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Female hit and run driver wanted by the SAPD

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Santa Ana Leave a comment

The SAPD is searching for a woman who allegedly ran a red light early Wednesday morning before slamming her car into a man in a crosswalk and then fleeing, according to the O.C. Register.

A woman in a black, four-door BMW with dealer plates was seen by witnesses at around 2:15 a.m. driving north on South Bristol St. before she ran a red light at West Central Ave., while she was in the left lane, according to the SAPD.

As the woman ran the red light she drove into an unidentified 26-year-old man who was walking across Bristol, in the crosswalk. Continue reading→

Bicyclist killed by hit and run driver near Warner Ave. and S. Bristol St.

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Accidents, Bicycles, Crime, David Benavides, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Ricardo Martinez, a 44-year-old has been identified as the bicyclist who was killed at the 1400 block of West Warner Ave., just east of the South Pacific Avenue intersection, at about 5 a.m. on Saturday morning, by the driver of an SUV who sped away after the accident, according to the O.C. Register.

Martinez was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.

Witnesses did not provide the police with a description of the SUV’s driver. However the SUV was reported to have traveled eastbound on Warner after the fatal crash. Continue reading→

Hit and run driver wrecked four cars in Garden Grove on Sunday night

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Accidents, Crime, Garden Grove Leave a comment

An unidentified man fled from a pickup truck late Sunday night, after allegedly causing a four-car wreck in Garden Grove that injured two people, according to the O.C. Register.

The man was driving southbound in a 2008 white Chevrolet Silverado at around 11:30 p.m. Sunday at the 13100 block of Magnolia Street when he crashed into a vehicle headed in the same direction, according to the Garden Grove Police. Continue reading→

Fatal hit and run accident last night at Fairview and Edinger results in three arrests

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Art Pedroza Posted in Accidents, Crime, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD investigates fatal hit and run

Narrative: On Sunday, January 24th, 2016 at 1806 hours, patrol officers along with the Orange County Fire Authority responded to a report of a pedestrian down in the area of Fairview and Edinger. An unidentified male subject who had been struck by a vehicle was located lying on the roadway in the area of 1200 S. Fairview. The subject succumbed to critical injuries sustained in the collision and was pronounced deceased at the scene. The unknown driver and vehicle had fled the scene.

Based on evidence and the scene, it appears the male pedestrian was walking across Fairview Street west to east in the area of the intersection at Dahl Lane when he was struck by a vehicle driving south on Fairview. Continue reading→

Search is on for Santa Ana hit and run driver who killed a man at a bus stop today

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Accidents, Crime, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: Requesting public’s assistance in locating vehicle wanted in fatal hit and run collision

Summary:

On 12/8/15 at 4:36 a.m., an elderly couple was standing at a bus stop on the northwest corner of McFadden Avenue and Center Street in front of the Southwest Senior Center. An eyewitness said a dark colored SUV was eastbound on McFadden, approaching Center. The SUV veered into opposing lanes and onto the north sidewalk, striking the bus bench and the two pedestrians. Continue reading→

The SAPD needs our help to ID a hit and run suspect’s vehicle

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Accidents, Crime, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD requests public’s assistance in attempting to locate fatal hit and run suspect vehicle.

Location: 1200 W. 1st Street. (1st / Baker)

Suspect: Unknown

Outstanding vehicle: 2013 – 2015, Honda, Accord, 4-door, obsidian blue pearl (midnight blue)

Synopsis: On 11/29/15 at 1:43 AM, Officers responded to a report of a hit and run traffic collision involving a pedestrian at 1200 W. 1st St. When the officers arrived, they located the deceased pedestrian lying on the center median. Continue reading→

Jorge Lopez-Lobato killed in hit and run accident at First Street and Baker Street

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Accidents, Crime, Roman Reyna, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Jorge Lopez-Lobato, a 35-year-old man, was hit and killed by a speeding, dark blue, newer model Honda Accord early on Sunday morning, just before 1:43 a.m., on First Street near Baker Street, in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register.

The driver fled after striking and killing Lopez-Lobato.

The accident was reported by witnesses who said that Lopez-Lobato was walking westbound on First Street when he was hit by the Honda Accord. Lopez-Lobato died at the scene. Continue reading→

Suspects flee from a hit and run involving a stolen car at Ross and Civic Center

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Accidents, Crime, Santa Ana Leave a comment

PIcture by Igmar Rodas.

There was a traffic collision at 400 W. Civic Center Dr., at Ross, involving two vehicles, at around 6 p.m., according to local photographer Igmar Rodas.

Two males in one of the cars fled the scene. There was one woman driver in the other vehicle. She stayed at the scene. Continue reading→

Suspect in hit and run death of a tree trimmer, in Santa Ana, arrested

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Crime, Orange, Santa Ana 3 Comments

Alejandro Rivas

Alejandro Rivas, a 20-year-old resident of Orange, who is suspected in the hit-and-run death of Augustin Sosa, a 25-year-old tree trimmer, in Santa Ana on Sep. 18, was arrested early this morning by the SAPD. He had had outstanding warrants including one for a probation violation, according to the O.C. Register.

