Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release: May 21, 2012
Contacts:
Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff, Office: 714-347-8408, Cell: 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, Office: 714-347-8405, Cell: 714-323-4486
OCDA TO SEEK DEATH PENALTY AGAINST FORMER MARINE FOR STABBING-MURDER OF MOTHER AND SON IN YORBA LINDA AND SERIAL MURDERS OF FOUR HOMELESS MEN
SANTA ANA – [...]
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OCDA to seek the death penalty against former Marine Itzcoatl Ocampo
Posted by Art Pedroza on May 21st, 2012
Posted in Courts, Crime, homeless, Lawyers, Military, Santa Ana 
Tags: death penalty, homeless, Itzcoatl Ocampo, Murderer, ocda 
No Comments »Santa Ana couple arraigned for hit and run killing of a 3-year old
Posted by Art Pedroza on May 18th, 2012
Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release: May 18, 2012
Contacts:
Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff, Office: 714-347-8408, Cell: 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, Office: 714-347-8405, Cell: 714-323-4486
MAN TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR KILLING 3-YEAR-OLD AND INJURING MOTHER IN HIT-AND-RUN IN SCHOOL CROSSWALK
*Defendant’s girlfriend charged with helping him cover his crime by filing false police report
SANTA ANA – [...]
Posted in Courts, Crime, Santa Ana, Westminster Tags: Arraigned, Carlos Antonio Parra, hit and run, ocda, Rebecca Beltran, Santa Ana, westminster No Comments »Sotello, 14, charged with attempted murder of S.A. High School student
Posted by Admin on May 7th, 2012
Orange County District Attorney Press Release, For Immediate Release: May 7, 2012
Contacts:
Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff, Office: 714-347-8408, Cell: 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, Office: 714-347-8405, Cell: 714-323-4486
14-YEAR-OLD GANG MEMBER CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR SHOOTING A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY IN THE CHEST
SANTA ANA – A 14-year-old gang member was charged today with attempted murder for shooting and causing great bodily injury to a 16-year-old boy [...]
Posted in Courts, Crime, Education, gangs, Public Safety, Santa Ana, sausd, Youth Tags: Attempted Murder, gangs, Oswaldo Sotello, Santa Ana, santa ana high school, sapd, sausd, shooting No Comments »O.C.D.A.’s 4th Annual Victims’ Rights March & Rally draws over 400
Posted by Admin on April 27th, 2012
Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff, Office: 714-347-8408, Cell: 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, Office: 714-347-8405, Cell: 714-323-4486
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Date: April 27, 2012
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
TONY RACKAUCKAS, District Attorney
OCDA’S 4th ANNUAL VICTIMS’ RIGHTS MARCH & RALLY DRAWS OVER 400 TO HONOR CRIME VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS
SANTA ANA – The Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) hosted the 4th [...]
Nguyen, Nguyen, Tran and Johnson convicted of 1995 cold case gang murder
Posted by Admin on April 10th, 2012
For Immediate Release: April 10, 2012
Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff, Office: 714-347-8408, Cell: 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, Office: 714-347-8405, Cell: 714-323-4486
FOUR MEMBERS OF VIETNAMESE CRIMINAL STREET GANG CONVICTED OF 1995 COLD CASE EXECUTION-STYLE RETALIATORY MURDER
SANTA ANA – Four members of a Vietnamese criminal street gang were convicted today of the 1995 cold case execution-style murder of a fellow gang associate in [...]
Santa Ana mother and son convicted of plotting to kill a jewelry salesman
Posted by Admin on April 6th, 2012
For Immediate Release: April 4, 2012
Contacts:
Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff, Office: 714-347-8408, Cell: 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, Office: 714-347-8405, Cell: 714-323-4486
Case # 06CF0633: SON CONVICTED OF PLOTTING AND MURDERING JEWELRY SALESMAN WITH MOTHER AND STEALING HIS CACHE
*Mother sentenced to 25 years to life on same charges
SANTA ANA – A son was convicted today for plotting with [...]
Gallegos convicted of sexually assaulting 8-year old on Christmas Eve
Posted by Admin on April 4th, 2012
For Immediate Release: April 2, 2012
Contacts:
Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff, Office: 714-347-8408, Cell: 714-292-2718
Farrah Emami, Spokesperson, Office: 714-347-8405, Cell: 714-323-4486
Case # 09CF3141: MAN CONVICTED OF CHRISTMAS EVE SEXUAL ASSAULT OF 8-YEAR-OLD FEMALE RELATIVE INCLUDING ORAL COPULATION AND RAPE AND/OR SODOMY
SANTA ANA – A man was convicted today of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old female relative, including oral copulation and rape [...]
