Stanton two striker charged with a hate crime after attacking basketball players at a Westminster Park
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Stanton man has been charged with a hate crime for using a hatchet to break out a car window while a man was driving away…
U.S. Forest Service Firefighter charged with child porn possession and lewd acts on a child in Newport Beach
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A U.S. Forest Service firefighter has been charged with felony possession of child pornography and lewd acts with a child under the age of 14 that…
Suspects arrested in Huntington Beach with meth and items stolen in Santa Ana
On 6/20/20 at about 9:30am, a garage burglary was reported from the 18000 block of Applewood Circle in Huntington Beach. The victim discovered his garage had been forced open and…
The SAPD arrested the hit and run driver who caused a fatal crash on June 26
https://youtu.be/Hbun1bjcY0I During their investigation of this collision, Santa Ana Police Department’s Collision Investigation Unit was able to identify the driver of the suspect vehicle as Joel Giovanni Andalon. On Thursday,…
The SAPD reminds us to avoid illegal fireworks this 4th of July
As 4th of July approaches, we would like to remind our community that only fireworks bearing the “Safe and Sane” seal are permitted to be used within the City limits,…
The SAPD is searching for a transient who vandalized the Bowers Museum
On 01/30/2020, wanted suspect Gilbert Conley Trevena (34) was captured on video surveillance breaking a large window and the glass front door of the Bowers Museum causing over $3,000.00 in…
Candlelight vigil for murdered U.S. soldier to be held in Santa Ana on 7/3
The remains of Vanessa Guillen, a 20-year-old soldier reported missing from a U.S. Army base in Texas in April, were recently found and a suspect killed himself as U.S. Marshals…
Two Santa Ana men arrested for stealing a cement mixer, a van and work tools
On June 28, 2020, a Fountain Valley construction company reported a $3,000 cement mixer had been stolen from their enclosed fenced yard. Surveillance video showed the cement mixer being towed…
The SAPD busted a marijuana grow operation a half mile north of Century H.S.
https://twitter.com/SantaAnaPD/status/1276983432564707328?s=20 SAPD Vice Detectives, Directed Patrol & City Code Enforcement served a search warrant on a suspected illegal marijuana grow at 1305 E Wakeham, on Saturday. Upon entry the investigators…
The SAPD is investigating an early morning fatal shooting by Our Lady of the Pillar Church
On Monday, June 29, 2020, at 1:49 AM, SAPD Officers responded to a report of a shooting with a victim down on the sidewalk in the 1700 Block of West…
Mexican Mafia associate from Santa Ana sentenced to 17½ years in Federal prison
LOS ANGELES – A Mexican Mafia associate who ordered murders and assaults in Orange County’s jail system on the prison gang’s behalf was sentenced today to 210 months in federal…