Brandon Alexis Mumtaz
Costa Mesa Police Department
Advisory: Man suspected of indecent exposure in Costa Mesa arrested and charged yesterday
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Law enforcement seeking potential additional victims of a man arrested and charged yesterday with indecent exposure to high school and college students in Costa Mesa.
Brandon Alexis Mumtaz, 18, Costa Mesa, was arrested and charged on Oct. 11, 2018, with the following misdemeanor counts: Continue reading
Costa Mesa Suspect
Costa Mesa Police Department
Advisory: Seeking public’s help in identifying man suspected of lewd conduct and child annoyance
On Oct. 3, 2018, at about 4:00 p.m., a teenage female victim was walking home from high school on the 900 block of Presidio Drive in Costa Mesa. A newer black 2-door convertible pulled up and parked next to her. The suspect remained in his vehicle and spoke to the victim while exposing his penis to her. Continue reading
Charles Oswald
Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) Gang Investigators, the CMPD TARGET Deputy Probation Officer, and a State Parole Agent conducted a joint enforcement sweep targeting several local gang parolees on Sep. 26.
The sweep targeted four locations of interest within Costa Mesa and resulted in the arrest of four subjects including Angel Estrada, 25, Lake Forest, Bryant Islas, 35, Santa Ana, and Binh Giang, 31, Westminster, for being in violation of their parole. Continue reading
Thuy “Tina” Rucks
Case # 18CF2703, 18CF2704, 18CF2706-18CF2710, 18CF2712, 18CF2713, 18CF2717
Date: September 26, 2018
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) Tony Rackauckas recently formed the Sober Living-home Investigation and Prosecution (SLIP) task force to stop large scale insurance fraud and to address citizen and community complaints and concerns about criminal activities occurring within the addiction treatment industry. SLIP netted 11 defendants in a multi-million dollar, large scale insurance fraud scheme. Five doctors, two administrators, and four body brokers were charged with participating in this scheme.
The OCDA set out to find and stop unscrupulous addiction treatment operators and medical professionals who are reaping financial gains off the backs of this vulnerable population seeking recovery (Public Hearing on Rehabilitation Exploitation and Health Care Trafficking in Costa Mesa). Continue reading
Costa Mesa Police Department
Saturday morning, Sept. 15, 2018, at approximately 12:06 a.m., officers were dispatched to the intersection of Victoria Street and Pacific Avenue regarding an injury traffic collision.
Officers arrived to find a black 2015 Honda Accord had struck a traffic signal pole. The driver of the vehicle, 26-year-old Patrick John Harris from Huntington Beach, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The CMPD Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) responded to the scene and began their investigation. Continue reading
Costa Mesa Police Department
Advisory: CMPD to conduct a DUI/Driver’s License checkpoint on Friday
CMPD TO CONDUCT DUI AND DRIVER’S LICENSE CHECKPOINT
COSTA MESA, Calif. – The Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) will be conducting a driving under the influence (DUI) and driver’s license checkpoint on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, from 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. within the city limits.
DUI checkpoints like this one are placed in locations based on collision statistics and frequency of DUI arrests, affording the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence. Locations are chosen with safety considerations for the officers and the public. Drivers caught driving impaired can expect the impact of a DUI arrest to include jail time, fines, fees, DUI classes, license suspensions and other expenses that can exceed $10,000. Continue reading
Robert Bouton McDougal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case # 17WF1373
Date: August 30, 2018
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former Orange Coast College (OCC) student was sentenced today to six months in jail for vandalizing two campus safety vehicles and violating a protective order to stay away from the school campus.
Defendant: Robert Bouton McDougal, 21, Costa Mesa
Pleaded guilty to the court on July 12, 2018 to the following misdemeanor counts: Continue reading
Bryan Colin arrested
Bryan Colin, a 19-year-old Costa Mesa man known to associate with gangs, was arrested this week on suspicion of stealing a handgun, ammunition and prescription medication from a vehicle in Santa Ana, according to the L.A. Times.
