The SAPD is looking for a suspect who threatened to kill his girlfriend
On 12/25/2020, during a verbal argument with his girlfriend, suspect Jose Antonio Villalobos Avalos put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her. Avalos also threatened to shoot…
Transient arrested in Garden Grove after a violent assault
On January 22, 2021 a victim was walking home when he was approached and violently attacked by a transient, in Garden Grove. After an investigation, the suspect was identified as…
Four Garden Grove gang members arrested during a drug bust
The Garden Grove Police Department Gang Suppression Unit (GSU) had been conducting an ongoing investigation into gang members selling narcotics in Garden Grove. Over the weekend, GSU police detectives were…
The Garden Grove police arrested 21 suspects and seized guns, cash and drugs at a slap house
It was a busy weekend for the Garden Grove Police Department. On Friday evening, February 19, 2021, their Special Investigations Unit (SIU) served a search warrant on a suspected slap…
O.C. CHP officer charged with using confidential police records to help a friend
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A California Highway Patrol officer has been charged with using a department computer to illegally access a confidential law enforcement database to provide vehicle information to…
A Costa Mesa DUI driver hit a pedestrian and a car and was arrested
COSTA MESA, Calif. (Feb. 21, 2021) -- The Costa Mesa Police Department has arrested a man suspected of DUI after striking a pedestrian and second vehicle earlier this morning. Today,…
The Tustin Police arrested a trio of catalytic converter thieves
Two minutes after 2 AM this Thursday, a Tustin PD K-9 Officer was in the area of Red Hill Ave. and Sycamore Ave. when he noticed a suspicious vehicle exit…
The SAPD tracked a convicted gun dealer down to Buena Park and seized several guns and drugs
While serving a warrant, in the City of Buena Park, to a convicted felon wanted for selling firearms in the city of Santa Ana, Gang Detectives attempted to detain the…
Cars involved in Santa Ana street takeovers now getting impounded for 30 days
The Orange County Superior Court has been actively issuing 30-day impound orders to seize vehicles used in intersection takeovers in Santa Ana. The SAPD Traffic Division is actively carrying out…
The SAPD is searching for a transient with several outstanding warrants
The SAPD is searching for a transient named Daniel Richard Robbins, age 26, who has several outstanding warrants and is currently wanted for questioning in an ongoing criminal investigation. Robbins…
The FBI arrested a Costa Mesa Trumper who rioted in the U.S. Capitol
Christian Secor, 22, a UCLA student from Costa Mesa, has been arrested by the FBI due to his alleged participation in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Secor is facing…
A pedestrian was seriously injured by a hit and run driver in Little Saigon
A pedestrian was struck by a hit and run driver in Garden Grove on Monday night, Feb. 15, at about 10:15 p.m. near the intersection of Westminster Avenue and Dawson…
A man was shot and killed outside an illegal Santa Ana gambling location
On Tuesday, February 16, 2021, at 10:59 PM, Santa Ana Police Officers responded to the Cozy Corner Drive-In located at 426 N. Harbor Boulevard in response to reports of a…