refused. De Armas drove the victim to an alley in the 1600 block of East Palm Street in Santa Ana where he attacked the victim. Continue reading
An armed Santa Ana man got arrested in Costa Mesa after tampering with vehicles
On Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, at approximately 4:55 a.m., the Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) responded to the 3300 block of Nevada Avenue regarding a man looking into and tampering with vehicles.
A neighbor told the suspect, Trinity Crummie, 37, Santa Ana, to leave. Crummie then pulled a knife out of an arm sheath. Continue reading
Las Vegas man gets eights years in prison for pimping a teenage girl in Costa Mesa
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
December 11, 2017
Case # 17CF2948
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Las Vegas man was convicted and sentenced to eight years in state prison today for trafficking and pimping a 16-year-old Utah girl in Costa Mesa.
Defendant: Brandon Antwan Hunter, 31, Las Vegas
Pleaded guilty today to the following felony counts: Continue reading
Santa Ana man who stole and trashed a Ferrari caught begging for gas two weeks later
Israel Perez Rangel, 38, a Santa Ana man got caught begging for gas money for what turned out to be a stolen $265,000 Ferrari and he was finally arrested after a two-week joyride that trashed the stolen vehicle, according to the O.C. Register.
Rangel was being held in the Orange County jail on suspicion of vehicle theft and grand theft auto with prior convictions and vandalism causing damages of $10,000 or more. Continue reading
Las Vegas pair charged with trafficking and pimping a teen from Utah in Orange Counnty
Brandon Antwan Hunter
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
November 28, 2017
Case # 17CF2948
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Las Vegas man and woman are scheduled to be arraigned today for trafficking and pimping a 16-year-old Utah girl in Costa Mesa.
Defendant: Brandon Antwan Hunter, 31, Las Vegas
Charged today with the following felony counts: Continue reading
Twins arrested after a suspected burglary of a Costa Mesa rare-coin shop
Police arrested identical twin brothers, Jamal Walker and Jamel Walker – identical twin, 42-year-old brothers, of Los Angeles, early on Sunday, Nov. 19, on suspicion of burglarizing a Costa Mesa rare-coin shop and leading police on a car chase and foot pursuit, according to the O.C. Register.
Someone watching a security camera at the burglarized business saw two men break open the front doors and steal property from a shop that sells rare coins, precious metals and sports memorabilia. The shop is located at the 1900 block of Harbor Blvd. Continue reading
Burglars who fled from the police drove into a ditch by the 55 Freeway
Two suspects believed to have burglarized a Costa Mesa business early Sunday were caught after leading police on a brief pursuit, according to the O.C. Register.
The burglary happened at about 7:25 a.m. at the 1900 block of Harbor Boulevard , near the Triangle in Costa Mesa, and the two suspects were seen fleeing in a gold colored GMC with paper license plates, according to the Costa Mesa police department. Continue reading
Man convicted after leading police on a pursuit in Santa Ana and Costa Mesa
Juan Manuel Reyes, 36, who was accused of kidnapping an ex-girlfriend who gave birth to their son during her 11 days of alleged captivity, was convicted on Thursday of leading Costa Mesa police on a wild chase in which he rammed two patrol cars, triggering an officer-involved shooting, according to the O.C. Register.
Reyes was convicted of two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, both felonies, and one count each of felony evading and misdemeanor hit and run. Reyes is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 19. Continue reading