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The SAPD has arrested a suspect in today’s fatal hit and run accident

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Juan Carlos Alcantara

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD Traffic Investigators Arrest Suspect in Fatal Hit & Run Traffic Collision

On Friday, October 19, 2018 at approximately 5:25 a.m., the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) received a call of a pedestrian lying in the roadway in the middle lane of S. Bristol Street south of Central Street. As the reporting party was speaking to SAPD Dispatch, the pedestrian was struck by a vehicle. The vehicle, described as gray or tan in color, was last seen headed north on Bristol.

SAPD Officers arrived at the scene to find the pedestrian, who was wearing dark clothing, non-responsive in the #1 northbound lane of Bristol. Orange County Fire Authority personnel arrived and pronounced the pedestrian deceased at the scene. Continue reading→

The SAPD is trying to identify three suspects involved in a shooting back in September

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Santa Ana Police Department

Friday October 19th, 2018 :: 11:52 a.m. PDT

Advisory: Attempt to Identify 2 Male Suspects and Involved Females In An Attempted Murder Case

Location: 122 E. 17th Street, Santa Ana, CA

On September 28, 2018 at 4:15 a.m., the victims parked and exited their vehicle and were con-fronted by two male Hispanic suspects. During the confrontation, one of the suspects fired multiple times at the victims with a handgun. One victim was shot in the foot. The suspects fled in a 2011-2014 Hyundai Sonata, 4-door, black, unknown plate.

The suspect driver was a heavy-set female Hispanic, dark hair, late 20s to early 30s in age. Continue reading→

Anaheim man arrested for the murder of a woman at a Santa Ana hotel

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Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: Suspect Detained By CHP – Visalia Is Arrested By SAPD Detectives For October 16th, 2018 Murder

Arrested: Milton Louis Mayfield (55) Anaheim booked into SAPD Jail for the Charge of CPC 187 Murder

Victim: Deborah Ann Simon (55) Santa Ana

On Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at 4:50 AM, Santa Ana Police Department received information from the California Highway Patrol, Visalia Station, that they had made contact with a male in a disabled vehicle on the side of the freeway in Tulare County. During their investigation the male, identified as Milton Louis Mayfield made spontaneous statements indicating he may have killed a woman in a motel room in the area of First Street and Grand Ave in the City of Santa Ana. Continue reading→

A Santa Ana man pleaded guilty to kidnapping a little boy from Jerome Park, to molest him

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Armando Torreblanca Núñez

Armando Torreblanca Nunez, a 30-year-old Santa Ana man, ended up pleading guilty today to a felony count of kidnapping for purposes of child molesting just as jury selection was underway, according to NBC News.

The then 4-year old boy in question and his family were at a birthday party at Jerome Park when the family noticed that the boy was missing, at about 8:15 p.m. on July 27, 2016, according to the SAPD. Continue reading→

The SAPD found an apparent homicide victim at a local motel

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A person was found dead in at the Sunshine Village motel in Santa Ana Tuesday, and SAPD police detectives are investigating it as an apparent homicide, according to ABC News.

SAPD police officers responded to the motel, which is located at 1427 E. First St., to do a welfare check, after 5 a.m., according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading→

The OCDA is looking for more victims of an SAUSD after school instructor charged with sexual assault

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Eddy Bustamante Infante

Case # 18CF2879

Date: October 11, 2018

LAW ENFORCEMENT SEEKING POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL VICTIMS OF AFTER SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL PROVIDER CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING THREE GIRLS

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Law enforcement is seeking potential additional victims of an after school instructional provider charged with sexually assaulting three girls.

Defendant: Eddy Bustamante Infante, 23, Santa Ana

Charged today with the following felony counts: Continue reading→

Greenville Elementary School after school instructor rearrested after an additional 9-year old victim surfaces

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Eddy Bustamante Infante

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD Detectives Re-Arrest After School Instructional Provider For New Child Abuse Charges

On October 4, 2018, Santa Ana Police Department detectives began an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by a After School Instructional Provider working at Greenville Fundamental Elementary School in the Santa Ana Unified School District.

