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Two arrested in Fountain Valley for possession of meth and heroin after a traffic stop

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Kayla Steele

Fountain Valley police officers conducted a traffic stop Thursday night at Newhope and Heil for a traffic violation. Officers contacted the occupants and determined the driver was on probation. Officers then searched the vehicle and found illegal drugs and evidence of drug sales.

The driver, 44-year old Adolpho Delgado of Fountain Valley, was arrested for sales and transportation of meth and heroin along with other charges. The passenger, 21-year old Kayla Steele of Huntington Beach, was arrested for possession of illegal drugs.


Adolpho Delgado

Officers conducted a probation search at Delgado’e residence and found additional evidence. In total, Officers seized 53 grams of methamphetamine, 4 grams of heroin, other prescription drugs, indicia of drug sales, a military “flak” jacket, replica firearms, and brass knuckles.

The SAPD arrested a DUI suspect this morning after a fatal collision that killed a woman at a bus stop

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Geoffrey William Bicking

SAPD Collision Investigation Unit Handling Fatal Auto Vs Ped. Collision – 1500 Block N. Main Street

Decedent: Female (31) San Jose, CA

Suspect: Geoffrey William Bicking (45) Buena Park

On Thursday, December 6th, 2018 at approximately 9:56 AM, the Santa Ana Police Department responded to the intersection of E. 15th and N. Main Street in regards to a reported traffic collision involving three vehicles and a pedestrian, a grey Chevy Malibu, white Ford Ranger and black Mercedes Benz. The female adult pedestrian was in her early 30’s.

Upon arrival, officers found all vehicles involved in the collision were in the middle of the intersection. The adult female was lying on the northwest corner of 15th and Main Street suffering from severe injuries. Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) personnel responded and treated all parties involved for their injuries. The adult female was transported to OC Global to be treated for her injuries. She suffered upper body trauma to her chest and head. She later succumb to to her injuries. The other parties involved in the collision declined the need for further medical attention. Continue reading→

The O.C. Superior Court stopped the drug needle giveaway in Orange County

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Roman Reyna supports free drug needles

Court Stops Needle Giveaway in Orange County

Santa Ana, California – The Superior Court ruled in favor of Orange County to stop the state-approved needle giveaway.

The Court found the harm of the needle giveaway to the public outweighed the social effectiveness of the Orange County Needle Exchange Program (OCNEP), enjoining the California Department of Public Health and OCNEP from operating the needle exchange program in Orange County. Continue reading→

The OC Sheriff’s Dept. now has the funding to test all DUI suspects for drugs too

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NEWS, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Orange County Sheriff’s Department Awarded DUID Enhanced Testing Grant

SANTA ANA, Ca. (Nov. 2, 2018) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department – OC Crime Lab has been awarded a $316,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for training and enhanced DUID testing.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will use the funding to efficiently test all blood samples collected in DUI investigations for the presence of drugs, regardless of the blood alcohol concentration (BAC). Continue reading→

The O.C. Democratic Party is hellbent on distributing drug needles in Santa Ana

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The Resolutions Committee of the Democratic Party of Orange County passed a resolution calling on Santa Ana to restore approval for the Orange County Needle Exchange Program (OCNEP) back in February of this year. And now the Democrats are backing only the Santa Ana City Council candidates who are promoting passing out drug needles in our community.

The City Council candidates who have said, on the record, that they support passing out drug needles in Santa Ana, include Roman Reyna, Ward 4; Nelida Mendoza, Ward 6 and Paul Gonzales, Ward 2. Of those Mendoza and Gonzales are endorsed by the Democratic Party of Orange County – even though there are other Democrats running for the wards in question. (They would have backed Reyna too but he screwed up so much while he was trying to carpetbag in Ward 4 that the Democrats had to take a hard pass). Continue reading→

The U.S. is offering a $10 million reward for Mexico’s latest cartel boss

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Nemesio Ruben Oseguera-Cervantes

BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS

WANTED: NEMESIO RUBEN OSEGUERA-CERVANTES

Nemesio Ruben Oseguera-Cervantes is the alleged founder and current leader of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), a major drug trafficking organization (DTO) based in Jalisco, Mexico. CJNG and Oseguera-Cervantes rose to power around 2009 as the leader of the Valencia/Milenio Cartel began to lose power. Oseguera-Cervantes took advantage of this lull in leadership, and joined the Los Cuinis DTO to fight off competition for the control of the Jalisco, Nayarit, and Colima drug distribution networks. Continue reading→

Local meth traffickers allegedly shipped drugs to Hawaii disguised as Aztec calendars and statues

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Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring Allegedly Shipped Drugs to Hawaii Disguised as Aztec Calendars and Statues

SANTA ANA, California – Federal authorities this morning arrested eight defendants named in a grand jury indictment that alleges a scheme to send methamphetamine to Hawaii, including nearly 12 kilograms of narcotics made to look like decorative Aztec calendars and statues.

