A female suspect is dead after being wounded in an officer-involved shooting in Santa Ana. The shooting happened shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday in an alley on the 800 block of South Townsend Street, according to ABC News.
It was unknown whether the woman was armed, but police said they found a weapon in the alley that was not a police weapon. Witnesses said the woman did not live in the apartment complex and was seen sitting in a garage before the shooting, according to NBC News. Continue reading
A 7-year-old boy has been hospitalized after being shot in the leg in Santa Ana, authorities said Sunday. The incident occurred late Saturday evening in the 2600 block of S. Towner Street, KNX 1070′s Jon Baird reports. The boy was in the backseat of a sport utility vehicle that was being driven by his father when the boy’s father and uncle, who was in the front passenger seat, reportedly noticed a car following them, according to CBS News.
One round penetrated the right rear door of the car and hit the boy’s leg. The father drove the boy to a local hospital, where the injury was determined not to be life-threatening, Paulson said. There were no other injuries in the incident, according to the Los Angeles Times. Continue reading
Fernando Cuevas
On 06-21-2013, Officers were dispatched to 600 S. Townsend reference a male who was bleeding in front of a residence. When officers arrived they found a 14-year-old male suffering from multiple stab wounds to the back. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. Continue reading
A recent robbery has occurred on the corner of 5th St. and Hawley in Santa Ana. A woman walked into a family business and stole the owner’s purse. The owner was working by herself.
The robber apparently has a history of theft in the city but the SAPD has not been able to catch the thief. She works with another person. She distracts the workers while someone else swiftly takes the items. Continue reading
The Santa Ana Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Friday, June 21st, 2013. It will begin at 7:30PM and is scheduled to conclude at 1:30AM. It will be conducted in the area of 2400 W. 5th Street, in the City of Santa Ana. Continue reading
Raphael Jared Scally
Orange County District Attorney, Press Release
For Immediate Release, Case # 13CF1958: June 17, 2013
*A third co-defendant in the vehicle is charged with possession of cocaine
SANTA ANA – Charges have been filed against two men for pimping and pandering of two female victims, ages 18 and 19 years old, after being stopped by undercover Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) officers. Raphael Jared Scally, 27, Hesperia, and Darryl Da Keis Gillard, 27, Hemet, are both charged with two felony counts of pimping and two felony counts of pandering with the sentencing enhancement for crime-bail-crime, indicating that the defendants were out of custody on bail for another felony (2010 residential burglary case) at the time of the crime. If convicted, both defendants face a maximum sentence of nine years and four months in state prison. Gillard is out of custody on bail and his arraignment is to be determined. The People will be requesting $250,000 bail at Scally’s arraignment today, Monday, June 17, 2013, in Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana. The time is to be determined. Continue reading
The OC May Day Coalition is asking the public and their members to join them at the next Santa Ana Public Safety Committee meeting, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at 5:30 pm, as they bring “awareness to the issue of the collaboration between the SAPD and ICE and demand that this collaboration be stopped.”
Their issue is on the agenda, so there will be discussion by the committee members on this topic as well as time for public comments. Continue reading
Orange County District Attorney, Press Release
For Immediate Release, Case # 10CF3246: June 14, 2013
SANTA ANA — A man was sentenced today to 363 years to life in state prison for the cold case rape of a 16-year-old girl who was walking home from In-N-Out Burger in Santa Ana. Juan Humberto Avila, 36, Santa Ana, was found guilty by a jury March 4, 2013, to one felony count each of sexual penetration by foreign object by force, dissuading a witness by force or threat, and two felony counts each of forcible rape, sodomy by force, and forcible oral copulation with sentencing enhancement allegations for inflicting great bodily injury and kidnapping. Avila has a prior strike from a 1997 conviction for participating in a criminal street gang. Continue reading
Bertha Avalos
On 06/13/13 Todrick Dramaul Hall was a former contestant on the TV competition American Idol was present at Hazard Elementary School to perform with several others for the principal’s retirement ceremony. While present at the school, Hall was standing outside and was signing autographs and appearing in photographs for the students. While signing autographs, he placed his phone down on a school bench behind him. His phone, an Apple iPhone 5 64gb, which is held inside a wallet designed to hold the phone, ID, credit cards, and money. Hall advised he set his phone down for approx 20 minutes and discovered it was missing at 1445 hrs. Hall did not see anyone take his phone. Continue reading
On 6/12/13 at about 0640 hours, the female victim was working at Subway located in the 2600 Block W. Edinger. The victim was in the store by herself when a male suspect entered the business and jumped over the counter, grabbed the victim by the arm and forced her to the floor. The suspect then dragged the victim asking her where the safe was located. The victim told the suspect she did not know where the safe was located.
