Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: UPDATE – Missing 55 Year Old Male Located
Missing 55 year old male has been located and reunited with his family. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Crime
An armed male robbed a McDonald’s in Costa Mesa yesterday afternoon
Costa Mesa Police Department
ARMED MALE ROBS LOCAL MCDONALD’S
Incident/DR#:17-009893
COSTA MESA, Calif. – On the evening of 07-25-17, at approximately 4:21 p.m., police responded to a McDonald’s restaurant on the 3000 block of Bristol Street in Costa Mesa regarding the report of an armed robbery which had just occurred. Continue reading
The SAPD caught a man who fled from a car crash with a baby in his arms
An unidentified man reportedly ran from SAPD police officers, after a car crash, and jumped over several fences while holding a baby in his arms, before he abandoned the baby and hid in a house, according to the O.C. Register.
The car crash happened at 7:40 p.m. on Tuesday, July 25, at the intersection of Bristol Street and Warner Avenue, according to the SAPD. Continue reading
The SAPD is looking for a suspect who has robbed three fast food restaurants
Santa Ana Police Department
On Monday, July 24, 2017, at approximately 8:30 p.m., the suspect enters the Jack in the Box located at 820 N. Harbor Blvd., brandishes a handgun, and hands a note to the employee demanding money. The victim handed the suspect cash. The suspect was last seen running from the location.
Jack in the Box is the third robbery of fast food restaurants in the last seven days that occurred on Harbor Blvd (1st – 101 S. Harbor Blvd. – El Pollo Loco and 2nd – 666 S. Harbor Blvd. – McDonald’s). The suspect is believed to be the same suspect in robberies throughout Orange County. Continue reading
A dead homeless man was found by the 4th Street Market in DTSA this morning
The SAPD is investigating the suspicious death of an unidentified homeless man in his 60s whose dead body was found on Tuesday, July 25, at around 7:35 a.m., on a sidewalk in downtown Santa Ana, near the 4th Street Market and Playground restaurant, at the 400 block of North Bush Street, according to the O.C. Register.
The victim had sustained a head wound. The police do not yet know if he fell or was pushed from a nearby parking structure or if he was attacked. Continue reading
Crash at the end of an SAPD police pursuit killed the suspect and injured his 9-year old daughter
Juan Rodriguez, a 43-year-old man from Costa Mesa, was killed and his 9-year-old daughter was critically injured in Santa Ana when their car crashed during a police pursuit this Sunday, July 23, according to the O.C. Register.
SAPD police officers responded when they got a call about a man pointing a gun at a security guard during a fight at Mariscos Hector #2, located at 1208 E. McFadden, at Standard Avenue, according to the SAPD. Continue reading
SAPD police officers shot a young man with a knife early this morning
On Friday, July 21, 2017, at 3:38 AM, Santa Ana PD Officers responded to a family disturbance at a single-family residence at the 2400 block of Olive Street at around 3:47 a.m., according to the SAPD.
Initial reports indicated a resident at the location had been assaulted by a family member. Upon arrival, Officers encountered a Hispanic male in his early 20’s. An officer involved shooting occurred and the subject sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Continue reading
Man wanted for vandalism and drug-related charges in Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa Police Department
Advisory: Information Bulletin: Wanted Suspect
There are two active warrants out for Fuad Hurtado Flores’ arrest for vandalism and drug-related charges. Flores is also the suspect in an assault incident (CMPD case #17-9181). Flores uses the name of Abel Towin on Facebook, and he has a long criminal history including drugs and domestic violence. Continue reading
The SAPD is finally focusing on DTSA’s borrachos, this Sunday
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: SANTA ANA POLICE STEP UP DUI EDUCATION
On Sunday, July 23rd, the Santa Ana Police Department will be displaying their “Choose your ride” vehicle at Chapter One located at 227 N. Broadway St. in Santa Ana from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m..
The “Choose your ride” vehicle is a car with half of it painted to resemble a yellow taxi, and the other half a police car. The message is simple and it implores patrons and a passerby to “Choose your ride” and Don’t Drink and Drive. Continue reading
A suspected robber was arrested after attacking Santa Ana code enforcement and police officers
Santa Ana Police Department
On Wednesday, 07/19/2017 at approximately 2:30 p.m., SAPD police officers responded to a fight near the intersection of Bristol and Warner. By the time the officers arrived, the suspect, Stephen Allan Edwards, 28-years old, had committed two batteries, a robbery and an assault with a deadly weapon.
The assault with a deadly weapon was against a Santa Ana Code Enforcement officer who had intervened in the robbery. The suspect tried to stab her with a knife through her car window. The code enforcement officer was not injured. Continue reading
Man gets up to 31 years in prison for pimping minors and several women in Orange County
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
July 19, 2017
Case # 16NF0460
*Man also charged with forcible sexual assaults on 15-year-old victim
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A San Jose felon was sentenced to 31 years and six months in state prison yesterday for human trafficking, pimping, and pandering two minors and six additional women using a firearm, intimidation, and drugs.
Defendant: Ariel Cuellar Guizar, 36, San Jose
Pleaded guilty on July 18, 2017, to felony: Continue reading
Santa Ana man gets 11 years in prison for stabbing a man to death at Underground DTSA
Remember when the gentrifiers promised that DTSA would be so much better and safer without all those Mexican bars? Well today Juan Angel Rivera, a 23-year old Santa Ana man who stabbed Nathan Alfaro, a fellow concert-goer, to death during a punk show at the Underground DTSA, was sentenced to 11 years in prison, according to the O.C. Register.
Rivera could have been sentenced to either probation or the minimum term of three years in prison. Instead Orange County Superior Court Judge Patrick H. Donahue gave him a far more severe sentence. Donahue noted in his comments that Rivera had an abnormal fascination with knives. Continue reading
Mexican national with 27 aliases convicted of killing a woman in Irvine in 1992
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case # 00SF0657
Date: July 14, 2017
*Defendant fled to Mexico and was extradited 10 years later
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man who was extradited to Orange County from Mexico was sentenced today to 35 years to life in state prison for murdering a 19-year-old woman in 1992.
Defendant: Leonardo Pimentel Sanchez, 59, Mexico City, Mexico
Found guilty by a jury on May 22, 2017, of one felony count of: Continue reading
Rojas filed a claim against the City of Santa Ana after he quickly angered his new bosses at BART
Do you remember when former SAPD Police Chief Carlos Rojas quit the SAPD to go be the Chief at BART (the Bay Area Rapid Transit System in San Francisco and Oakland)? At the time Rojas said his new job was a “fun” challenge. “I’m excited and humbled to have been selected to lead such a progressive police department,” he said.
Well it did not take Rojas long to anger his new employers!
“Not long after Rojas started work in late May, he made the decision to stop issuing daily curated email reports on police calls at BART, which described in short paragraphs the reported crime and the department’s response, and instead, to send BART crime information to the free online tool, CrimeMapping.com,” according to the Mercury News. Continue reading
Two pedestrians were hit by a juvenile DUI driver near several Santa Ana schools
Five juveniles were injured after an underage, unlicensed driver suspected of driving under the influence struck two pedestrians in Santa Ana on Thursday, according to ABC News.
The driver, who was not licensed, was speeding along the 1600 block of South Greenville Street at about 11 a.m. when he lost control of the silver Honda Accord, striking two juvenile pedestrians then crashing into a pole, according to the OC Register.
The crash occurred nearby several schools including Godinez High School, Carl Harvey Elementary School, and Carr Intermediate School. Continue reading