An unidentified man assaulted an apparently inebriated 26-year old woman at the stairwell of the Copper Door in Downtown Santa Ana, early on Sunday morning, May 21, 2017, according to the O.C. Register.
The SAPD released surveillance footage today of the attack, in an attempt to get leads on the suspect. Why they waited this long to release the footage is a very good question. Were they trying to protect the Proof Bar from what is sure to be a damaging hit to their image? Continue reading→
Santa Ana Police Department
Missing Person: Kimberly Molina (16)
UPDATE: The missing 16 year old female has been located and subsequently released to the custody of LA County Social Workers as of the morning of May 24, 2017.
On 5/23/17, a social worker was transporting Molina to LA County. Molina jumped out of the car at 500 N. Main Street in Santa Ana and fled northbound.
Molina has priors for prostitution and has been a victim of human trafficking. She may be in the company of her pimp known only as “FEDERICO.” Continue reading→
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Homicide Detectives Investigating Shooting Death 200 block South Cedar Street
On Sunday, May 21, 2017 at approximately 6:00 a.m. the Tustin Police Department responded to a report of a man down on the front of a residence in the 600 block of W. Main Street in Tustin. Orange County Fire Authority Paramedics pronounced the male deceased.
Tustin PD initiated a homicide investigation. After lengthy investigation, it was determined the victim was shot during a gang-related shooting which occurred in the area of 200 South Cedar Street, Santa Ana. Continue reading→
Do you remember the strange incident that occurred in Santa Ana, back on Jan. 29, 2014, when a woman’s body was found on the northbound 5 Freeway, just before 2:45 a.m., at the juncture with the westbound 22 Freeway? It turns out the driver of the truck she jumped out of was a murderer, according to the O. C. Register.
The victim, Martha Rodezno, 51, was from L.A. She had hitched a ride with a fellow from Hawthorne named Jaqwun Laerin Turner, 36, and for some reason she jumped out of his truck – and he did not stop. Turner was arrested by the SAPD and as a result his DNA was collected – which led to Turner’s downfall. Continue reading→
Apparently the bad guys have figured out how to escape during police pursuits. A group of burglars, all dressed in black, struck at a home at the 9700 block of Rangeview Drive, in wealthy unincorporated Santa Ana, at 8:45 p.m., on Saturday night, May 20, then sped off in a white pick-up truck that was pursued by an O.C. Sheriff patrol vehicle, according to the O.C. Register.
The police pursuit topped 100 mph at times, winding through Southern California freeways including the 91, the 105 and the 110. The suspect vehicle wove in and out of traffic very nearly hitting other vehicles at times. Continue reading→
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case # 15CF2004
Date: May 19, 2017
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to 60 years to life in state prison for sexually assaulting three girls under the age of 14 he met through church.
Defendant: Jose Luis Aguilera, 42, Santa Ana
Found guilty by a jury on April 28, 2017, of: Continue reading→
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case # 14WF3419
Date: May 19, 2017
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to 120 years to life in state prison for sexually assaulting his infant relative and possessing over 220,000 pornographic photos and videos of prepubescent children.
Defendant: Ryan Michael Booth, 32, Long Beach
Found guilty by a jury on March 8, 2017, of the following felony counts: Continue reading→
SAPD police investigators are looking for suspects in two reported vehicle fires in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register.
The first incident happened this Thursday at around 10:25 p.m. when a man reported that his 2017 Lexus, which he had parked at the 1800 block of West Pendleton Avenue (just East of Adams Park) had caught fire, according to the SAPD. Continue reading→
Costa Mesa Police Department
Advisory: Information Bulletin: Wanted suspect
Richard Anthony Campo has two active warrants out for his arrest on domestic violence-related charges. He is also wanted for questioning on a separate domestic violence case out of Costa Mesa. Campo is currently homeless and believed to be staying in parks in both Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach.
If Campo is located, contact the Costa Mesa Police Department at 714-754-5252. Continue reading→
Santa Ana Police Department
Crime Type: PC 211 Commercial Robbery
On 05/17/2017 at approximately 7:15 pm, the suspects entered the Motel 6 located at 1623 E. 1st Street, where they jumped lobby desk brandishing a knife at the hotel clerk demanding the money in the cash register. The clerk fearing for her life gave the suspect the money from the cash register and suspects fled the location. Continue reading→
Antonio Delgado Juarez, a 38-year-old man who robbed the Food 4 Less supermarket at 2140 S. Bristol St. while he was zipping around in a motorized wheelchair, back on Sep. 18, 2014, has pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree robbery and carjacking, all felonies, according to the O.C. Register.
As it turns out Juarez can walk. Why he was in a motorized wheelchair has not been determined. Continue reading→
Jeffrey Robert Smith, a 45-year-old Costa Mesa man, was sentenced to 30 years in prison, after he admitted to peeping and molesting some of his victims, according to the O.C. Register.
Smith pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree burglary and single counts each of assault with intent to commit a sex offense and inflicting injury on an elder adult, all felonies, as well as multiple misdemeanor counts of touching an intimate part of another person, indecent exposure, peeping, disorderly conduct, aggravated trespass and lewd conduct in a public place, on Friday, May 12. Continue reading→
Juan Angel Rivera, 23, a Santa Ana resident who stabbed a fellow concertgoer, Nathan Alfaro, (a 23-year old resident of Westminster) to death during a March 2016 punk show at the Underground DTSA was convicted Monday of manslaughter, not murder, after jurors found that he acted in the heat of the moment, according to the O.C. Register.
Rivera is still looking at a prison term of up to 12 years. But if he had he been convicted of first-degree murder he could have ended up in prison for 26 years to life. Most likely he will not serve a full term as the State of California routinely lets inmates out of prison early. Continue reading→
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Date: May 15, 2017
Case # 15CF0617
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Assistant District Attorney Tracy Miller of the Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) was honored as a “Champion of Children” in Orange County for her extensive work with Orange County Gang Reduction Intervention Partnership (OC GRIP). The award was presented at The Raise Foundation’s 6th Annual Spring Soirée Garden Gala in Irvine on May 12, 2017. Continue reading→
Juan Carlos Cruz-Olmos, a 38-year-old man, was sentenced on Friday to six years in prison for molesting four boys during sleepovers in Tustin last year, according to the O.C. Register.
Cruz-Olmos accepted a plea deal from the OCDA which included four counts of lewd acts with a minor younger than 14. Continue reading→
