Man charged with smuggling tools used in the OC Jail escape
A man named Loc Ba Nguyen has been arrrsted and charged with smuggling tools into the Orange County Jail that helped three inmates escape on Jan. 22, according to the OC…
More than 50 OCDA employees were involved in the OC Jail escape case
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Date: January 30, 2016 OVER 50 OCDA PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN HELPING TO CAPTURE AND PREPARING CASES FOR PROSECUTION RELATING TO THE JAIL ESCAPE *Arraignments on…
The three O.C. jail escapees are now facing additional felony charges
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Case # 16CF0198 Date: January 25, 2016 THREE DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH ESCAPING FROM ORANGE COUNTY JAIL SANTA ANA, Calif. – Three previously charged defendants were…
Manufacturer settles lawsuit for selling Nabisco ginger snaps with high lead levels
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Date: January 22, 2016 LARGEST SNACK FOOD MANUFACTURER IN THE NATION TO PAY MORE THAN $758,000 IN CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWSUIT FOR SELLING COOKIES WITH LEAD…
Former Santa Ana Councilman Carlos Bustamante is now a registered sex offender
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Case # 12CF1964 Date: January 22, 2016 FORMER SANTA ANA CITY COUNCILMAN AND HIGH-RANKING EXECUTIVE FOR COUNTY OF ORANGE SENTENCED FOR COMMITTING SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND…
Garden Grove man who attacked his girlfriend with a meat cleaver arraigned
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Case # 16WF0125 Date: January 21, 2016 MAN TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR ATTACKING WOMAN WITH WHOM HE IS ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED WITH MEAT CLEAVER AFTER ARGUMENT…
Man charged with pimping and pandering a woman in Santa Ana
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Date: January 15, 2016 Case # 15CF2734, 13CF3365 MAN CHARGED FOR PIMPING AND PANDERING WOMAN IN SANTA ANA SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man has been…
Santa Ana transient originally sentenced to death resentenced to life in prison
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Case # C-57572 Date: January 14, 2016 INMATE PREVIOUSLY SENTENCED TO DEATH TO BE RESENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE SANTA ANA,…
The OCDA has cleared an SAPD policeman who killed a suspect with six gunshots
Re: Officer-Involved Shooting on Feb. 27, 2015 Fatal Incident involving Ernesto Canepa District Attorney Investigations Case # S.A. 15-003 Dear Chief Rojas, Please accept this letter detailing the Orange County…
Santa Ana man charged with killing a 19-year-old man in Irvine
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Case # 16HF0034 Date: January 11, 2016 MEDIA ADVISORY WHO: Jacob Michael Margo, 21, Santa Ana WHAT: Has been charged and will be arraigned today…
Three Santa Ana men convicted of trying to hook up with prostitutes
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Date: January 7, 2016 FOUR MEN CONVICTED OF AGREEING TO ENGAGE IN PROSTITUTION OR LOITERING WITH INTENT TO COMMIT PROSTITUTION SANTA ANA, Calif. – The…
Mother sentenced to life in prison after murdering her two kids at a Santa Ana hotel
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE TONY RACKAUCKAS, District Attorney Case # 14ZF0336 Date: January 8, 2016 MOTHER SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES…
Santa Ana man will only be in prison for three years despite charges involving drugs, theft and a police pursuit
Westley Alvarez , a 27-year-old man with a prior conviction, pleaded guilty Wednesday to multiple felonies charging him with shooting another man with a pellet gun before leading police on…
Tustin woman convicted for stealing over $400K from Holy Family Cathedral School
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Case #15CF0347 Date: January 6, 2016 FORMER OFFICE MANAGER CONVICTED AND SENTENCED FOR EMBEZZLING MONEY FROM CATHOLIC SCHOOL FUNDRAISING PROGRAM SANTA ANA, Calif. – A…
O.C.D.A. Rackauckas blasted by his hand-picked committee of legal experts regarding the use of jailhouse snitches
A committee of legal experts, referred to as the Informant Policies & Practices Evaluation Committee (IPPEC), hand-picked by Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas on Monday issued a report declaring…
