A male juvenile was shot in the stomach this afternoon at about 4:45 p.m. at 1665 W. Cubbon, in Santa Ana, according to SAPD Case number 16-26535. Continue reading
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Man suspected of multiple burglaries arrested by the SAPD
Santa Ana Police Department
Arrested: Maurice Alexander Topps (42) Laguna Woods
Suspect Maurice Topps was taken into custody on 10/3/2016 while SAPD officers were investigating a computer theft he was involved in at the Santa Ana College Campus.
Based on information gathered during this investigation, to date, Maurice Topps has been identified in at least seven commercial burglaries in the cities of Santa Ana, Orange, and Anaheim. Additional burglaries are being investigated, as well as investigative leads for additional suspects involved in the burglaries. Continue reading
Man charged with attacking and trying to murder an SAUSD School Police Officer
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # 16CF2553
Date: October 4, 2016
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was charged and arraigned yesterday for assaulting and attempting to murder a school police officer by gouging his eye and choking him. Enrique Martinez, 28, Santa Ana, is charged with one felony count of attempted murder on a peace officer, one felony count of attempted mayhem, one felony count of resisting an executive officer, one felony count of assault on a school police officer, one felony count of battery on a peace officer, one felony count of reckless driving while evading a peace officer, and one felony count of burglary. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in state prison. Martinez is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on Oct. 13, 2016, at 8:30 a.m. in Department C-55, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading
The SAPD receives a federal grant to hire more police officers
City of Santa Ana
Community: Santa Ana Police Department Receives Third Consecutive COPS Grant Award of $1.25M
SANTA ANA – For the third year in a row, the Santa Ana Police Department was awarded $1,250,000 in grant funding for the addition of 10 police officers by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). This brings the total amount awarded to $3.75 million for the addition of 30 police officers over the past three years.
Mayor Pulido attested, “One of our top priorities is the safety of our community and we are committed to hiring more police officers.” Continue reading
A homeless woman attacked a college student at the DTSA 2nd St. Promenade last week
DTSA 2nd Street Promenade
The homeless problem in Santa Ana is beginning to impact our local schools. In the latest incident, which occurred last Monday at around 6 a.m. in the morning, a female student at the CSUF Grand Central Arts Center was leaving the building, which is in DTSA at the 2nd Street Plaza, when a female homeless person immediately confront the student in an aggressive manner.
The victim asked that the individual leave her alone, but the individual got more aggressive to the point of hitting the student. The student then fled to the parking structure area, in hopes that security at the structure might assist, with the attacking individual still in pursuit. As police were called, the suspect fled before police could arrive and was of course not found once they did finally show up on the scene. Continue reading
A man crashed his car into a wall and died at East Edinger and Cedar this morning
Pheach Phath, a 66-year-old man died in a one-car collision on Sunday morning, after hitting a brick wall at the corner of East Edinger Avenue and Cedar Street, in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register.
The SAPD heard about the crash early on Sunday morning, at 5:54 a.m. They reported that no other car was involved in this incident. Continue reading
Over 800 crimes were reported in Santa Ana this week
Santa Ana crime summary for the week of 9/25/16, courtesy of Crimemapping.com
The elections are upon us and the Santa Ana City Council incumbents who are up for re-election – Vince Sarmiento and Roman Reyna, want you to believe that crime is going down in our city. However even though the SAPD does not report their crime log (unlike many other cities including Anaheim, Irvine and Fountain Valley), we can take a look at the crimes occurring in our city on Crimemapping.com.
Crimemapping.com reports that there were over 800 crimes committed in Santa Ana during the past week, from last Sunday through yesterday. These crimes included: Continue reading
The SAPD is conducting a training exercise in the Civic Center this morning
Photo by Igmar Rodas
If you saw the caution tape around Santa Ana’s Civic Center this morning please don’t panic. It is just an SAPD training exercise, according to my sources.
The Civic Center has become a real problem over the past year as the homeless population has exploded. Just a few weeks ago an altercation between SAPD police officers and a homeless man led to a police shooting. The homeless man died as a result of his injuries. Continue reading
A man tried to murder an SAUSD school police officer today after invading a home
We have written quite a bit this year about the massive increase in violent crime in Santa Ana – and how shorthanded our police department is. What we don’t often talk about is how much our SAUSD School Police do to keep our community safe.
