Another possible gang-related shooting at McFadden and South Sullivan
A day after an SAPD gang unit got into a shootout with suspects at McFadden and South Sullivan, there was another possible gang-related shooting, not far from the site of…
Two home burglars shot dead and two more detained by the SAPD
Two days, two officer involved shootings in Santa Ana. That might be a record even by our city's standards! SAPD police officers were called to the 400 block of Eastwood Ave.…
Man on trial for shooting and killing his neighbor after a fireworks dispute
Robert Joseph Price, 55, Garden Grove, is on trial this week for shooting and killing his neighbor, 53-year-old Glen Berry. Remarkably this act of violence was initiated when Berry was upset at the…
Two injured as gun shots are exchanged between the SAPD and gang suspects
The gang violence in our city reached a new peak today as a Santa Ana police officer was injured and one suspect was hit by gunfire, according to the O.C.…
Samuel Elijah Alvarez charged with beating up a Santa Ana grandfather
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Case # 16CF0418 Date: February 17, 2016 MAN TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR PUMMELING 71-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH BASEBALL BAT IN GAS STATION PARKING LOT SANTA ANA,…
Santa Ana man fatally shot near Newhope Elementary School
Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: SAPD Detectives Investigating Shooting Death of 24 Year Man Victim: Francisco Sotelo Gonzalez (24) Santa Ana On February 16, 2016, at about 6:45pm, officers responded…
Supervisor Do and the OCDA are hosting a Scam Prevention Seminar on 2/17
Join District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and Supervisor Andrew Do for a Westminster Community Event You are invited to join Supervisor Andrew Do and District Attorney Tony Rackauckas for a Scam…
Man arrested after trespassing at John Wayne Airport and trying to hide in a helicopter
James Carroll, a 35-year-old man was arrested Monday after he ran from police and tried to hide in a helicopter at John Wayne Airport, in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register.…
Santa Ana man and two others arrested for armed robberies and a high speed chase
Two men, from Santa Ana and Garden Grove, and a 17-year-old boy from Westminster were arrested on Sunday on suspicion of committing two robberies minutes apart in Westminster, according to the…
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…