Chilean criminal who escaped from a fire camp caught in Mecca with a tip from the OCDA
SANTA ANA – A Chilean national who escaped from a state prison fire camp in Los Angeles County on Sunday while serving time for his role in an Orange County…
Chilean criminal sentenced for an O.C. burglary and wrong-way crash escaped from a state fire camp
SANTA ANA - A Chilean national in the United States on a visa waiver from the Department of Homeland Security who sentenced to state prison for his role in a…
Moulton Niguel Water District President Duane Cave resigns after pleading guilty to falsifying residency
SANTA ANA, Calif. – SANTA ANA, Calif. – The president of the Moulton Niguel Water District, Duane D. Cave, pleaded guilty today to one misdemeanor count of falsifying nomination paperwork…
12 mentally ill offenders, including a murder defendant, could be released in Orange County
SANTA ANA – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer issued the following statement: Twelve criminal defendants, including a defendant charged with hacking a stranger to death with a hatchet and…
L.A. County bail agent found guilty after he shot a food delivery driver in Fullerton
An Orange County jury found defendant Christian Hernandez, a 34-year-old La Mirada resident, guilty on multiple charges, this Thursday, according to the OCDA. The felony charges included attempted murder with…
Santa Ana church leader gets 45 years to life for assaulting three little girls
Santa Ana — A church leader has been sentenced to 45 years to life for s+xually assaulting three young girls he met while attending church in Santa Ana. He became…
Man who bought marijuana in Santa Ana convicted of fatally stabbing his parents and a housekeeper
Santa Ana – A 34-year-old man has been convicted by a jury of three counts of special circumstance murder for stabbing his parents to death in their Newport Beach home…
Orange County DA clears deputies in fatal Cook’s Corner shooting of depraved retired cop
On August 23, 2023, a tragic mass shooting unfolded at Cook’s Corner, a popular bar in Trabuco Canyon, resulting in multiple injuries and the death of the gunman, 60-year-old John…
Irvine attorney convicted of a fatal DUI crash
Santa Ana – An Irvine attorney has been convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated for killing the driver of a semi-truck in a fiery crash on the 22 freeway…
MS-13 gang members convicted of fatally stabbing a man in south Orange County
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Two MS-13 gang members were convicted Tuesday of ambushing a 25-year-old man while he sat in a Lake Forest hot tub with his girlfriend, stabbing the…
Transient who fatally stabbed an O.C. security guard found not guilty by reason of insanity
Andrew Isaiah Godinez, a 28-year-old transient, was convicted this week of the unprovoked fatal stabbing of Joseph Paul Gomez, a 46-year-old security guard from Tustin, at an Anaheim strip mall. Godinez…
Former O.C. Sheriff’s Deputy pleads guilty to assaulting female inmates and showing them indecent videos
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy has pleaded guilty to s*xually assaulting two female inmates, including directing them to engage in s*xual activity, while assigned to…
Irvine couple hit with felony charges of medical insurance fraud, identity theft, and conspiracy
Rebecca Juarez, 39, and Juan Pablo Rodriguez, 31, both of Irvine were arrested on two counts of conspiracy, 21 counts of medical insurance fraud, and 21 counts of identity fraud…
L.A. County man convicted of kidnapping and assaulting a little girl in Santa Ana
A jury has convicted a 51-year-old man of kidnapping and s*xually assaulting a child more than a decade ago. On July 15, 2012, Francisco Javier Lopez, of Montebello, who was…
Santa Ana pastor convicted of assaulting three little girls at churches in the O.C. and the I.E.
Carlos Ramirez Valdez, 61, a Santa Ana pastor, was convicted Monday of s*xually assaulting three girls he met at churches in Riverside, Garden Grove and Santa Ana. Valdez was arrested…