Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Patrol Officers Arrest Suspect for Armed Robberies
Suspect Arrested: Raffik Silva Zafret (26) Santa Ana
Suspect wanted in three separate robberies, all of which occurred on March 22, 2018. Continue reading
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The SAPD helped to bust two suspects with $8.4 million worth of cocaine
SANTA ANA, Ca. (March 23, 2018) – Two male suspects are in custody and 140 kilograms of cocaine has been seized from an Inland Empire residence as part of an investigation by a multi-agency operation to intercept and find narcotics, and hold drug traffickers accountable.
Investigators with the 12-agency joint operation at about 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, initiated a vehicle stop of an older-model Nissan Versa on the 60 Freeway. Two suspects –a 24-year-old man and a 38-year-old man – were arrested after investigators found a substantial amount of narcotics in the vehicle. The discovery led to further investigation, and prompted law enforcement to obtain a search warrant for the suspects’ residence. Continue reading
A bicyclist was killed in a hit and run accident early this morning in Santa Ana
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: SAPD Investigating Bicyclist vs. Vehicle Fatal/Hit & Run
Decedent – Pending Family Notification
On Thursday, March 22, 2018 at approximately 0033 hrs. the California Highway Patrol received a 911 call from a motorist reporting a male down in the street in the 400 block of E. Goetz Street. The call was transferred to the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) who was dispatched to the area. Upon their arrival, OFCA personnel located a male covered with blood and subsequently pronounced him deceased at the scene at 0047 hrs. Continue reading
The SAPD will conduct a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint on March 23
Santa Ana Police Department
The Santa Ana Police Department will be conducting a DUI / Driver’s License checkpoint on Friday March 23rd, 2018. It will begin at 9:30 PM and is scheduled to conclude at 2:30 AM. It will be conducted in the area of 2100 S Raitt 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 / Driver’s 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
A snitch helped to convict a Santa Ana gangbanger of killing a teenager
Jesus Canales, a 24-year-old man who gunned down a teenage rival gang member in Santa Ana and then fled to Mexico, where he was on the lam for five years, was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder, according to the O.C. Register.
Canales was charged on July 25, 2011, with one felony count of special circumstances first degree murder committed for a criminal street gang purpose and one felony count of street terrorism, with sentencing enhancements for criminal street gang activity and discharge of a firearm causing death. Continue reading
Giovanni Arreguin has been identified as the driver killed in a car accident in the Floral Park neighborhood this Saturday
Giovanni Arreguin, 18-years-old, has been identified as the man who was killed early on Saturday, March 17, when his car ran into a tree after veering off the roadway in Santa Ana’s Floral Park Neighborhood, according to the OC Coroner.
Arreguin was driving an unidentified vehicle eastbound on Santa Clara Ave., from Heliotrope Ave., at about 2:40 a.m. when his vehicle left the roadway and ran into a tree located on the south side of the 600 block of W. Santa Clara Ave., according to the SAPD. Continue reading
The SAPD arrested a 44-year-old gangbanger for possessing four guns, a grenade and possibly meth
Santa Ana Police Department
Suspect Arrested: Gregorio Rojas (44) Santa Ana
On 3/19/18, at approximately 8:00 PM, Gang Detectives conducted a traffic stop of an occupied vehicle in the area of 2900 W. 1st Street. When officers asked the driver if he had anything illegal the driver advised he had a hand grenade in the vehicle. The detectives observed an item, which appeared to be a modified pineapple grenade, on the front passenger seat. Continue reading
The SAPD is dealing with a hand grenade found during a traffic stop tonight
Are traffic stops ever routine in Santa Ana? What should have been a routine traffic stop this evening turned into a nightmare involving a live hand grenade, according to the O.C. Register.
Tonight’s shenanigans began as Santa Ana police officers conducted a traffic stop near West First and North Fairview Streets, at 7:58 p.m. When the officers asked one driver if he had anything illegal in his car he casually told them that he had a hand grenade in his car. Continue reading
OC Jail snitch fiasco resulted in a lighter sentence for a murderous Santa Ana gangbanger
Eric Vasquez Ortiz, 28, a Santa Ana gangbanger, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Friday after three trials for the same murder, according to the O.C. Register.
Ortiz shot and killed Emeterio Adame, 54, outside his Santa Ana home back in 2006. He was convicted of first-degree murder and faced life in prison without parole for that shooting death. However he was granted a new trial in 2015 by a Judge who found that he had been a victim of the Orange County jail-snitch fiasco. Continue reading
A driver crashed into a tree and died in the Floral Park neighborhood early this morning
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: SAPD Investigation – Single-vehicle Fatal Collision- 600 Block West Santa Clara Ave
Decedent- John Doe
On Saturday 03/17/18 at 0240 hours, officers responded to a report of a single-vehicle collision at 600 W. Santa Clara Ave.
Based on the investigation, a silver Toyota Camry was traveling eastbound on Santa Clara Av. from Heliotrope Av. when the driver veered off the roadway and struck a tree located on the south side of the street. Continue reading
Serial rapist who attacked a woman at the MainPlace Mall going to state prison for 56 years
Case # 13CF3891
Date: March 15, 2018
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to 56 years and eight months in state prison today for sexually assaulting two women and kidnapping and robbing a third in mall, fast food, and church parking lots.
Defendant: Raymond Martin Boykin, 22, Anaheim
Found guilty by a jury on June 8, 2017, of the following felony counts: Continue reading
The SAPD arrested a man who barricaded himself in an apartment after threatening his mom
Jose Carlos Velazquez-Martinez
Jose Carlos Velazquez-Martinez, 25 of Santa Ana, was arrested this afternoon after a 3-hour standoff with SAPD police officers, according to the O.C. Register.
SAPD police officers arrived at an apartment at 811 South Fairview Street after they received a call about a son threatening his mother with a knife. Continue reading
RIP, retired SAPD Police Seargeant Bill Scheer
Retired SAPD Police Seargeant Bill Scheer, badge #251, passed away the evening of March 11, 2018, after a courageous fight with bone cancer.
Scheer began his career with the Santa Ana Police Department in 1973 and honorably retired as a Sergeant in 2003. Continue reading
A burglary suspect died after struggling with SAPD police officers
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: SAPD Investigating In-Custody Death
Suspect/Decedent: John Doe
On Sunday, March 11, 2018, at 9:17 PM, Santa Ana Police officers responded to reports of a burglary alarm at K-V Engineering, located at 2411 West 1st Street. An employee of the business was remotely monitoring the location via surveillance system. The employee reported to police that an unknown male was on the property.
The first officer on scene observed a male jumping a fence out of the property and on to the sidewalk of West 1st Street. The suspected burglar ran from the officer prompting a foot pursuit. The officer caught up to the suspect at the entrance to a nearby business and a physical altercation ensued. Continue reading
A man was assaulted and murdered at the Santa Ana Civic Center last night
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Detectives Investigating a Homicide in the Civic Center Area
Victim: Pending Notification of Next of Kin
On Sunday, March 11, 2018, at 11:34 PM, Santa Ana Police officers responded to reports of an assault with a victim down in the Plaza of the Flags within the City of Santa Ana Civic Center. Orange County Fire Authority paramedics treated the victim at scene and declared him deceased at 11:52 PM. Continue reading