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Man leads police on high speed chase through three cities then crashes in Garden Grove

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Editor Posted in Crime, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Santa Ana Leave a comment

What a way to start the week! A man who is suspected of assault with a deadly weapon was reported to be inside of a stolen car at 6:30 a.m. near Bristol Street and Edinger in Santa Ana, but when the SAPD showed up he took off, according to the O.C. Register.

The SAPD reported that the man was driving a green Honda Accord that was also involved in a felony assault with a deadly weapon incident. No further details about the auto theft were made available by the SAPD.

The police pursued the suspect at speeds of up to 90 mph, driving through the cities of Santa Ana, Fountain Valley and Garden Grove. Continue reading→

Car chase leads police from Santa Ana to two other cities and back to Santa Ana

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Editor Posted in Anaheim, Crime, Drugs, Garden Grove, Santa Ana Leave a comment

It turned out to be a wild afternoon in Santa Ana on Monday as police chased a man and a woman in a car from the intersection of Tustin and Franzen Avenues in Santa Ana through Garden Grove and Anaheim and then back to Santa Ana. The driver was finally arrested at the 2600 block of Greenbrier Street, at the corner of Bristol Street and Park Lane, in Santa Ana, where the driver was arrested, according to the O.C. Register.

The incident began about 1:30 p.m. when a witness reported hearing nine shots fired by the occupant of a gray Cadillac CTS at a Mazda SUV near North Tustin and Franzen avenues, a Santa Ana Police Department watch commander said, according to KTLA. Continue reading→

Two men led the SAPD on a high speed chase that ended in Tustin

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Editor Posted in Crime, Santa Ana, Tustin 1 Comment

Two men stole a white Honda today and when an SAPD police cruiser tried to pull them over, at 9 am, on Dyer Road by the 55 Freeway, after an alarm in the car had been triggered, they got onto the 55 North and began a high-speed getaway that eventually ended up on the South 5 Freeway, where they gott of on the Red Hill Ave. exit in Tustin, according to the O.C. Register.

The Orange County Sheriff lent support during the chase by providing their helicopter, dubbed “Duke” and the Tustin Police helped out too. Continue reading→

High speed police chase ends in Santa Ana’s Park Santiago Neighborhood

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Editor Posted in Crime, Public Safety, Santa Ana 1 Comment

Five Santa Ana Police Department cruisers and a helicopter chased down a white SUV tonight, at approximately 11:30 pm. The SUV was abandoned on Spurgeon St., just south of Edgewood.

Police officers were overheard looking for a handgun and up to three suspects.

In the video above, a neighbor from Edgewood approached the police officers to say that when he came home tonight from walking his dog, his front door appeared to be unlocked and open. Police officers went to his home to check for suspects.

It did not appear that any suspects were apprehended but the investigation was just beginning. Continue reading→