On October 5, 2018, detectives arrested Eddy Bustamante Infante at his residence for Aggravated Sexual Assault on multiple victims. Infante was booked at the Orange County Jail on multiple child abuse charges. Infante posted bail and was released from custody. Continue reading→

Teacher’s aide at Greenville Elementary arrested on multiple child abuse charges

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Eddy Bustamante Infante

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD Detectives Arrest After School Instructional Provider For Multiple Child Abuse Charges

Eddy Bustamante Infante (23-years-old), a resident of Santa Ana, was arrested for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. Infante has been an After School Instructional Provider / Teacher’s Aide at Greenville Elementary School located at 3600 S. Raitt Street in Santa Ana since 2015.

The 12-year-old female victim reported that Infante sexually assaulted her during an after school program when she was only 10-years-old. The victim did not immediately report this incident. Detectives launched an investigation and located additional female victims who reported Infante also sexually assaulted them. To date, SAPD detectives have identified 3 victims in this case. Continue reading→

The OCDA is looking for additional victims of a Santa Ana youth pastor who allegedly sexually assaulted a minor

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Jonathan Lamont Jenkins

Case # 18CF2809

Date: October 4, 2018

LAW ENFORCEMENT SEEKING POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL VICTIMS OF YOUTH PASTOR CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL AT CHURCH IN SANTA ANA

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Law enforcement is seeking potential additional victims of a youth pastor charged today with sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl at a church in Santa Ana.

Defendant: Jonathan Lamont Jenkins, 56, Riverside

Charged today with the following felony counts: Continue reading→

Santa Ana youth pastor arrested for alleged sexual assault of a minor

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Jonathan Lamont Jenkins

Jonathan Lamont Jenkins

Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD Dets. Arrest Youth Pastor for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Minor, Believe There May Be Additional Victims

On October 2, 2018, Santa Ana Police Detectives arrested Jonathan Lamont Jenkins (57-years-old), a resident of Riverside, for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. Jenkins has been a youth pastor at the Starlight Baptist Church located at 1201 West Second Street in Santa Ana for the past two years. Jenkins has been a member of the church since 2012. Continue reading→

A Santa Ana man suffered an acid attack on Tuesday night

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Crime in Santa Ana reached a new low on Tuesday night as an unidentified 43-year-old employee of a Santa Ana store sustained second-degree burns to his face, chest, an arm and a leg after a suspect threw acid at him in the store’s parking lot, according to the O.C. Register.

OCFA firefighters responded to the scene and hosed off the victim as he was standing next to his car at the 700 block of East Fourth St., after 9 p.m. This incident happened a few blocks east of the DTSA East End Promenade. Continue reading→

New FBI annual crime data report shows Santa Ana has the most crime in the O.C.

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The new FBI 2017 crime statistics have been released. Their shows that the country’s estimated number of violent crimes decreased by 0.2 percent in 2017 when compared with the data from the year before. However Santa Ana’s crime numbers don’t look great – and our city is leading in many crime categories in Orange County.

Here are a few high, or perhaps low, lights from Santa Ana’s latest FBI data: Continue reading→

The SAPD has arrested two suspects wanted for a series of armed robberies

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Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD Patrol Officers arrest suspect wanted in connection to a series of armed robberies in the city of Santa Ana

SAPD Patrol Officers arrest suspect wanted in connection to a series of armed robberies in the city of Santa Ana. Detectives believe the suspects may be responsible for additional robberies in the Orange County area.

SAPD Robbery Detectives were able to identify suspect Fernando Velasquez as the suspect in a series of four armed robberies in the city occurring from September 19th to the 23rd. Continue reading→

Two Santa Ana area gas stations were robbed by an armed suspect last night

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Two Santa Ana area gas stations were the victims of armed robberies last night. And it is possible that the same suspects were behind both of those incidents as well as another robbery at a Placentia area gas station, according to ABC.

A male suspect took an unknown quantity of cash from the Shell gas station located at the 2600 block of S. Bristol St., just before 11 p.m. He sped off in a dark-colored car. Continue reading→