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Anaheim man arrested for the murder of a woman at a Santa Ana hotel

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Advisory: Suspect Detained By CHP – Visalia Is Arrested By SAPD Detectives For October 16th, 2018 Murder

Arrested: Milton Louis Mayfield (55) Anaheim booked into SAPD Jail for the Charge of CPC 187 Murder

Victim: Deborah Ann Simon (55) Santa Ana

On Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at 4:50 AM, Santa Ana Police Department received information from the California Highway Patrol, Visalia Station, that they had made contact with a male in a disabled vehicle on the side of the freeway in Tulare County. During their investigation the male, identified as Milton Louis Mayfield made spontaneous statements indicating he may have killed a woman in a motel room in the area of First Street and Grand Ave in the City of Santa Ana. Continue reading→

A man who was walking on the 55 Fwy. this morning was struck by a car and killed

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A pedestrian was struck and killed while walking on the 55 Freeway early Tuesday morning, while several motorists were injured in a pair of crashes, according to the O.C. Register.

The man was seen walking between the carpool and fast lanes of the northbound 55 Freeway at about 5:40 a.m. CHP officers responded but before they could arrive the man was struck by a Honda Accord. Continue reading→

Armed robbery suspects led the Garden Grove police on a pursuit that ended in L.A.

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Two armed-robbery suspects, Mondher Arredondo, 33, and Angellia Lopez, 24, were arrested Monday morning, June 11, after leading police on a chase from Garden Grove to Los Angeles County, according to the O.C. Register.

The Garden Grove police were contacted at about 12:30 a.m. about an armed robbery near Harbor Blvd. and Quatro Ave. When the officers arrived at the scene they ended up pursuing the suspects as they fled in their vehicle onto the Westbound 22 Freeway then onto the I-405. Continue reading→

A suspect was arrested in Bellflower after a wild police pursuit that started in Santa Ana

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The SAPD tried to stop the driver of a possibly stolen Audi sedan with paper dealer plates this morning at about 10 a.m. The driver took off and led the police on a wild pursuit that finally ended in Bellflower at about 11:25 a.m.

The suspect led the pursuing SAPD police officers onto the northbound 405 Freeway and then onto the northbound 605 Freeway, according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading→

The CHP is looking for a hit and run driver who caused a fatal car accident at the 55 Freeway on Saturday

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A hit and run driver who caused a fatal car accident on the 55 Freeway last Saturday afternoon, at about 2:25 p.m., is now being sought by the CHP, according to the O.C. Register.

The suspect was behind the wheel of a white sedan, headed south on the 55 Freeway, when he cut off a 2015 Mazda 6, causing that driver to swerve and crash into the side of a 2010 Toyota Sienna. The Toyota then careened into a 2017 Honda Pilot which went on to slam into a center divider. That Toyota also hit the center divider and proceeded to roll over several times. Continue reading→