OCDA to honor, empower victims at 2022 Crime Victims’ Rally on Monday
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is hosting its 2022 Crime Victims’ Rally on Monday, April 25, 2022 beginning at 10 a.m. The event, held as…
Spitzer to skip out on the OCDA candidates debate set for April 25
ORANGE, CA - Organizers of the first public debate for Orange County District Attorney have confirmed that Todd Spitzer has refused their invitation. All other candidates have confirmed their attendance…
Dangerous teen killer captured in Anaheim after escaping from a Santa Ana halfway home
Photo courtesy of Orange County District Attorney’s office The OCDA reported this afternoon that Ike Nicholas Souzer, Aka: Jacob Souzer, an 18-year-old extremely violent and dangerous subject who absconded release…
Dangerous teen who stabbed his mother escaped from a Santa Ana halfway home
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is warning the public about Ike Souzer, an extremely dangerous and violent 18-year-old criminal who is now at large after…
A former Westminster Police civilian investigator only got community service after stealing from the department
Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels.com Nadia Arlett Alvarez Poblete, 26, of Huntington Beach, a former Westminster Police Department civilian investigator, accepted charges of making fraudulent requests for overtime pay…
The OCDA launches the County’s first pre-filing diversion pilot program
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer is proud to announce the launch of a comprehensive pilot program to help reduce recidivism by connecting individuals who commit…
Anaheim man charged with kidnapping a Junior High student
https://youtu.be/lSuJgSK4Ieg SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 30-year-old man is facing life in prison with the possibility of parole for kidnapping a 13-year-old junior high school student off the street while…
Costa Mesa couple going to trial over the road rage murder of a 6-year-old boy on the 55 Freeway
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A judge has ordered a Costa Mesa couple to stand trial in the murder of a 6-year-old boy during a road rage incident on the 55…
Santa Ana man charged with hate crime for vandalizing a mosque in Westminster
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 40-year-old man has been charged with a hate crime and felony vandalism of a place of worship for using a gallon-sized paint can and paint…
A man was finally convicted of killing his coworker in Tustin over just $60
Juan Palacios shot and killed a coworker at a Tustin apartment complex over 15 years ago for the paltry sum of $60. He fled from the U.S. but the law…
Man convicted of sexually assaulting a Chapman University student last year
Dalante Jerome Bell, a 22-year-old man, was convicted on Wednesday of sexually assaulting a Chapman University student in Orange last year. The felony charges included assault with the intent to…
A former O.C. Reserve Sheriff’s Captain has to pay back over $13.7M in workers’ comp payments for his security guard company
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has recovered $5.2 million in unpaid workers’ compensation payments from a former Orange County Reserve Sheriff’s Captain who intentionally underreported…
Gang member convicted of sexually assaulting two female relatives in Anaheim
Cesar Alexander Machuca, a 33-year-old man, is facing up to 180 years to life in prison after he was convicted today of sexually assaulting two young relatives, including one as…
OCDA Spitzer sues to delete portions of Hardin’s candidate statement
ORANGE – Todd Spitzer’s campaign has sued the Orange County Registrar of Voters to keep certain information out of the official guide that the county sends voters in the mail.…
Gangbanger found guilty of fatally shooting an innocent Santa Ana food truck owner
Eliu Armando Gramajo Jose De Jesus Gomez-Ochoa already had prior felony convictions for drug dealing and possession of a firearm by a felon when he pulled out his gun and…