A man tried to murder an SAUSD school police officer today after invading a home
We have written quite a bit this year about the massive increase in violent crime in Santa Ana - and how shorthanded our police department is. What we don't often…
Wanted man crashed his car into the Fiestas Patrias stage on Friday night while fleeing from the SAPD
Miguel Umana, 30, an armed parole violator who uses the nickname "Little Stomper," was arrested by the SAPD after leading the police on a crazed pursuit that injured three people…
The CHP will be running maximum anti-DUI patrols this Labor Day Weekend
CHP Office of Community Outreach & Media Relations Contact: Fran Clader, Director of Communications, (916) 843-3310 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 8/30/2016 CHP URGES SAFETY DURING LABOR DAY WEEKEND SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Although the summer season…
Parole agent arrested for allegedly embezzling state funds in exchange for narcotics
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Case #16CF1898 Date: July 28, 2016 PAROLE AGENT ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF EXCHANGING EMBEZZLED CDCR FUNDS FOR PAROLEE’S PRESCRIPTION NARCOTICS SANTA ANA, Calif. –…
Two Santa Ana residents charged with drug possession at the Pechanga Resort and Casino
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Press Release: Possession of a Controlled Substance for Sales Arrest Incident File Number(s): SW16198009 On January 16, 2016, at 5:24 AM, deputies were dispatched to the…
Public input sought to shape a new O.C. Drug Medi-Cal pilot project
For Immediate Release: June 29, 2016 Contact: Jessica Good, Public Information Officer, Email: JGood@ochca.com OC HEALTH CARE AGENCY SEEKS PUBLIC INPUT TO SHAPE DRUG MEDI-CAL PILOT PROJECT (Santa Ana, CA) - Beginning…
Three SAPD cops plead not guilty to stealing treats and smashing cameras at a pot shop
[embed]https://youtu.be/JTKTfUHfeKM[/embed] Three Santa Ana police officers pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of petty theft in connection with a raid at Sky High Holistic, an unlicensed medical marijuana dispensary that…
Patient Appreciation Day set for 6/18 at Super Clinik, a Santa Ana marijuana dispensary
Super Clinik, a licensed Santa Ana medical marijuana dispensary, is hosting a Patient Appreciation Day on June 18, 2016, from 12 noon to 7 p.m., at 2525 S. Birch Street, in Santa…
Two Santa Ana men arrested in Irvine for weapon and drug charges
Irvine Police Department Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PRESS RELEASE #06-14-2016 Subject: Two Men Arrested for Weapon and Drug Charges Contact : Farrah Emami, Public Information Officer, 949-724-7112, femami@cityofirvine.org Irvine, CA – The…
Man convicted of shooting a man and trying to murder two women, in DTSA
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Case # 14CF2681 Date: June 14, 2016 DEFENDANT CONVICTED OF SHOOTING AND MURDERING ONE MAN AND ATTEMPTED MURDER OF TWO WOMEN SANTA ANA, Calif. –…
Man charged with shooting a man and wounding two women in Santa Ana
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Case # 14CF2681 Date: May 20, 2016 DEFENDANT TO FACE TRIAL FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES SHOOTING-MURDER OF ONE MAN AND INJURING TWO WOMEN SANTA ANA, Calif.…
Five O.C. pharmacies including Santa Ana’s Med-Zone targeted in burglary spree
[embed]https://youtu.be/nlpaTr0JN80[/embed] Santa Ana's Med-Zone Pharmacy, located at 800 North Tustin Ave., was one of five local pharmacies in Orange County that were burglarized early Wednesday morning, according to the O.C.…
Costa Mesa officer attacked and bitten by a suspect at a women’s addiction recovery home
A Costa Mesa police officer was attacked and bitten by a suspect on Saturday night, at around 11 p.m., at The Lynn House, an addiction recovery home for women in the 2700…
Suspected Santa Ana drug house raided by the O.C. Sheriff’s SWAT team
A secretive drug investigation culminated in the detention of two men and two women at a suspected drug house in Santa Ana on Thursday morning by the OC Sheriff Department's SWAT…
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…