Six suspects arrested for recycling $10M worth of cans and bottles brought to CA from Arizona
LOS ANGELES – California Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with the CalRecycle Director Rachel Machi Wagoner today announced the arrest and filing of felony charges against six individuals for allegedly…
An O.C. volleyball player’s Olympic medal was stolen from her car
On Wednesday, May 25, 2022, an Olympic Gold Medal belonging Team USA Volleyball player Jordyn Poulter was stolen from inside her vehicle in the 1500 block of E. Lincoln Ave.…
The OCDA is trying to keep a self-identified school shooter behind bars
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer and the UCI Police Department have been aggressively trying to keep a former UCI student and self-identified school shooter behind…
A Tustin K9 police dog helped to stop a pair of catalytic converter thieves
A Tustin Police Department K9 officer sniffed out a suspicious occupied vehicle in the commercial area of Walnut and Franklin during nighttime hours. After a curious conversation, it became apparent…
Two men attacked an Orange liquor store employee, stole booze and fled in a Mercedes-Benz
On 05/22/22, at approximately 7:45 p.m., two suspects entered a liquor store in the 400 block of west Lincoln Ave. Once inside, the two suspects picked out numerous bottles of…
O.C. man arrested for cyber stalking a pro gamer and her family
SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man is expected to appear in federal court today after his arrest on a federal criminal complaint alleging that he stalked a professional…
O.C. Asian gang suspects indicted on gambling, drug trafficking extortion and robbery charges
SANTA ANA, California – An investigation by the Orange County Asian Organized Crime Task Force has resulted in the arrest of seven out of nine defendants charged in three indictments…
Felon facing multiple felony charges for driving his car onto children on a Santa Ana sidewalk
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 26-year-old felon has been charged with seven felony counts of premeditated attempted murder in connection with driving his car onto a Santa Ana sidewalk and…
Tustin podiatrist convicted and sentenced to 364 days in Jail for insurance fraud
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A judge has rejected a Tustin podiatrist’s request to extend her jail surrender date to serve time for seven felony counts of insurance fraud for billing…
Street racer pleads guilty to hit and run accident that killed two men in Santa Ana
Damian Chavez, a 26-year-old man from Bellflower, pleaded guilty Monday to a hit-and-run vehicular manslaughter that killed two men in Santa Ana on April 20, 2019. He is scheduled to…
The SAPD and Tustin Police gun seizure report for the week of May 14 to 20
The SAPD announced their weekly gun seizures for the week of 05/14/2022 - 05/20/2022. SAPD police officers were conducting a patrol check when they observed a suspicious vehicle parked near…
The SAPD confirms that today’s trespasser at Taft Elementary drove into three children off campus
SAPD officers responded to a traffic collision near Taft Elementary School. The suspect vehicle drove onto the sidewalk striking 3 children. The children were taken to the hospital and are…
Taft Elementary is on lockout after a trespasser injured several victims off campus
Taft Elementary is reportedly on a police lockout . A trespasser entered the school without permission and he was escorted out by school staff. He left in his car and…