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
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: UPDATE – Victim/Decedent Identified
Victim/Decedent Identified as Jesse Dean Dowell (44) transient Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: UPDATE – Suspect/Decedent Identified
Suspect/Decedent identified as Terrall Magee (53) transient. Continue reading
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
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
Valley High School was locked down briefly this morning while the SAPD pursued three suspects who fled from the police, according to the O.C. Register.
The suspects were in a stolen car. Two of them were arrested as they tried to flee but a third suspect got away, according to the SAPD. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Community Alert – Santa Ana Police Department SWAT TRAINING March 8, 2018
The Santa Ana Police Department SWAT Team will be conducting scenario based training at 2525 N. Main on Thursday, March 8, 2018. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Chief David Valentin Will Be Sworn In As The 21st Chief Of Police
Today at 4 p.m. at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, David Valentin is sworn in as the 21st Chief of Police for the Santa Ana Police Department. “He is the first Santa Ana Police Chief to be raised in the City and is also a product of the public Santa Ana Unified School District and Santa Ana College. David Valentin is the best selection for Chief of Police in Santa Ana,” said Mayor Pulido
Chief Valentin joined the Santa Ana Police Department in 1990 and has worked his way through the ranks from Police Officer to Chief of Police. “Chief Valentin was appointed Acting Chief of Police on June 20, 2017 and confirmed as the permanent Police Chief on February 20, 2018, unanimously by the Santa Ana City Council. His leadership will produce several new and positive approaches in the community,” said Councilmember Tinajero, Chair of the Public Safety, Code Enforcement and Neighborhood Empowerment Council Committee. Continue reading
Are you wondering why so many police were swarming a Santa Ana neighborhood not far from Adams Elementary School this afternoon? It was because an unidentified white male suspect in his 30’s who ended up barricaded in a home in that neighborhood after a police pursuit that began in San Clemente, according to the O.C. Register.
Authorities said a chase started in the area of El Portal and North El Camino Real in San Clemente, San Clemente with the suspect who was pulled over by an O.C. Sheriff’s Deputy as he was riding a motorcycle that turned out to be stolen, according to KTLA News. Continue reading
Hector Maldonado Ibarra, a 30-year-old Santa Ana man, plead guilty on Monday to five theft cases involving stealing from stores – including the pistol whipping of one victim, according to the O.C. Register.
Ibarra was sentenced to only six years in prison for two felony cases and several misdemeanors. Continue reading
An unidentified male pedestrian was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Saturday night after being struck by a car in Santa Ana earlier yesterday afternoon, according to the O.C. Register.
The man was struck by a southbound vehicle as he was crossing the street at the intersection of Fairview and First Streets, in Santa Ana, according to the SAPD. Continue reading
Garden Grove Police investigators shot and killed an unidentified 31-year-old man last night at a 7-Eleven parking lot in Santa Ana, at 1700 E. Dyer Road, according to the SAPD.
The police investigators had been conducting surveillance on the man who was wanted on a no-bail warrant for violating his probation terms, according to the Garden Grove police. Continue reading
Case # 18HF0329
Date: February 28, 2018
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A third-striker parolee was charged today with aggravated assault on a peace officer and carjacking after initiating a pursuit and injuring the K9 that apprehended him.
Defendant: Antonio Padilla Jr., 37, Palm Desert
Charged today with the following counts: Continue reading
What would you do if your son was such an awful person that you had no choice but to call the police?
The Ojeda family had to deal with exactly that situation this week when they called the SAPD to report that their son, Giovanni Santos Ojeda, 31-years-old, was threatening and abusing his parents, according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading
Puskas, an 8-year-old Dutch Shepherd and member of the SAPD Police Department, heroically took down a carjacker in Irvine yesterday but in the process he was very badly injured, according to the O.C. Register.
Puskas, who is named after Hungarian footballer Ferenc Puskás, chased the carjacking suspect, Antonio Padilla Jr., when he got out of a black Audi that he carjacked in Irvine. Continue reading