Emily Melheim attempted to leave a local Best Buy without paying for a speaker and brandished a stun gun in a threatening manner when confronted by employees. The Tustin Police…
Giovanny Edgar Sanchez Giovanny Edgar Sanchez, a 48-year-old man who served 11 years in prison for the shooting of Scott Sittler, a 19-year-old in Santa Ana in 1994, is once…
The SAPD in partnership with other agencies as part of the STEARRD program conducted additional street racing enforcement. From 01/29 – 01/30 enforcement efforts resulted in: 44 - Cites5 -…
While conducting a traffic stop in the area of 2723 S. Hotel Terrace, SAPD Gang Detectives noticed a small amount of narcotics in plain view inside the vehicle. A search…
Santa Ana PD 02/02/2021 Most Wanted Wednesday suspect was taken into custody on 02/03/2021. - ORIGINAL MESSAGE - Wanted Suspect: Gustavo Alexander Penaloza (27) Description: Male, Hispanic, 5’11” tall, 200…
Gustavo Penaloza has repeatedly shown up to the victim’s home while having an active restraining order and has forced himself inside the home. During multiple contacts with the victim, Penaloza…
Mitchell Biela ANAHEIM, CALIF. (February 2, 2021) – Five men have been charged with the commercial sexual exploitation of a minor in connection with meeting a teenage girl through an…
COSTA MESA, Calif. (Feb. 2, 2021) – On Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, at approximately 5:16 a.m., the Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) received a 911 call from a residence in…
LOS ANGELES – A San Bernardino County man was charged today with running an unlicensed company that exchanged tens of millions of dollars in Bitcoin and cash. Hugo Sergio Mejia,…
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Three YouTube stars and two other drivers have been charged with multiple felonies for conspiring to engage in illegal street races across Orange County, including races…
Santa Ana has had a longtime problem with illegal gambling operations. But one of them became an even bigger problem this Wednesday, Jan. 27, when shooters entered the illegal gambling…
Nationally, more than 10,000 people die each year as a result of drug or alcohol impaired driving. Stopping drunk drivers has been a priority at the Tustin Police Department. Here…
ANAHEIM, CALIF (January 27, 2021) – Anaheim police homicide detectives have obtained a $1 million arrest warrant for 37-year-old Florin Raducanu who is suspected of shooting 42-year-old Aurel Trandafir last…
https://youtu.be/j_s4DsaaTOE Between 12/24/2020 and 01/18/2021, the Bowers Museum was the victim of four commercial burglaries. During three of the incidents, large metal freight containers and a shed on the property…
LOS ANGELES – A former Comerica bank branch manager was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison for stealing more than $1 million from an elderly customer with dementia,…