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…
An armed Hispanic suspect was shot by police in Huntington Beach
https://youtu.be/sS4UMIxGZ5o An unidentified Hispanic armed man was shot by Huntington Beach police officers yesterday at about 3:15 p.m. on the sand, just south of the Huntington Beach Pier and near…
Army veteran arrested in connection with the kidnapping and attempted sexual assault of three O.C. women
SANTA ANA, Calif. – An Army veteran has been charged with kidnapping three Orange County women off running trails in an Aliso Viejo park and choking them unconscious, raping one…
Man arrested for using a drone to try to smuggle drugs into the Theo Lacy Jail
ORANGE, Ca. (Sept. 16, 2021) The Custody Intelligence Unit (CIU) on Tuesday, Sept. 14, arrested a man suspected of using a drone in an attempt to smuggle drugs into the…
Review of the OC Sheriff’s Department use-of force policies finds them to be dangerous and poorly conceived
(Santa Ana, CA) — The Orange County Office of Independent Review (OIR), a government oversight body charged with ensuring transparency and accountability across five justice-related agencies, issued a public report…
An inmate at the O.C. Lacy Facility died of a suspected drug overdose
A 25-year-old male inmate housed at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange died on August 20, 2021 of a suspected overdose. The inmate was booked into jail in June 2021…
Suspect in violent carjacking of elderly O.C. couple extradited from Florida
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man suspected in a violent carjacking of an elderly couple in Lake Forest last year has been extradited from Florida to face felony charges. One…
$195k settlement reached in suit against an off-duty O.C. Deputy who drew a gun on a teen at a Skate Park
https://youtu.be/3JkCry5K56M SANTA ANA, CA – Following a high-profile incident where an off-duty officer pulled his gun on a teen at a skate park, attorneys Eric Traut and Connor Traut have…