The big rig theft suspect in a police standoff at the 55 Freeway is finally under arrest
The long standoff on the Southbound 55 Freeway finally has come to an end! The standoff was the result of a stolen big rig pursuit that began in Sun Valley…
Suspect in fatal kidnapping of a Santa Ana auto dealer gets a 16 year prison sentence
LOS ANGELES – A San Gabriel Valley man was sentenced today to 195 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to kidnap a Chinese national who was violently…
Suspect from Hawthorn arrested for burglarizing homes in Orange County
Jonatan Jose Medina-Mejia, of Hawthorn, was arrested earlier this week in connection with a series of residential burglaries that took place in Huntington Beach after an investigation led by the…
Four men from L.A. were arrested after a high-speed police pursuit in Costa Mesa
COSTA MESA, Calif (July 20, 2021) – The Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) yesterday arrested four men after a traffic stop turned into a short high-speed pursuit and a yard-to-yard…
Suspect alleged to have robbed 15 Trader Joe’s locations indicted
LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury today named a Huntington Park man in a 21-count indictment that accuses him of robbing 15 Trader Joe’s stores throughout Southern California during…
Santa Ana man arrested for a fatal DUI collision in Alhambra
Marquez Juan Fuentes Lizardo, a 22-year-old Santa Ana man, was arrested by the Alhambra police on suspicion of murder and driving under the influence after a car crashed into a…
The O.C.D.A. is ready to prosecute a violent sexual predator if the L.A.D.A. drops the charges
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer has filed special circumstance murder charges against a sexually violent predator for kidnapping a 6-year-old boy from his Anaheim Hills…
LAPD cop charged with stealing a Silverado from a car dealer in Orange
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Los Angeles Police Department officer has been charged with three felonies and three misdemeanors for stealing a truck from a car dealership in Orange and…
Catalytic converter thieves arrested in Fountain Valley
On December 26, 2020, at 3:20 a.m., the Fountain Valley Police Department Officers responded to the 18000 block of Mt. Langley regarding a possible theft of motor vehicle parts in…
LAPD police officer arrested for stealing a used car from an Orange car dealer
On October 25, 2019, a vehicle was reported stolen from a used car dealership in the 1100 block of W. Chapman Ave. in the City of Orange. There are two…
ICE deports several undocumented criminals released due to Sanctuary policies
WASHINGTON – Today the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the conclusion to a week-long targeted enforcement operation that resulted in the apprehension…
International crackdown targeting meth dealers results in arrests in O.C. and L.A.
Alleged Southern California narcotics traffickers among those charged LOS ANGELES – As part of an international effort to disrupt narcotics trafficking on the darknet, special agents with U.S. Immigration and…
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Two new defendants charged in the fatal kidnapping of a Santa Ana car dealer
LOS ANGELES – Two men from the San Gabriel Valley were charged today in federal court for allegedly participating in the kidnapping of Ruochen “Tony” Liao, a Chinese national (who was…
So. Cal. rehab facility owner gets over 50 years in prison for sexually assaulting women
The founder of a Los Angeles drug and alcohol treatment facility was sentenced today to more than 50 years in state prison for sexually assaulting seven women over a two-year…
New study suggests COVID-19 cases in L.A. County could be 28 to 55 times higher than the confirmed cases
Los Angeles (April 20, 2020) – USC and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) today released preliminary results from a collaborative scientific study that suggests infections…