The SAPD and other local police agencies issued 26 street racing citations last week
In response to the continuous problem of street racing, the SAPD along with Garden Grove Police Department & Irvine Police Department (members of STEARRD - Strategic Traffic Enforcement Against Racing…
The Irvine Police arrested a man in a disabled car full of stolen mail
Normally motorists in broken down vehicles are happy to get help from the police. That was not the case on January 20, 2022, when Irvine police officers stopped to help…
A young man was fatally shot in Downtown Santa Ana last night
https://youtu.be/q1OqQQLvrlg On Saturday, January 22nd, 2022, at 10:40 PM, Officers responded to 300 W. 5th Street regarding reports of a shooting. The shooting happened outside of a recording studio in…
The C.M. Police are looking for a suspect who fled from a fatal hit and run involving a man in a wheelchair
COSTA MESA, Calif. (Jan. 21, 2022) —The Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) is seeking the public’s help in locating the suspect who fled a fatal hit and run traffic collision.…
O.C. Crime Laboratory recognized for implementing national forensic standards
SANTA ANA, Ca. (January 19, 2022): The Orange County Crime Laboratory, a division of the Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department, was nationally recognized as a “Registry Implementer” for its high-quality standards…
Flag nabbing transient arrested in Orange
This evening, an astute witness observed a transient walking from the City Hall in Orange with a POW-MIA flag wrapped around his waist and an American flag 🇺🇸 draped over…
Armed suspect at an Walmart Supercenter shot by an O.C. Sheriff Deputy
A O.C. Sheriff deputy-involved shooting occurred the evening of Jan. 19, 2022, inside the Walmart Supercenter on Towne Centre Drive in Foothill Ranch, wounding one man who was armed with…
The SAPD busted a large illegal marijuana grow operation in north Santa Ana
Today, SAPD Vice Detectives, Directed Patrol Officers, and Code Enforcement Inspectors served a search warrant on a suspected illegal residential marijuana cultivation in the 2300 block of North Linwood, a…
The SAPD is looking for an arson suspect who may have burned a car dealership
https://youtu.be/Q4YrsdRM3OY On 01/04/2022, a local auto dealership on Harbor Blvd., in Santa Ana, caught fire causing damage to several structures and vehicles in the lot as well as an adjacent…
Former Westminster Police civilian investigator facing felony charges for fudging her timesheets
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former civilian investigator for the Westminster Police Department has been charged with 15 felonies for lying on her timesheets and claiming to have worked hundreds…
Anti-vaxxer who attacked medical assistants at a Tustin Clinic and groped a nurse facing misdemeanor charges
https://youtu.be/cXtHM3lwtLE SANTA ANA, Calif.- A man who punched two medical assistants at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Tustin and later groped a nurse who was providing him medical care has…
Alleged O.C. drug dealer told to hum in court to avoid hearing about possible murder charges
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer issued the following statement regarding a Deputy Orange County Public Defender instructing his client to hum in open court in…
A Santa Ana man on a bike was killed by a hit and run driver in Fountain Valley
On January 15, 2022, at approximately 0539 a.m., the Fountain Valley Police Department responded to the intersection of Euclid Street and Heil Avenue regarding a bicyclist down in the roadway.…
The SAPD is conducting a DUI and Driver’s License checkpoint tonight
The Santa Ana Police Department will be conducting a DUI / Driver’s License checkpoint on Friday, January 14th, 2022. It will begin at 7:00 PM and is scheduled to conclude…