The suspect retrieved a knife asking the victim, “Do you want to die?” Fearing for her life, the victim then showed the suspect where the safe was located. The suspect removed money from the safe and then forced the victim to open the cash register. The suspect jumped over the counter and left the restaurant with the money. Continue reading
Well this is depressing. Apparently a man driving a Volkswagen was carjacked in Santa Ana today at about 12:30 p.m. by at least two people. The victim called the SAPD to report this. The good news is that the cops caught the bad guys after a high speed chase that ended in a car accident on Harbor Bl.
The bad guys ran but “police sent a K-9 unit, helicopter, strike force, gang unit and police detectives after the man, who was arrested in the 1100 block of North West Street,” according to the O.C. Register.
The bad news? The carjacking happened at Bristol Street and Segerstrom Avenue. Yep. Right near what is referred to as South Coast but is actually Santa Ana. Continue reading
SAPD DUI ENFORCEMENT on Saturday, June 8th, 2013
The Santa Ana Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Saturday, June 8th, 2013. It will begin at 7:30PM and is scheduled to conclude at 1:30AM. It will be conducted in the area of 1000 E. Fourth Street, in the City of Santa Ana.
The primary purpose of a DUI Checkpoint is to deter impaired driving, not to increase arrests. All too often, members of our community are senselessly injured or killed on local roadways by impaired drivers. This DUI/Drivers License checkpoint is an effort to reduce those tragedies, as well as ensuring drivers have a valid driver’s license. The DMV reports that unlicensed drivers are 4.9 times more likely to cause a fatal crash than a licensed driver. Continue reading
SANTA ANA, CA (June 4, 2013) – On 6/4/13 at approximately 9:40 am, a male suspect entered US Bank, located at 2740 N. Grand, armed with a black semi-automatic handgun. The suspect had his face concealed with a hoodie and mask and ordered all the customers to get on the ground face first. The suspect then ordered the bank employees to put money in a bag. The customers and bank employees complied with the suspect’s commands before the suspect fled out of the bank north on foot with an undisclosed amount of money. The suspect then met up with another suspect, acting as a lookout, and they both fled on foot west into an adjacent apartment complex. Witnesses reported the suspects’ actions and investigating officers located two separate areas where they dropped money. The money was recovered, however, the suspects avoided capture. Continue reading
Orange County District Attorney, Press Release
For Immediate Release, Case # 13CF0801: June 3, 2013
*Defendant was arrested in undercover sting operation
SANTA ANA – A man arrested in an undercover sting operation will be arraigned tomorrow for sexually trafficking one woman and pimping three women for financial gain after advertising the victims on a sex website. Harvey Rashad McNight, 29, San Diego, is charged with one felony count of human trafficking, three felony counts of pimping, and three felony counts of pandering by procuring. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 28 years in state prison. McNight is being held on $150,000 bail and is scheduled for a post-preliminary hearing arraignment tomorrow, Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. in Department C-5, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading
The pedestrian who was struck and killed during a police chase in Santa Ana was identified Friday as 33-year-old Andrew Scott Reisse. Coworkers described him as a “brilliant mind.” Reisse, a Santa Ana resident, was walking in a crosswalk when he was struck and killed at the end of a police chase Thursday, according to ABC News.
Reisse, the 33-year-old co-founder and lead engineer at Oculus VR in Irvine, Calif., ” was a brilliant computer graphics engineer, an avid photographer and hiker who loved nature, a true loyal friend, and a founding member of our close-knit Oculus family,” the company said in a statement, according to CNET. Continue reading