Colin was arrested by Costa Mesa police gang investigators at about 1 p.m. this Tuesday in the area of Monrovia Avenue and West 15th Street in Costa Mesa on suspicion of vehicle burglary, possession of a stolen firearm and possession of narcotics. Continue reading
Omid Delkash
Orange County District Attorney
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case # 18WM12128
COSTA MESA, Calif. – On Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, the Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) and Code Enforcement, along with the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC), the Department of Consumer Affairs’ Division of Investigation-Cannabis Enforcement Unit (DOI-CEU), California Department of Taxes and Fee Administration, and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) arrested a man, who was unlawfully operating a marijuana dispensary in Costa Mesa.
Omid Delkash, 47, Newport Beach, was charged today with four misdemeanor counts of unlawful transportation, sale, and furnishing marijuana. He is currently in custody and is being held on $150,000 bail. He was arraigned today and is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on Aug.31,2018, at 8:30 a.m., Department C-5, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading
Ruochen Liao
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the recovery, alive or deceased, of Ruochen Liao, who co-owns a Costa Mesa luxury-car dealership and resides in Santa Ana.
On July 16, 2018, at approximately 7:30 p.m., Ruochen “Tony” Liao was kidnapped in San Gabriel, California, by three men. He was last seen entering a dark-colored minivan in San Gabriel with a man later identified as “David”. Continue reading
Costa Mesa Police Department
Advisory: Attempted murder suspect arrested for stabbing man multiple times near Fairview Park
ATTEMPTED MURDER SUSPECT ARRESTED FOR STABBING MAN MULTIPLE TIMES NEAR FAIRVIEW PARK
Victim: Male, 41, Costa Mesa
COSTA MESA, Calif. – The Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) arrested Gavin Christopherflo Delgardo, Jr., 19, Costa Mesa, yesterday for repeatedly stabbing a man, who was out for a walk, near Fairview Park.
On Aug. 16, 2018, at 8:54 p.m., officers responded to the intersection of Placentia Avenue and Fairview Park regarding a male lying in the roadway of southbound Placentia Avenue. The man was bleeding profusely from numerous stab and slash wounds to his torso. He had been out for a walk and was assaulted by an unknown suspect. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition, and he is now stable and recovering from his wounds. Continue reading
Costa Mesa Police Department
AdvisoryCMPD opposes the OC Needle Exchange Program
The Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) submitted a supplemental memo today to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to oppose the Orange County Needle Exchange Program (OCNEP). Continue reading
Logan James Cunningham
Logan James Cunningham, 29, a Long Beach man who got into a fistfight with another man who angered him by stepping over his laptop, then pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim, 40-year-old Jason Paul Torres of Costa Mesa, was convicted Wednesday of second-degree murder, according to the O.C. Register.
Cunningham and Torres were partying with other friends at a Santa Ana motel when Cunningham told everyone not to step over his computer laptop. At that point Torres did exactly that, according to the prosecutor. Continue reading
Jonathan Comfort Whitworth
Costa Mesa Police Department
Advisory: Man arrested for stabbing acquaintance after a verbal argument
For immediate release: May 25, 2018
Case #: DR #18-6919
Costa Mesa, Calif. — The Costa Mesa Police Department arrested a man yesterday for stabbing an acquaintance after a verbal argument.
On May 21, 2018, around 6:30 p.m., officers responded to a phone call regarding a stabbing. The 30-year-old male victim, a Costa Mesa resident, was driving to a nearby hospital with injuries sustained from a stabbing that had just occurred in the 2000 block of National Avenue, Costa Mesa.
Officers met the victim at Hoag Hospital and learned the suspect was known to the victim. Continue reading
Costa Mesa Police Department
Advisory: Reminder: OC Marathon is this weekend
We’d like to remind you that this weekend you might experience traffic delays and street closures due to the OC Marathon.
The event will be held on Sunday, May 6, 2018. Road closures and delays will begin starting at 4:00 a.m. throughout our host cities of Newport Beach, Santa Ana and Costa Mesa, lasting in some areas through 3:00 p.m. Continue reading