Armed robbers hit the Zara store at the South Coast Plaza
Two masked men carried out an armed robbery at a clothing store at South Coast Plaza, Zara, at about 10:15 p.m. on Friday night, according to the OC Register. Employees…
18-yea-old homicide suspect who beat up a grandfather turns himself in to the SAPD
Samuel Elijah Alvarez, an 18-year-old man wanted in connection with the beating of a 72-year-old grandfather with a baseball bat, walked into the Santa Ana Police Department’s lobby and surrendered…
The SAPD is looking for an 18-year-old who beat up a grandfather with a baseball bat
Samuel Elijah Alvarez, an 18-year-old man, is wanted in connection with the severe beating of a 72-year-old great-grandfather with an aluminum baseball bat in Santa Ana last week, according to…
Car thieves arrested near Willard Elementary School with the help of a K-9
What started out as yet another Santa Ana car theft quickly escalated this afternoon, after several suspects in a stolen car took off when police tried to conduct a traffic…
Speeding car caused a fatal crash this morning that closed the N. Bristol and W. First St. intersection
A high-speed crash left one person dead and two others sought by police in Santa Ana Monday morning, according to KTLA News. The accident happened this morning just after 2…
Arrested taggers suspected in several robberies in Santa Ana and Garden Grove
A group of half-a-dozen losers were arrested today in Garden Grove after police officers spotted a vehicle that matched the description of a vehicle connected to a tagging incident on…
Santa Ana apartment complex could be converted into a 60 unit drug rehab center
There is an effort underway by Rock Solid Recovery to convert the Mauna Loa Garden Apartments in Santa Ana to a 60 unit residential development to a behavioral health facility - essentially…
Santa Ana man sentenced to three years in prison after fatal DUI crash
Ulises Mendoza, a Santa Ana man who crashed while driving under the influence, leaving a passenger dead and three others seriously injured, was sentenced Friday to three years in prison,…
Transient convicted of beating and seriously injuring an elderly man in Santa Ana
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Case # 15CF2232 Date: February 4, 2016 TRANSIENT MAN CONVICTED OF ATTACKING AND CRITICALLY INJURING 83-YEAR-OLD VICTIM SANTA ANA, Calif. – A transient man was…
OC Sheriff Hutchens won’t provide updates on the OC Jail escape investigation
NEWS, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lt. Mark Stichter, 714.904.7042, MKStichter@ocsd.org; Carrie Braun, 714.552.5795, CBraun@ocsd.org Update on Jail Escape Investigation SANTA ANA, Calif. (February 4, 2016) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has initiated an internal…
Man suspected of robbing several 7-11 stores arrested by the SAPD
Santa Ana Police Department Advisory - UPDATE: SAPD Robbery Detectives Arrest Suspect In Series Of 7-11 Robberies Arrested: Hernan Sanchez (25) Placentia, Booked on Charges of Robbery (2) On 01/28/2016, based…
The OC Jail escapees kidnapped a Santa Ana taxi driver and fought over his fate
Orange County Sheriff’s Capt. Jeff Hallock revealed at a press conference today that a Santa Ana taxi driver was kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to transport three escapees from the Orange…
A driver ran a red light and hit a Santa Ana school bus this morning
A driver who ran a red light Monday morning slammed into a school bus headed to Edison Elementary School, police said. The eight children on the bus were not injured,…
More than 50 OCDA employees were involved in the OC Jail escape case
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Date: January 30, 2016 OVER 50 OCDA PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN HELPING TO CAPTURE AND PREPARING CASES FOR PROSECUTION RELATING TO THE JAIL ESCAPE *Arraignments on…