Man who accused his twin brother of O.C. kidnappings and rapes convicted
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man who accused his identical twin brother of kidnapping and raping a 9-year-old girl on her way home from buying school supplies and a woman…
Repeat O.C. DUI driver on trial for killing a man who was walking home from work
Sitani Pinomi, 40, a repeat drunken driver is facing second-degree murder, among other DUI-related charges, in connection with the May 19, 2021 traffic death of Aden Alexander Uriostegui, who was…
Felon sentenced for shooting his friend in the head as they drove in Santa Ana
Christopher Samael Sandoval, a 26-year-old felon, pleaded guilty on Friday and was immediately sentenced to 15 years in prison for shooting a friend when they got into an argument while…
Two men were arrested after a fatal shooting in Anaheim
Ernest Fernandez Adam Galaviz, 45, and Juan Meza, 26, both Buena Park residents, were arrested after Ernest Fernandez was found shot to death in Anaheim. Anaheim police officers responded to…
Former O.C. Sheriff’s deputy charged with showing porn videos to teen girls
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy has been charged with showing four teenage girls pornographic and other graphic videos while working as a school resource officer…
Anaheim man convicted of beating his mom to death with a baseball bat
Seth Allen White, a 24-year-old man, was convicted Thursday, Feb. 16 of using a baseball bat to beat to death his 59-year-old mother, Karen Patrice White, who was a veteran…
Man facing felony charges for pimping a young woman in Anaheim
Antonio Romello Mann, a 28-year-old man, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a charge of pimping a 17-year-old girl in Anaheim. Mann was charged way back in September of 2020…
O.C. woman who crashed into parked cars, endangered pedestrians and fled from police facing a slew of felony charges
Aria Alexandra Martin, a 33-year-old Orange County woman, was charged on Tuesday after she flipped out while behind the wheel in a parking lot in Mission Viejo and crashed into…
Costa Mesa drug dealer sentenced for selling Fentanyl that killed an O.C. woman
Matthew Benjamin Hurley, a Virginia man, was sentenced Monday to 14 years in federal prison after he admitted to selling a bag of fentanyl out of a Costa Mesa motel,…
The SAPD seized Fentanyl and Meth from a local probationer
Members of the OCDA's AB 109 unit, the SAPD Directed Enforcement Unit and investigators from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office developed information of a probationer known to sell drugs.…
O.C. man gets three life terms for killing his girlfriend and their two little boys
Arlet Hernandez Conteras SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 42-year-old man was sentenced today to three consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole for stabbing one of his girlfriends to…
Long Beach Man charged with murder for hitting an O.C. bicyclist then fatally stabbing him
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 39-year-old Long Beach man has been charged with murder for hitting a cyclist in Dana Point Wednesday afternoon and then stabbing him to death while…
Man convicted of kidnapping and repeatedly raping an 11-year-old girl in Santa Ana
Ismael Salgado Jose Andres Plascencia, 42, was found guilty on Thursday of kidnapping an 11-year-old girl off a Santa Ana street and repeatedly raping her, more than two decades ago.…
Garden Grove sex offender sentenced for grabbing a woman’s buttocks
Jerry Matilde, a 25-year-old registered sex offender from Garden Grove, has been sentenced to six months in jail to violating post-release community supervision for a sexual battery on a woman…