Posted in Courts, Crime, Orange County, Public Safety, Santa Ana Tags: assault, child, district attorney, Jorge Miguel Gallegos, Orange County, Santa Ana, sexual intercourse, sodomy No Comments »Santa Ana couple arrested for sexual assault of 9 year old family member
Posted by Admin on March 27th, 2012
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Santa Ana Police Arrest Couple for Sexual Assault of Family member under the age of 10
Santa Ana Police Arrest Couple for Sexual Assault of Family member under the age of 10
Arrested:
1.Nazario Enrique Cruz-Sanchez (40) Santa Ana (Pictured Above)
2.Estela Garcia (28) Santa Ana (Pictured Below)
Details:
Initial investigation 3/16/2012 Officers were contacted by school [...]
Posted in Courts, Crime, Public Safety, Santa Ana, sausd Tags: arrested, Estela Garcia, Heritage Elementary, Molestation, Nazario Enrique Cruz-Sanchez, sausd, school No Comments »Santa Ana child counselor/molester convicted
Posted by Admin on March 18th, 2012
A counselor for a Fullerton children’s home was convicted this week of molesting three boys in his office while they used his phone to call their families living in other countries. Victor Salazar, 30, Santa Ana, was found guilty by a jury of four felony counts of lewd acts on a child between the ages [...]
Forty-one year old Irvine mom charged with sexually assaulting 14-year old
Posted by Admin on March 1st, 2012
This has been a bad week in Orange County, with two Santa Ana public school teachers arrested and facing sex charges with high school students at Godinez High and the Orange County High School for the Arts (OCHSA). Now a 41-year old mother in Irvine, who “during the time of these incidents worked part time with [...]
Was the SAUSD prepared for the arrest of a Godinez teacher, on sex charges?
Posted by Admin on February 28th, 2012
UPDATE: The OC Register’s online article about this has some interesting comments, here.
Joseph Manuel Orduna, an Irvine resident and wrestling coach/teacher at the Santa Ana Unified School District’s (SAUSD) Godinez Fundamental High School, has been arrested and charged with “making sexually suggestive comments and inappropriately touching two female students.” The SAPD and the OCDA are seeking [...]
Posted in Courts, Crime, Education, Orange County, Public Safety, Santa Ana, sausd, Youth Tags: godinez high school, irvine, Joseph Manuel Orduna, ocda, Santa Ana, sapd, wrestling 19 Comments »CA Supreme Court punts the Usual Suspects’ One Broadway Plaza lawsuit
Posted by Admin on February 25th, 2012
“The California Supreme Court has declined to hear an activist group’s lawsuit to block construction of One Broadway Plaza, a planned 37-story office tower near downtown Santa Ana,” according to the Voice of OC.
The Coalition for Accountable Government Ethics (CAGE) had sued to stop developer Mile Harrah from proceeding with the project, arguing that the [...]
O.C. Supervisors appoint Frank Ospino to be the County Public Defender
Posted by Admin on February 14th, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 14, 2012
Contact: Howard Sutter, 714.834.6203 office, Howard.Sutter@ocgov.com
New Public Defender Appointed by the Board of Supervisors
(Santa Ana, CA) — The Orange County Board of Supervisors has appointed Frank Ospino to serve as the County’s Public Defender. His appointment to the positionwas effective January 27, 2012.Ospino has served the County as Interim Public [...]
Posted in Courts, Crime, Lawyers, Orange County, Santa Ana Tags: frank ospino, john moorlach, Orange County, public defender, supervisors No Comments »Santa Ana man convicted of breaking, entering and masturbating
Posted by Admin on February 9th, 2012
MAN CONVICTED OF BREAKING INTO HOME AND MASTURBATING IN FRONT OF GRANDMOTHER AND TWO YOUNG GRANDDAUGHTERS
SANTA ANA – A man was convicted today of breaking into the home of a grandmother and her two grandchildren, masturbating in front of the three victims. Ozro Robert Lee, 46, Santa Ana, was found guilty by a jury of [...]
Posted in Courts, Crime, garden grove, Orange County, Public Safety, Santa Ana Tags: breaking, district attorney, entering, garden grove, masturbating, Orange County, Ozro Robert Lee, Santa Ana 5 Comments »
SAPD arrests another public school teacher, at OCHSA, for sexual comments
Unbelievable. Another Santa Ana public school teacher has been arrested for making sexually suggestive comments to students, the day after a wrestling coach and biology teacher, Joseph Manuel Orduna, was arrested at Godinez High School. This time the SAPD arrested John Juul Nielson, of Cerritos, a dance instructor at a Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) charter [...]