Investigations seeking person of interest in a 1980 O.C. cold case
SANTA ANA, Ca. (December 29, 2021): Investigators are looking to identify a person of interest in the 1980 homicide of 15-year-old Kerry Patterson. Kerry was last seen on June 26,…
The OC Sheriff is trying to identify a dead Latino teen found nearly 25 years ago in Trabuco Canyon
SANTA ANA, Ca. (December 23, 2021) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Unit, in partnership with the DNA Doe Project, have released a newly updated image in hopes of…
Former OC Sheriff’s Deputy facing felony charges after burning an inmate with hot water
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy has been charged with two felonies in connection with throwing scalding water on a mentally ill inmate, causing first- and…
The identity of a man who recently died in Orange has been confirmed
https://twitter.com/OCSheriff/status/1469740235307159556?s=20 Family members identified the male decedent who recently died in Orange as Danny, 19, from Rialto. Officials would not disclose the last name of Danny, who was a resident…
The OC Coroner is trying to identify a man who died in Orange on Dec. 1
https://twitter.com/i/status/1469386775617421313 SANTA ANA, Ca. (Dec. 10, 2021): The Orange County Sheriff’s Department Coroner Division is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating next-of-kin for a male who died on…
An inmate at Theo Lacy died of a suspected suicide
SANTA ANA, Ca. (December 3, 2021) – On Thursday, December 2, 2021, an inmate housed at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange died of a suspected suicide. The inmate was…
A janitor allegedly took pictures of women using a restroom at an O.C. Courthouse
Three female lawyers are alleging that a janitor at the Orange County Courthouse took pictures of them while they were in the restroom. Unbelievably the allegations date back to the…
An inmate at the O.C. Intake Release Center died on Nov. 14
SANTA ANA, Ca. (November 15, 2021) – On November 14, 2021, a male inmate in his 40s housed at the Intake Release Center in Santa Ana died after being found…
Santa Ana man pleads guilty to pointing a laser at police officers in a helicopter
A Santa Ana resident, Eric Jayson Suarez, was arrested on Oct. 13 on suspicion of pointing a laser at a Sheriff’s Department helicopter, according to the FBI. Suarez agreed to…
Former O.C. Deputy Sheriff pleads guilty to filing a false police report
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former Orange County Sheriff’s deputy has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of filing a false police report in connection with failing to properly book…
An Anaheim man overdosed at the Theo Lacy jail
SANTA ANA, Ca. (October 20, 2021) – On Wednesday, October 20, 2021, an inmate housed at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange died of a suspected overdose. The inmate was…
Two men arrested for allegedly killing an Irvine man found in a car trunk
SANTA ANA, Ca. (October 15, 2021) – Orange County Sheriff’s Homicide investigators made two arrests yesterday related to a 2019 homicide in the city of Stanton. On March 8, 2019,…
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…
Infant born prematurely to Orange County Jail inmate dies
SANTA ANA, Ca. – An in-custody death of an infant occurred at Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana, CA on September 27. On September 19, a pregnant inmate…
Former O.C. Sheriff’s Deputy charged with stealing a dead woman’s credit cards to try to binge buy auto parts
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputy indicted by a grand jury on multiple felonies for breaking into the home of a deceased man to steal…