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…
Why has no one at the OC Central Men’s Jail been disciplined over the recent escape?
[embed]https://youtu.be/Jz_NPHObME4[/embed] January was a bad month for O.C. Sheriff Sandra Hutchens. Not only did three inmates escape from the O.C. Central Men's Jail - a Deputy Sheriff also left an…
538 crimes were reported from Jan. 25 through today in Santa Ana
It is hard to fathom how much crime happens in Santa Ana on a regular basis. There were 538 crimes reported in our city this week, from Monday, January 25, 2016…
Updated: The two remaining OC Jail escapees are under arrest in San Francisco
The two escapees from the Orange County Jail that were still at large have been arrested by the San Francisco Police Department, according to the Orange County Sheriff Department’s Twitter…