A mother was found dead at an O.C. hotel
On Oct.15, 2022, at 12:02 p.m., Orange County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the 28000 block of Camino Capistrano in the city of Laguna Niguel for an unresponsive subject in…
The O.C. Sheriff responds to the Dept. of Justice report on the use of jailhouse informants
SANTA ANA, Ca. (Oct. 13, 2022): Today, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) received the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) report focused on the use of jailhouse informants from 2007 through…
Justice Department finds civil rights violations by by the OCDA and OC Sheriff regarding their use of jailhouse informants
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today, based upon a thorough investigation focused on custodial informant activity from 2007 through 2016, that the…
O.C. Sheriff Deputies are searching for an assault suspect in North Tustin this morning
O.C. Sheriff Deputies have been searching for an assault suspect near the intersection of 17th Street and Esplanade in North Tustin since just past 8 am this morning. They closed…
Two men arrested for multiple burglaries in O.C. and adjacent counties
https://youtu.be/nBwSoyajLKU SANTA ANA, Ca. (Oct. 5, 2022): Two men were arrested today in connection with multiple burglaries committed across Southern California since January 2022. The two, along with two additional…
Suspect in 2019 murder of a man from Santa Ana arrested in Texas
Eli Gamaliel Victoriano-Che Unincorporated Anaheim, Ca. (September 30, 2022): Ricardo Martin Campos, 31, was arrested for murder related to a 2019 homicide in the unincorporated Anaheim community. Members of the…
O.C. man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting women while drawing blood
Aliso Viejo, Ca. (September 22, 2022): Members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Detail arrested Jose Farias, 29, of San Juan Capistrano, on Wednesday, September 21, for battery.…
Kim Nguyen endorsed for Supervisor by the Assn. of O.C. Deputy Sheriffs
Garden Grove, CA OC Supervisor Candidate and Garden Grove City Councilwoman Kim Bernice Nguyen today announced she unanimously received a major endorsement from the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs.…
Westminster police pursuit ends in N. Tustin with a felony drug arrest
At approximately 1 a.m. on Sunday morning a Westminster police officer attempted to stop a motorcycle in the area of Brookhurst and McFadden for California Vehicle Code (CVC) violations. The…
Santa Ana man gets 5 years in prison for pointing a laser at a Sheriff’s helicopter
An Orange County man was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for intentionally aiming a laser pointer’s beam at an in-flight Orange County Sheriff’s Department helicopter, an act…
A Theo Lacy Facility inmate died at a hospital on Thursday
ORANGE, Ca. (September 2, 2022) – On Thursday, September 1, 2022, an inmate housed at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange died at the hospital. The 57-year-old inmate was booked…
O.C. caretaker arrested for suspected sexual assault of a dependent adult
MISSION VIEJO, Ca. (September 1, 2022): Members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Detail arrested Gil Franco Carpentero, 64, of Tustin, on Thursday, September 1, for lewd and…
O.C. Supervisors offer a former inmate $480K after her baby died when Deputies stopped for coffee on the way to the hospital
Sandra Quinones, a woman who has been described as homeless, suffering from PTSD and mentally ill, will get a $480,000 settlement from the County of Orange after she lost her…
O.C. Sheriff’s Deputy arrested for sexually assaulting Theo Lacy inmates
ORANGE, Ca. (Aug. 12, 2022): Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy Arcadio D. Rodriguez, 30, has been arrested and is pending termination from employment for suspected sexual assault on multiple female inmates…
A Theo Lacy Facility inmate died on Sunday, July 3
ORANGE, Ca. (July 5, 2022) – On Sunday, July 3, 2022, an inmate housed at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange died at the hospital. The inmate, Eric Garcia, 40,…