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Woman dies after falling or being pushed out of a pick-up truck on Edinger

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Woman falls out of truck in Santa Ana

Click here to watch a news video about this incident, on Fox News.

The Santa Ana Police Department responded to a report of a woman who was found lying on the street at 1600 W. Edinger last night at around 8 pm, according to an SAPD press release. Upon arrival, the police officers located a woman who had sustained major trauma apparently as a result of either being pushed or jumping from a vehicle that was traveling eastbound on Edinger near Raitt Street. Found near the woman was a young female child about 1-2 years old. Continue reading→

SAPD officer cleared for shooting an alleged gang member on Dec. 10, 2010

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Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) Tony Rackauckas has published a letter justifying the fatal shooting of Santa Ana resident Andres Ramirez, on Dec. 10, 2010, by Santa Ana Police officer Frank Gutierrez.  Click here to read the OCDA’s letter.

Unfortunately the OCDA posts these letters in graphic format so that we can’t copy and paste the information.  What the OCDA determined was that Ramirez, who moved here from North Carolina, was one of several young men who ran when SAPD officers drove by the alley that they were apparently drinking beer in.  The only one that got caught that night was Ramirez. Continue reading→