Remember the Garden Grove man who shot and killed a Santa Ana man and shot at two women after he alleged that they sold him a bad bag of dope? Well convicted killer Dustin McDonald is in trouble again. This time he attacked a deputy at Wasco State Prison, which is north of Bakersfield, with a homemade shank last Wednesday, according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Crime
The SAPD is looking for two men who robbed a Little Saigon cafe at gunpoint
Santa Ana Police Department
On Monday, 11/21/2016 at 3:15 pm, a male Hispanic entered the M & Toi Café , located at 4702 W. 1st St., in Santa Ana, and sat down at the bar. After several minutes the male appeared to text unknown person(s) and approximately a minute later, two male suspects wearing bandanas to cover their faces entered the business armed with a handgun and a knife. The suspects demanded the female victim to open the register. The lone male Hispanic seated at the bar then walked around the back of the counter, removed the money from the register and fled along with the two armed suspects. The loss was US Currency. Continue reading
The SAPD is conducting a DUI and Drivers License Checkpoint on Saturday night
Santa Ana Police Department
SANTA ANA POLICE STEP UP DUI ENFORCEMENT
The Santa Ana Police Department will be conducting a DUI / Drivers License checkpoint on Saturday, November 26th, 2016. It will begin at 9:30PM and is scheduled to conclude at 2:30AM. It will be conducted in the area of 1500 E. McFadden Ave., in the City of Santa Ana. Continue reading
SAPD detectives looking for an armed man who robbed a 76 gas station
Santa Ana Police Department
Suspect: Male White or Hispanic, 21-25 years old, black hair, medium build, 5’ 7” -5’ 9” tall, wearing dark sunglasses, white t-shirt, dark colored shorts and blue athletic shoes
Synopsis: On 10/13/2016 at 6:50 a.m., the suspect enters the 76 gas station and demands that the victim give him money from the cash register. After the victim refuses, the suspect begins to yell, “Give me the money, bitch!” then jumps over the display table while waving a black knife at her. The suspect chases the victim out of the business through a rear exit then returns. He physically rips the cash deposit box/till from the table, enters a newer model Kia Forte and flees the scene. Continue reading
Suspect arrested in string of Orange County storage-unit burglaries and mail thefts
Stuff that Lorena Guadalupe Arreguin stole from storage units and mail boxes
Irvine Police arrest suspect in storage-unit burglaries, seek possible victims of identity theft
Irvine, Calif. (Nov. 21, 2016) – The Irvine Police Department (IPD) has arrested Lorena Guadalupe Arreguin in connection with a string of storage-unit burglaries and mail thefts that have occurred from May through November of this year.
Arreguin and at least two other suspects are believed to have stolen mail from North Tustin, Newport Beach, Laguna Woods and Costa Mesa. The suspects are further accused of using other people’s identities to obtain storage units, then committing burglaries at those locations. The suspects have taken paperwork including bills, credit cards and more, and have attempted to open credit accounts using the stolen information. There have been more than 20 such storage-unit burglaries in Irvine, Santa Ana and possibly other cities. Continue reading
Former NBA star Rodman charged with a hit and run crash after wrong way driving on the 5 Fwy.
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
Case # 16CM10636
Date: November 21, 2016
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former NBA star was charged today with hit and run with property damage for driving the wrong way on the freeway and causing a crash. Dennis Keith Rodman, 55, Newport Beach, is charged with one misdemeanor count of hit and run with property damage, one misdemeanor count of driving a motor vehicle across a dividing section, one misdemeanor count of giving false information to a police officer, and one misdemeanor count of driving a motor vehicle without a valid license. If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum sentence of two years in county jail. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Jan. 20, 2017, in Department C-54, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. The time is to be determined. Continue reading
A Santa Ana man died after a drug overdose at the American Junkie bar in Newport Beach
Ahmed Said, a 25-year old Santa Ana man died after overdosing at the American Junkie bar in Newport Beach on Thursday night, according to the O.C. Register. (Click here to see American Junkie’s awful Yelp reviews).
Said died at 7:20 a.m. on Friday at the Huntington Beach Hospital after being rushed there from the American Junkie bar, according to the O.C. Coroner. Continue reading
Pimp from Colorado sentenced for pandering a 17-year old girl in Orange County
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
November 18, 2016
Case # 16NF0951
COLORADO MAN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR PANDERING 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN ORANGE COUNTY
*Two co-defendants convicted of human trafficking, pimping, and pandering
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Colorado man was sentenced to three years in state prison today for pandering a 17-year-old girl in Orange County. Jovon Andrew Williams, 21, Denver, Colo., pleaded guilty on Oct. 13, 2016, to one felony count of pandering.
