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An SAPD K9 police dog helped to arrest a man who fled from Deputies in San Clemente today

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Are you wondering why so many police were swarming a Santa Ana neighborhood not far from Adams Elementary School this afternoon? It was because an unidentified white male suspect in his 30’s who ended up barricaded in a home in that neighborhood after a police pursuit that began in San Clemente, according to the O.C. Register.

Authorities said a chase started in the area of El Portal and North El Camino Real in San Clemente, San Clemente with the suspect who was pulled over by an O.C. Sheriff’s Deputy as he was riding a motorcycle that turned out to be stolen, according to KTLA News. Continue reading→

Two males were arrested after a police pursuit in Santa Ana yesterday evening

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If you thought you heard a police pursuit in Santa Ana yesterday evening you were right. Two males, one adult and one juvenile, sped off during a routine traffic stop, at 5:20 p.m. and led police on a pursuit that ended in their arrest, according to the O.C. Register.

The incident ended when the suspects crashed their vehicle at First Street between Elk Lane and Wright Street, in Santa Ana, according to the SAPD. Continue reading→

Man who allegedly rammed two Irvine police cars arrested in Orange

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Robert Weirick, a 35-year-old man, was arrested at a storage facility on Wednesday morning, Jan. 31, on suspicion of stealing a $10,000 bicycle and a car – which, officials said, he used to ram two police vehicles, according to the O.C. Register.

Weirick drew the attention of the Irvine Police Department when he allegedly stole a high-end bicycle. The Irvine Police  got a tip on Wednesday morning that Weirick was in a stolen vehicle. Continue reading→

Three men led police on a pursuit from Fullerton and were arrested in Santa Ana last night

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You might have heard a commotion last night, Dec. 28, with police helicopters and lots of sirens, at the 5 Freeway. Turns out it was a police pursuit that led to the arrest of three men, according to the O.C. Register.

The incident began at around 8:20 p.m. when Fullerton police officers tried to pull over the suspects as they were driving a Dodge Ram truck, for a vehicle registration violation. This prompted the suspects to flee – and one of them three a handgun out of the window of the vehicle. Continue reading→

Santa Ana car thieves led police on a pursuit before crashing near Corona on Friday night

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Three people in a stolen car were arrested Friday night, Dec. 15, after a police pursuit that began in Santa Ana and ended near Corona, according to the O.C. Register.

SAPD police officers tried to pull over a stolen Nissan Sentra near the intersection of Broadway and Cubbon St. just before 9 p.m. on Friday night, but the suspects sped off staring a pursuit that proceeded north on the 5 Freeway and then East on the 91 Fwy. Continue reading→

A burglary suspect allegedly on drugs crashed while fleeing from the SAPD

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The SAPD had their hands full on Friday night, Dec. 8, when they arrested Leoncio Gutierrez, a suspect thought to be on drugs who was driving on the wrong side of the road when he ran a red light and crashed into two cars – all while he was fleeing from the police, according to the O.C. Register.

The pursuit happened as the SAPD was responding to a commercial burglary on South Lyon St. A witness had reported seeing 80 suspects breaking into a building. Apparently there was a rave going on nearby. Continue reading→

Santa Ana man gets 8 years in prison for charges including eluding police and gang activity

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Daniel Enrique Ramirez

Daniel Enrique Ramirez, 24, of Santa Ana; and Joshua Rudy Ramirez, 21, of Corona, pleaded guilty to gang activity, eluding police and possession of a firearm by a felon, according to the O.C. Register.

Both men were sentenced to eight years in prison after they led the SAPD on a high-speed pursuit that began in Santa Ana and ended when they crashed into an 80-year-old woman’s bedroom in Fountain Valley.  Continue reading→

Suspect arrested after leading the SAPD and the CHP on a high speed pursuit

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An unidentified lone male driver who led authorities on a vehicle chase through Santa Ana and drove the wrong way on the 55 Freeway on Saturday, Nov. 11 was taken into custody without incident, according to the O.C. Register.

As often happens in Santa Ana the SAPD tried to pull the suspect over, as he was driving a gold-colored minivan, for a traffic violation that occurred at South Grand and East McFadden Avenues, just before 4:30 p.m., according to the SAPD. And of course the suspect sped off in his vehicle, and the police started a pursuit. Continue reading→

Three Irvine auto theft suspects were caught in Huntington Beach this morning after a police pursuit

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Three people were arrested Thursday, Nov. 9, following a high-speed police pursuit that began in Fountain Valley and ended in Huntington Beach, according to the O.C. Register.

The suspects apparently were seen driving a Toyota Camry that had been reported stolen in Irvine, at around 5:30 a.m. this morning, near Euclid St. and Warner Ave. Continue reading→

A suspect crashed into a pole and a vehicle while fleeing from the SAPD this morning

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Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: Suspect In Stolen Vehicle Flees From Officers – Crashes Into Poles & Parked Vehicle

Suspect: Alfredo Hernandez (38) Santa Ana

On Wednesday, September 13th at 4:43 a.m. hours, our officers attempted to stop a vehicle that was just stolen from the victim’s driveway in the area of Hazard and Jackson. The suspect, Alfredo Hernandez, 38-years old, led our officers in a brief pursuit that covered a little more than a mile to the area of N. Hawley and W. 5th Street. The suspect crashed the victim’s vehicle into several small poles and a parked vehicle in the open parking lot. Continue reading→

A man in an allegedly stolen Jaguar was arrested by the SAPD after a pursuit

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An unidentified man suspected of driving a stolen car and leading SAPD police officers on a chase, crashed into two cars before being arrested yesterday, according to the O.C. Register.

SAPD police officers tried to pull over the suspect on Wednesday afternoon, at around 4:50 p.m., on August 2, as he was driving a Jaguar. He was suspected of a traffic violation near the cross streets of S. Bristol Street and W. Warner Avenue, according to the SAPD. Continue reading→

The SAPD caught a man who fled from a car crash with a baby in his arms

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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→

Crash at the end of an SAPD police pursuit killed the suspect and injured his 9-year old daughter

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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→

Two Santa Ana gang members were arrested after a police pursuit on Sunday night

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Shortly before 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Santa Ana police tried to stop a vehicle for various violations including no license plate and no seatbelts, according to NBC News.

The driver, a documented gang member who was later identified as Jesus Arturo Martinez, refused to pull over so the police began to pursue his vehicle on local streets at speeds that topped 90 mph. At one point the suspect even drove the wrong way on the street, according to the SAPD. Continue reading→

A 17-year old Santa Ana male was arrested in Corona today after fleeing in a stolen car

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Auto Theft Suspects Arrested after Pursuit

Corona PD CR #17-7016

Today, at 10:04 AM, Riverside PD’s air unit, Air-1, alerted Corona Police Dispatch to a pursuit of a stolen Honda Civic in the area of Hidden Valley and I-15. Corona units took over the pursuit of the Civic, which had been reported stolen to Buena Park Police earlier today, when it exited the 91 freeway at Main Street.

The driver, a 17 year-old male from Santa Ana, and the passenger, a 19 year-old male from Orange, were taken into custody without incident when the Civic stopped on Lilac Street near Via Santiago. Continue reading→