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…
Man arrested for vandalizing the Las Poderosas mural in Costa Mesa with white supremacy hate speech
COSTA MESA, Calif. (Jan. 31, 2023) - On Monday, October 31, 2022, at approximately 2:30 p.m., Costa Mesa police were called to the 3000 block of Killybrooke near Baker Street…
Prominent O.C. water polo coach gets 18 years in prison for sexually assaulting 9 girls
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A prominent Orange County water polo coach sentenced to 18 years and four months of sexually assaulting nine teenage girls he trained and assaulting a tenth…
Irvine mother of toddler sickened by Fentanyl facing felony charges
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 30-year-old mother has been charged with felony child abuse and endangerment for allowing her 23-month-old son to be exposed to fentanyl, causing the baby to…
Street racer convicted for a fatal hit and run in Irvine
Toni Love Valenzuela, 33, was convicted this week for a hit-and-run with permanent and serious injury for a fatal crash in Irvine. A mistrial was declared as the jurors deadlocked…
Today is National Human Trafficking Day
Today is National Human Trafficking Day, which spotlights ways to support communities and victims who have been exposed human trafficking. This horrific crime affects millions of people across the globe,…
L.A. man involved in several violent O.C. robberies gets a 7-year prison sentence
Malik Patt SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 44-year-old Los Angeles man pleaded guilty today to three felony counts of robbery and one felony count of attempted robbery in connection with…
O.C. Sheriff’s Deputy charged with sexually assaulting female inmates and showing them nude pictures of himself
SANTA ANA, Calif. – An Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy has been charged with sexually assaulting two female inmates, including directing them to engage in sexual activity, while assigned to work…
Anaheim man facing felony charges after a DUI crash resulted in a fatality
Luis Javier Garcia-Pedroza, a 36-year-old Anaheim man, was charged on Tuesday, Dec. 27, after he caused a vehicular collision involving eight cars that allegedly involved drug use. Vianey Granillo Ivey,…