The SAPD will take back your old and expired medications on Oct. 23
October 23rd is National Take Back Day. You can bring your old, unused & expired medications to the SAPD Westend Substation that day, at 3750 W. McFadden Ave Suite I.…
The OC Sheriff’s Highway Interdiction Team makes big back-to-back drug busts on the 5 Freeway
A large amount of narcotics recently being smuggled into Southern California was intercepted and confiscated by the OC Sheriff’s Highway Interdiction Team (HIT). Over two days, the team initiated traffic…
Man arrested for using a drone to try to smuggle drugs into the Theo Lacy Jail
ORANGE, Ca. (Sept. 16, 2021) The Custody Intelligence Unit (CIU) on Tuesday, Sept. 14, arrested a man suspected of using a drone in an attempt to smuggle drugs into the…
The SAPD seized a drugs and cash from two suspects near the railroad tracks
While conducting outreach and enforcement in the area of N. Edinger Avenue, the SAPD's Quality of Life Team (QOLT) made contact with two subjects near the railroad tracks. Both subjects…
The SAPD seized firearms and drugs at an illegal marijuana grow operation
Yesterday, SAPD Vice Detectives, with the assistance of Directed Patrol and Code Enforcement, served a search warrant at a suspected illegal cannabis business in the area of the 100 block…
The Costa Mesa Police Department is conducting a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint on Friday
COSTA MESA, Calif. (Sept. 1, 2021) – The Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) will be conducting a driving under the influence (DUI) and driver’s license checkpoint on Friday, Sept. 3,…
Santa Ana pharmacy owner gets 3 years in prison for $1.8 million insurance scheme
OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced the sentencing of Quality Care Pharmacy owner Divina Catalasan for defrauding the Medi-Cal and Medicare programs. An audit by the California…
The SAPD’s weekly gun and drug seizure roundup
SAPD Directed Patrol officers conducted a car stop for vehicle code violations and discovered the driver was on active probation with search and seizure conditions. During their investigation, the driver…
The SAPD will be conducting a DUI and Driver’s License checkpoint this Friday night
The Santa Ana Police Department will be conducting a DUI / Driver’s License checkpoint on Friday, August 27th, 2021. It will begin at 8:00 PM and is scheduled to conclude…
An inmate at the O.C. Lacy Facility died of a suspected drug overdose
A 25-year-old male inmate housed at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange died on August 20, 2021 of a suspected overdose. The inmate was booked into jail in June 2021…