Today, for example, there was an outrageous episode that started just before 3 p.m., when the SAUSD School Police Dispatch got a call from SAUSD employees who were accosted by a male suspect while they were in a parked vehicle in the parking lot between one of our local elementary schools and one of our city parks. I am withholding their identity to protect my source – but I can tell you that this happened in Councilman Roman Reyna’s Ward. Continue reading
The FBI says violent crime is up 51.87% and homicides are up 61.54% in Santa Ana
Benavides and Tinajero left the Public Safety Committee meeting early to go hang out with Gavin Newsom
Did you know that our Santa Ana City Council Members rarely show up for their own public Committee meetings? The Voice of OC published an expose about this here. In that post they revealed that the Santa Ana Public Safety and Neighborhood Improvement Committee meetings on March 22, May 24 and July 26 were all canceled. This in a city that is in the grips of an unprecedented rise in violent crime!
The members of that Committee, which includes Council Members Sal Tinajero and David Benavides, finally held a Public Safety and Neighborhood Improvement Committee meeting yesterday. Incredibly they had not held a meeting of this Committee since January of this year. Their excuse is that they don’t have time for these meetings because they are a part-time City Council. (Their solution is their Measure PP – which will give them a 700% pay raise). Continue reading
Transient sentenced to four years in prison after he broke into the S.A. Zoo and claimed to be Tarzan
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
TONY RACKAUCKAS, District Attorney
Cases 15WF1740 & 15WF1737
Date: September 28, 2016
MAN SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR TWO SEPARATE BURGLARY AND ROBBERY CASES
WESTMINSTER, Calif. – A man was convicted and sentenced yesterday to four years in state prison for two separate burglary and robbery cases. John Williams Rodenborn, 38, Huntington Beach, pleaded guilty to one felony count of second degree robbery and one felony count of criminal threats with sentencing enhancement for two prior felony convictions for burglary in 1996 in Placer and 1999 in Orange (Case 15WF1740). He also pleaded guilty to one felony count of second degree commercial burglary and one misdemeanor count of aggravated trespassing (Case 15WF1737). Continue reading
Body cameras and police hiring to be discussed at the Santa Ana Public Safety meeting on 9/27
PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT SPECIAL MEETING
September 27, 2016, 4:30 P.M.
City Hall Ross Annex, Conference Room 1600, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California
AGENDA ITEMS
1. Approval of Minutes of the 2-22-16 Meeting
2. City Surplus Budget Review (Surplus Budget Presentation) – Francisco Gutierrez, Exec. Director, Finance and Management Services Agency {Strategic Plan Goal No. 4, 3b and 3c} Continue reading
A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and killed last night on E. First St.
Photo by Nelson Lopez
An unidentified man died last night at about 10 p.m., after being struck by a car as he crossed First Street near Maple Street, near El Vaquero, late Sunday night, according to the O.C. Register.
The man, whose identity is being withheld pending family notification, was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, according to the SAPD. Continue reading
A family’s car was hit by gunfire as they drove by Jerome Park last night
Last night at about 10:30 p.m. a shooting occurred at 800 S. Townsend, in Santa Ana, according to SAPD Case Number 16-24254.
A family, including two adults and two children, was driving in the area when they heard a gunshot. Immediately afterwards, the front passenger window of their vehicle shattered. Fortunately no one was hit. Continue reading
The SAPD is trying to identify an armed gas station robbery suspect
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Robbery Detective Request Assistance In Identifying Armed Robbery Suspect
Location: 710 E. Dyer Road – Circle K/Shell Gas Station
Synopsis: On 09/22/2016 at approximately 3:50 a.m., the suspect entered the Circle-K store, pointed a black semi-auto handgun at the cashier, and demanded money. The suspect fled on foot westbound on Dyer Road then possibly got on a bicycle and continued west toward Halladay. The suspect was wearing a light blue hoodie sweatshirt with dark blue sweats with a light blue stripe. Continue reading