12 vehicles impounded by the Costa Mesa police at Friday night’s DUI Checkpoint
The Costa Mesa Police Department screened 194 vehicles, which resulted in 12 field sobriety tests, at their DUI and driver’s license checkpoint on 19th Street East and Pomona Avenue, on…
Former Lake Forest insurance agent arrested on 90 counts of felony insurance fraud
ORANGE, Calif. — Former insurance broker Karen Marie Dondanville, 53, of Mission Viejo, was arrested on 90 felony counts including grand theft, insurance fraud, financial elder abuse, and forgery for…
Irvine man arrested for allegedly obtaining $5M in COVID-relief loans fraudulently
https://youtu.be/8q_CBuFqjVM SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man was arrested today on federal charges alleging he fraudulently obtained approximately $5 million in Payment Protection Program (PPP) loans for his…
OCDA Spitzer confirms there was sexual harassment in his office
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer issued the following statement today: An independent outside law firm hired by the County’s CEO conducted an investigation and concluded…
The Costa Mesa police arrested a DUI driver after a rollover accident
This morning at about 7:50 a.m., Costa Mesa police officers responded to a rollover traffic collision in front of Costa Mesa High School. The 64-year-old female driver of the blue…
The Costa Mesa Police Dept. is conducting a DUI Checkpoint on May 7
COSTA MESA, Calif. (May 5, 2021) – The Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) will be conducting a driving under the influence (DUI) checkpoint on Friday, May 7, 2021, from 8:00…
The SAPD is searching for a male suspect who molested three children
Between March 2019 and December 2020, Miguel Angel Ferrer sexually molested three children under the age of 18 in the City of Santa Ana. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of…
The SAPD helped to make a big drug bust this week in Costa Mesa
Early last week, Costa Mesa police officers assisted with a multi-agency drug sales investigation resulting in a search warrant service in the 400 block of Enclave Circle in Costa Mesa.…
A DUI driver drove up onto a curb in DTSA on Sunday
A driver suspected of being under the influence while behind the wheel drove his white Kia sedan up onto a curb, right past where people were eating outside at the…
The murder of an Anaheim woman was finally solved after 41 years
ANAHEIM, Calif. (April 30, 2021) – More than 41 years after 79-year-old Viola Hagenkord was found sexually assaulted and deceased in her Anaheim apartment, 64-year-old Andre William Lepere of Alamogordo,…
A resident tip led to the arrest of two package theft suspects in Irvine
Yesterday afternoon, an Irvine resident saw a woman walk up to his doorstep after a package was delivered. She walked away after seeing the resident and got into a waiting…
A fight broke out at a Free Tatiana protest against the OCDA in Costa Mesa
Yesterday, April 29, at around 7:30 p.m., about 10 demonstrators were present at a reception for a Orange County official, in Costa Mesa. That official has been identified as Todd…