OCDA Spitzer reacts to charges being filed in the drug-related death of Friends actor Matthew Perry
The filing of federal charges against five people, including two licensed doctors, with the ketamine-related death of Friends actor Matthew Perry underscores how California state laws continue to fail the…
Garden Grove woman who beat her little stepson into a coma and paralysis gets life in prison
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 24-year-old stepmother who beat her two-year-old stepson into a coma, leaving the toddler permanently paralyzed with severe brain damage because she was upset the boy’s…
Suspect arrested on drug and weapons charges in Fountain Valley
Nightshift police officers arrested a suspicious subject for various narcotics and weapons violations, according to the Fountain Valley Police Department. The suspect appeared to be in a limo emblazoned with…
A man stole $1.4K worth of items from cars parked at an Irvine apartment complex
A man is suspected of stealing $1,400 worth of items from cars in the Alton Apartments parking structure on the morning of July 27, according to the Irvine Police Department.…
The Tustin Police Dept. will conduct a DUI and Driver’s License Checkpoint tonight
Tustin, CA – Tustin Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on August 16th, 2024 at an undisclosed location within the city limits, between the hours…
The SAPD is hunting for an armed man who tried to rob a check cashing business
On August 7, 2024, a suspect entered Main Street International Check Cashing at 1425 N. Main St. He approached the front counter and handed the teller (victim) a note that…
The Irvine Police are hunting for a man who stole an ice cream maker
A man took an ice cream maker off the victim’s doorstep on July 21, around 6 p.m., at the 2300 block of Nolita., according to the Irvine Police Department. The…
Long Beach businessman indicted for unlawfully exporting aircraft components to Iran
The Justice Department unsealed an indictment charging U.S.-Iranian national Jeffrey Chance Nader, 68, with crimes related to the illicit export of U.S.-manufactured aircraft components, including components used on military aircraft,…
Two vehicle theft suspects were arrested after a high risk traffic stop in Westminster
On 8/12/23, police officers located a stolen vehicle in the area of Magnolia Ave. and McFadden Ave., according to the Westminster Police Department. The assisting police officers quickly responded and…
Armed drug dealer who was in a car without license plates arrested in Irvine
Last Thursday, an officer spotted a vehicle parked without license plates at a gas station near Red Hill and MacArthur, according to the Irvine Police Department. The driver, who was…
The Garden Grove Police Dept. is conducting a DUI and Driver License Checkpoint on Aug. 16
The Garden Grove Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Driver License Checkpoint Friday, August 16, 2024, from 9:00 p.m. - 3:00 a.m. The Garden Grove P.D. is dedicating this DUI…
O.C. mom killer who escaped and was caught in Mexico gets three more years in prison
SANTA ANA, Calif. – An extremely dangerous and violent criminal who was arrested in Mexico in March following a weeklong manhunt after he walked away from a Santa Ana halfway…
O.C. businessman pleads guilty to embezzling almost $6M from his clients
SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man, who ran a business in which he served as the executor of the estates of wealthy people, pleaded guilty today to embezzling…