Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: SAPD Investigating In-Custody Death
Deceased: Male (26) Miami, Florida
On Friday April 20, 2018 at 1:23 PM, Santa Ana Police Officers responded to reports of a male who appeared disoriented and was running into the street in front of cars. The male was also reportedly trying to enter a nearby school. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
SANTA ANA POLICE STEP UP DUI ENFORCEMENT
The Santa Ana Police Department will be conducting a DUI / Driver’s License checkpoint on Saturday April 21st, 2018. It will begin at 9:00 PM and is scheduled to conclude at 2:00 AM. It will be conducted in the area of 3500 W 5th Street, in the City of Santa Ana.
The primary purpose of a DUI Checkpoint is to deter impaired driving, not to increase arrests. All too often, members of our community are senselessly injured or killed on local roadways by impaired drivers. This DUI / Driver’s License checkpoint is an effort to reduce those tragedies, as well as ensuring drivers have a valid driver’s license. The DMV reports that unlicensed drivers are 4.9 times more likely to cause a fatal crash than a licensed driver. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: UPDATE – Critical Missing Adult Has Been Located
With the assistance of a community member missing person, Jose Guadalupe Arellano has been located and reunited with this family. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Update- Critical Missing 13 Year-Old Female has been located
Update- Critical Missing 13 Year-Old Female has been located and reunited with her family.
Missing Juvenile: Yvonne Paredes-Orozco (13)
On 4/13/18 at approximately 2:15 pm, Paredes-Orozco left school for the day but failed to get on the school bus to be dropped off with a parent. Paredes-Orozco was last seen running eastbound from McFadden Intermediate School towards Thorton Park in Santa Ana. Paredes-Orozco is Bipolar and in need of medication. The above photographs depict Paredes-Orozco’s school photo and a school surveillance photo showing what she was wearing at the time she ran away. Continue reading
Yvonne Paredes-Orozco
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Currently Looking For Critical Missing 13 Year-Old Female
Missing Juvenile: Yvonne Paredes-Orozco (13)
On 4/13/18 at approximately 2:15pm, Yvonne Paredes-Orozco left school for the day but failed to get on the school bus to be dropped off with a parent. Paredes-Orozco was last seen running eastbound from McFadden Intermediate School towards Thorton Park in Santa Ana. Paredes-Orozco is Bipolar and in need of medication. The above photographs depict Paredes-Orozco’s school photo and a school surveillance photo showing what she was wearing at the time she ran away. Continue reading
Jose Rigoberto Silva
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: SAPD Currently Looking for a Critical Missing Adult – Requesting Public’s Assistance
On April 12, 2018, at approximately 12:00 pm, the missing person, Jose Rigoberto Silva, and his father came to the State Tax Building at 600 W. Santa Ana Blvd. Silva used the restroom in the building and then went missing a few minutes later. Continue reading
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Santa Ana Police Department
SANTA ANA POLICE STEP UP DUI ENFORCEMENT
The Santa Ana Police Department will be conducting a DUI / Driver’s License checkpoint on Friday April 13th, 2018. It will begin at 9:00 PM and is scheduled to conclude at 2:00AM. It will be conducted in the area of 700 W First Street, in the City of Santa Ana.
The primary purpose of a DUI Checkpoint is to deter impaired driving, not to increase arrests. All too often, members of our community are senselessly injured or killed on local roadways by impaired drivers. This DUI / Driver’s License checkpoint is an effort to reduce those tragedies, as well as ensuring drivers have a valid driver’s license. The DMV reports that unlicensed drivers are 4.9 times more likely to cause a fatal crash than a licensed driver. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Arrested: Isaias Vargas-Martinez (26) Transient Santa Ana
Summary: Monday, 4-9-2018 at 10:17 pm officers responded to a cat burglary in progress. The victim and her roommate were in the first floor of their bottom floor condo, when victim #1 walked in her bedroom and noticed her desk had been moved. The victim looked out her window and noticed the screen was no longer in place. The victim turned around and saw a male suspect standing in her bedroom. The suspect did not say anything; instead he put his index finger over his mouth indicating the victim be quiet. The victims were able to lock themselves in their bathroom and call 911. The suspect fled prior to police arrival.
A K9 was used to search the apartment and DUKE conducted an area check with negative results. The suspect is described as a male, Hispanic, 30 yrs., 5’07”-5’08” tall, dark skin, wearing baggy khaki long shorts and no shirt. Continue reading
April 6, 2018
Case # 15CF2100
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted today of trafficking, pimping, and pandering a 16-year-old girl in Santa Ana.
Defendant: Isaiah Rene Harris, 27, Hawthorne
Pleaded guilty today to the following felony counts: Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Update: Victim has been identified as Juan Molina (66) Homeless
On Saturday, April 7, 2018, at 06:57 AM, Santa Ana Police officers responded to El Salvador Park to a report of a man down and bleeding from the head. Orange County Fire Authority paramedics treated the victim at the scene and declared him deceased at 07:08 AM. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: UPDATE – Missing 10 Year Old Missing Female Has Been Located
UPDATE – Child has been located in the City of Mission Viejo and is being transported by Orange County Sheriffs to SAPD where she will be reunited with her family and interview by SAPD Detectives. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Missing Child: Kathy Sandoval, 10 years old
On April 7, 2018 at approximately 1415 hours, Kathy Sandoval was last seen riding her pink bicycle outside her residence in the area of 1700 S. Birch Street.
Due to announcements made by the police helicopter, citizens called in stating that a person matching SANDOVAL’S description was last seen traveling east on Warner Avenue by herself. SANDOVAL has not runaway in the past. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Detectives Investigating Homicide In El Salvador Park – Requesting Public Assistance
Victim: Name pending notification of family
Homeless Male -66
On Saturday, April 7, 2018, at 06:57 AM, Santa Ana Police officers responded to El Salvador Park to a report of a man down and bleeding from the head. Orange County Fire Authority paramedics treated the victim at the scene and declared him deceased at 07:08 AM. Continue reading
Case # 14CF1874
Date: April 6, 2018
*Defendant was originally sentenced to 10 years in state prison
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – A man who sodomized a toddler was sentenced today to 25 years to life in state prison after the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One reversed a trial judge’s illegal 10-year sentence.
“Sodomizing a 4 year old is obviously a heinous crime. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office rightfully pursued the life sentence to make sure this defendant received the mandatory 25 years to life,” stated District Attorney Tony Rackauckas.
Defendant: Kevin Jonas Rojano-Nieto, 23
Found guilty by a jury on Dec. 3, 2014 of the following felony counts: Continue reading
Three people were in custody today after leading authorities on a chase throughout Orange County that ended in Costa Mesa where the suspect vehicle crashed head on into a big rig, according to the O.C. Register.
As is often the case here in Orange County the incident began in Santa Ana, at around 11 p.m. last night. As the suspects fled in their vehicle they crashed into one car and kept on going. No serious injuries were reported. Continue reading