Sosa, a resident of Santa Ana, was struck and killed near 17th Street and Fairview Avenue when he was putting cones down in the street. He worked for West Coast Arborists, which is reportedly contracted by the City of Santa Ana. Sosa died at the scene after he was flung some fifty feet by the impact of the suspect’s vehicle. His identity was later identified by the Orange County Coroner. Continue reading→

Pedestrian struck and killed in hit and run accident today at 17th and Fairview

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Accidents, Angelica Amezcua, Crime, Santa Ana Leave a comment

A pedestrian, Agustin Perez-Sosa, a 25-year-old resident of Santa Ana, was struck and killed by a silver Chevy Malibu today at around 1:25 p.m., near Seventeenth and Fairview Ave., in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register.

Perez-Sosa was was flung 50 feet in the air, according to ABC News. The driver of the Malibu fled the scene.

The victim was a tree trimmer who was picking up cones along the side of the street, according to ABC News. He was in his second year of employment at West Coast Arborists, which is reportedly contracted by the City of Santa Ana. He is survived by his wive and a 10-year-old daughter. Continue reading→

Santa Ana man facing murder charge after driving a minivan into a woman and her boyfriend

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Accidents, buena park, Crime, OCDA, Santa Ana Leave a comment

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 15NF2507

Date: September 15, 2015

MAN TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR MURDERING WOMAN BY INTENTIONALLY DRIVING INTO HER WITH MINIVAN AND INJURING HER BOYFRIEND

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to be arraigned today for murdering a woman by intentionally driving his minivan into her and also injuring her boyfriend. Nelson Ward, 60, Santa Ana, is charged with one felony count of murder and one felony count of assault with a deadly weapon. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 28 years to life in state prison. Ward is being held on $1 million bail and is scheduled to be arraigned today in Department CJ-1, Central Jail Santa Ana. The time is to be determined.

On Sept. 12, 2015, Ward is accused of meeting 32-year-old Jessica Lynn Brown Carvajal and her boyfriend 51-year-old Robert Shore in Buena Park. The defendant is accused of inviting Carvajal and her boyfriend into his van and spending the day driving around to various locations and drinking alcohol. At some point during the day, the defendant is accused of sleeping in the back of his van and giving John Doe permission to drive while Carvajal was sitting in the passenger seat. Continue reading→

Two adults and two kids hurt in a hit and run car accident at Lyon and McFadden

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Accidents, Santa Ana, Vince Sarmiento Leave a comment

Two adults and two children in a Toyota Corolla were injured in a two-vehicle collision Thursday night, at 8:25 p.m. at Lyon Street and McFadden Avenue, in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register.

The Corolla was headed east on McFadden Avenue when the driver tried to turn to go north on Lyon Street, at a yellow light. A man in a Toyota pickup truck broadsided the Corolla as he was going west on McFadden Avenue. Continue reading→

SAPD searching for driver who hit a motorcycle on July 6 and fled

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Accidents, Crime, Santa Ana Leave a comment

The hit and run vehicle looked like this one

A 22-year-old Santa Ana woman was involved in motorcycle hit and run accident on Monday, July 6, 2015 at 11:30 p.m., on Broadway and First Street, right in front of an Arco Gas station, not far from Birch Park.

The man who hit her was driving a black or dark green 1996 Toyota Corolla.

The SAPD Investigators unit has yet to find the driver. Continue reading→

Domestic argument results in hit and run crashes in Santa Ana and Costa Mesa

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Accidents, Crime, Santa Ana Leave a comment

A man and woman were in in a domestic argument in the South Coast Plaza parking lot at around 8:30 p.m. yesterday when the man got into a vehicle and drove northbound on Bristol Street, where he struck three vehicles near MacArthur Boulevard, said Sgt. Carol Salvatierra of the Santa Ana Police Department, according to the O.C. Register.

The suspect was later identified, by the SAPD, as 19-year-old Ricardo Navarro Tolento, of Santa Ana.

The suspect then drove south on Bristol Street and he hit more vehicles in Costa Mesa, according to Costa Mesa Police Lt. Ed Everett. Continue reading→

Hit and run driver sentenced to just over 13 years in prison after killing three girls on Halloween

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Art Pedroza Posted in Accidents, Crime, OCDA, Santa Ana 2 Comments

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 14CF3723

Date: May 21, 2015

MAN SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS IN PRISON FOR KILLING THREE TEENS IN HIT AND RUN ON HALLOWEEN

SANTA ANA – A man was sentenced today to 13 years and eight months in state prison and six months in jail for killing three teens in a hit and run on Halloween night. Jaquinn Ramone Bell, 32, Orange, pleaded guilty March 20, 2015, to three felony counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, one felony count of hit and run with permanent injury or death, one misdemeanor count of driving on a suspended license, and sentencing enhancements for fleeing the scene of a crime after committing vehicular manslaughter.

Bell was additionally sentenced today to 18 months in jail for a probation violation in Case # 14NM08472. In that case Bell was convicted on Aug. 4, 2014, of one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol, one misdemeanor count of child endangerment, and one misdemeanor count of hit and run with property damage. Continue reading→