Today’s arrests follow the filing of a seven-count indictment on October 10. A ninth defendant charged in the indictment was already in federal custody on an unrelated case. Continue reading→

Why did the City of Santa Ana allow our parks to become unsafe for kids?

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One of our readers reported that her 2-year old toddler found a Xanax pill while playing in the sand at El Salvador Park in Santa Ana. As it turns out it is possible that pill contained Fentanyl, which could be fatal to a toddler.

For years now Santa Ana’s parks have steadily gone downhill. Their bathrooms are disgusting. They often have burned out lights. And they are rampant with vagrants and worse. Continue reading→

A Mexican police officer was arrested on the 5 Fwy. with a lot of meth in his car

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NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Self-identified police officer from Mexico arrested for transporting more than 50 lbs. of meth

SANTA ANA, Ca. (October 10, 2018)- On October 9, 2018, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Highway Interdiction Team initiated a traffic stop for vehicle code violations on the northbound I-5 freeway between Orange and San Diego counties. The driver, Miguel Patron, 41, Ensenada, identified himself, stated he was a police officer in Mexico and handed the deputy his police identification. Patron was extremely nervous and several criminal indicators were identified by the deputy conducting the traffic stop. Continue reading→

Man pleads guilty to helping a Santa Ana psychiatrist to illegally sell prescription drugs

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William Jason Plumley, 41, a Huntington Beach man accused of conspiring with a Santa Ana psychiatrist to sell prescription opioids, pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal drug-distribution charges according to the O.C. Register.

Plumley accepted a plea deal that required him to admit to federal charges of distributing methamphetamine and conspiring to distribute controlled substances. Continue reading→

Santa Ana man on probation indicted for possession of large quantities of illegal drugs and a gun

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Santa Ana Man Indicted on Federal Drug Trafficking Charges that Allege Possession of Methamphetamine, Heroin, and Fentanyl

SANTA ANA, California – A federal grand jury today returned an indictment that charges a Santa Ana man with possessing significant quantities of narcotics – including the extremely potent synthetic opioid fentanyl – that he intended to distribute.

Guillermo Ernesto Sanchez Hermosillo, 41, of Santa Ana, who is currently in custody in an Orange County jail on state charges, was named in a five-count indictment. Continue reading→

11 O.C. defendants charged in a multi-million dollar, large scale fraudulent drug treatment scheme

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Thuy “Tina” Rucks

Case # 18CF2703, 18CF2704, 18CF2706-18CF2710, 18CF2712, 18CF2713, 18CF2717

Date: September 26, 2018

FIVE DOCTORS, TWO ADMINISTRATORS, AND FOUR BODY BROKERS CHARGED WITH INSURANCE FRAUD FOR EXPLOITING DRUG ADDICTS TO BILL INSURANCE FOR NON-FDA APPROVED AND DANGEROUS SURGERIES

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→

Santa Ana City Council Ward 2 candidate Paul Gonzales wants to restore drug needle giveaways in our city

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Paul Gonzales is one of several candidates running this year for the Santa Ana City Council’s Ward 2. But he is the only one who is openly advocating to restore needle exchanges in our downtown – a program which distributed thousands of hypodermic needles to the homeless last year. Over 4,000 of these needles were later found in the Santa Ana River Trail when it was cleaned up after the homeless camps were removed.

Gonzales clearly is advocating for something most Santa Ana residents do not want! He wrote this on Facebook: Continue reading→

A homeless woman fell through the ceiling of a Mexican restaurant in Garden Grove

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A person recorded the moment the woman fell through the ceiling tiles of Sabroso! Mexican Grill in Garden Grove Sunday. The restaurant said she asked to use the bathroom and an employee obliged. She went into the bathroom and was there for a long time, causing a line to form. A short while later, she broke through one of the red ceiling tiles and fell to the ground, according to CBS News. Continue reading→

The O.C. Needle Exchange Program is hosting a Town Hall Meeting at the Delhi Center

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Needles found at the Santa Ana River Trail

City of Santa Ana

Community: Orange County Needle Exchange Program (OCNEP) Town Hall Meeting

The City of Santa Ana was made aware that the Orange County Needle Exchange Program (OCNEP) will be hosting a town hall meeting on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Delhi Center, located at 505 E Central Ave., Santa Ana, CA.

The purpose of the meeting is to inform the public about the Orange County Needle Exchange Program and address any questions the public may have. The public is encouraged to attend the meeting and provide feedback. Continue reading→