O.C. Asian gang suspects indicted on gambling, drug trafficking extortion and robbery charges
SANTA ANA, California – An investigation by the Orange County Asian Organized Crime Task Force has resulted in the arrest of seven out of nine defendants charged in three indictments…
Three O.C. Mexican Mafia members and 28 Associates charged in racketeering indictment
SANTA ANA, California – A 33-count federal grand jury indictment unsealed today charges 31 members and associates of the Orange County Mexican Mafia with racketeering offenses, two murders and six…
Gang member convicted of sexually assaulting two female relatives in Anaheim
Cesar Alexander Machuca, a 33-year-old man, is facing up to 180 years to life in prison after he was convicted today of sexually assaulting two young relatives, including one as…
Gangbanger found guilty of fatally shooting an innocent Santa Ana food truck owner
Eliu Armando Gramajo Jose De Jesus Gomez-Ochoa already had prior felony convictions for drug dealing and possession of a firearm by a felon when he pulled out his gun and…
Weekly SAPD and GGPD gun seizure report
SAPD gang detectives stopped a vehicle for traffic violations. Upon contact with the driver the detectives observed narcotic paraphernalia inside the vehicle. During a search of the vehicle the detectives…
Armed and dangerous gangbanger wanted for the murder of an Anaheim man
Anaheim homicide detectives have arrested one man and are searching for another in connection with the murder of a 23-year-old Anaheim man who was shot to death near his home…
Recap of guns seized by the SAPD and the GGPD last week
The SAPD has posted a recap of the firearm seizures their police officers were involved in for the week of Feb. 26 to March 4. SAPD gang detectives developed information…
A tagger who stabbed and paralyzed an Anaheim man will spend the next 22 years in prison
Alfredo Gabriel Villegas, then 25 Alfredo Gabriel Villegas, a 32-year-old gang member, will get to spend the next 22 years in prison after he stabbed and paralyzed a man who…
Four gangbangers arrested for shooting and killing a man in Anaheim last year
Kevin Moreno-Aviles ANAHEIM, Calif. (February 22, 2022) – Anaheim homicide detectives have arrested four suspects in connection with the shooting death of a Garden Grove man in a motel parking…
Gangbanger finally goes on trial for allegedly trying to shoot a father and son in Santa Ana in 2017
John Salgado, a 36-year-old convicted robber and gangbanger, is finally on trial for multiple felonies related to an alleged shooting attack on a Santa Ana business owner and his son…
The Chief of the SAPD speaks out on the growing gang violence in Downtown Santa Ana
The SAPD's Chief of Police, David Valentine, addressed the growing gang violence in Downtown Santa Ana in a Tweet today. Valentine noted that the SAPD has developed a comprehensive proactive…
The Garden Grove police seized a gun and drugs from four gangbangers
Over the weekend, Garden Grove Community Impact Unit (CIU) police officers were conducting directed enforcement in the area of Lampson Ave and Nutwood St., when they observed four male subjects…