Co-defendant Jahsee Elan Brewster, 33, Denver, Colo., and Clifton Haralson, 34, Long Beach, were each found guilty by a jury on Nov. 16, 2016, of one felony count of human trafficking of a minor, one felony count of pimping a minor, one felony count of pandering by procuring, and one felony count of carrying a loaded unregistered firearm in public. The defendants face a maximum of 12 years and eight months in state prison at their sentencing on Dec. 16, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. in Department C-36, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading
A man was seriously injured in a shooting in Santa Ana on Saturday night
A 29-year old unidentified man was seriously wounded in a shooting Friday night in Santa Ana, at an unknown address, just before 9 p.m., according to the O.C. Register.
The shooting apparently happened in the backyard of an unidentified residence, according to the SAPD. Continue reading
Former Santa Ana schoolteacher found guilty of molesting and filming girls in the Philippines
Robert Ornelas, 2001
Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office
Central District of California
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, November 18, 2016
SANTA ANA, California – A former teacher with the Santa Ana School District who traveled to the Philippines to engage in sex with two girls and produced videos of the abuse has been convicted in federal court of seven child exploitation offenses.
Robert Ruben Ornelas, 65, of Santa Ana, a onetime school teacher and girl’s softball coach, was found guilty yesterday afternoon of seven counts – two counts of engaging in sexual conduct in a foreign place, three counts of producing child pornography, and two counts of possessing child pornography. Continue reading
L.A. man tried to pimp an O.C. teen on social media but she turned out to be a cop
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
November 17, 2016
Case # 15NF3354
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Los Angeles man was convicted and sentenced to three years in state prison today for attempting to pimp and pander an undercover police officer, whom he believed to be a minor, on a social media website. Michael Joseph Mata, 34, pleaded guilty to one felony count of attempted pimping of a minor and one felony count of pandering by procuring. Continue reading
The O.C. Sheriff is looking for two suspects who have been writing bad check to buy cars from private sellers
Clinton Charles Rose
OCSD Investigators Warn of Auto and Check Fraud Scam
Suspects Identified, Investigators Seek Public’s Assistance to Locate
SANTA ANA, Ca. (November 17, 2016) – Investigators from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) are warning the community of an ongoing scam and asking for the public’s assistance in locating two suspects.
Clinton Charles Rose, 35, and Lauren Marie Conkey, 23, have been identified as suspects in a number of auto and identity theft cases. Rose and Conkey are suspected of contacting victims through various web sites to purchase vehicles from private party sellers. They contact the victim, present fictitious checks and identification, and then take possession of the vehicle. They are suspected of then falsifying documents to resell the stolen vehicle to another victim. Continue reading
The SAPD arrested a man after he fled in a stolen car and slammed into a police car
An unidentified man who was fleeing from the police crashed into a police vehicle today in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register.
The incident began near the Civic Center today at around 3:30 p.m., when police officers tried to pull the vehicle over for traffic violation. That is when the driver sped off. Continue reading
The OCDA gets a $1M grant to take the lead in fighting driving under the influence of drugs
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
Date: November 15, 2016
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) has been designated the lead training agency in the area of drug-impaired driving through the acceptance of a $1,078,044 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for the Vertical Prosecution Program. The year-long grant will be used to expand the specialized team of prosecutors focused on driving under the influence of drugs (DUID) cases in all regions of Orange County. OCDA will also serve as the lead agency in the newly established Southern California Traffic Safety Training Network (SoCal Training Net), which involves a training collaboration between the OCDA, Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, San Bernardino District Attorney’s Office, San Diego City Attorney’s Office, San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, and Ventura County District Attorney’s Office. Continue reading
Santa Ana woman who tattooed her face to hide from the cops heading to prison
Tracy Clapp After
Tracy Clapp, a 36-year old Santa Ana woman, found out today that she is heading to prison for six years, for running over and killing Christopher Chavez, a 26-year old Santa Ana high school band teacher in a hit and run crash on April 20, according to the O.C. Register.
Clapp ran over Chavez as he was walking in a crosswalk at Bristol Street and Central Ave. at around 2:15 a.m. SAPD police investigators said that Clapp ran a red light, in her SUV, when she hit Chavez. She then took off after she saw that he was injured. Continue reading