The OCDA has launched a Crimes Against Peace Officers Unit
SANTA ANA, Calif. – As we honor the nation’s fallen law enforcement officers during National Police Week, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office is proud to announce the creation of…
Santa Ana Man charged with beating, raping and carjacking a 75-Year-Old homeless woman at a Tustin church parking lot
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 24-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder for beating a 75-year-old homeless woman unconscious and sexually assaulting her in the parking lot of a…
Seven registered Orange County sex offenders have been released from jail
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is issuing a warning to county residents about seven high risk registered sex offenders who have been released from jail…
Bail reduced for street racer who watched two men burn to death after a crash in Santa Ana
SANTA ANA, Calif. – An appointed Orange County Superior Court commissioner Friday reduced bail to $20,000 for a man charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter in connection with a…
OCDA: Judicial Council Emergency Order for $0 bail puts dangerous criminals back on our streets
Santa Ana, Calif: - Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer issued the following statement regarding the Judicial Council’s adoption of zero bail: The recent emergency orders issued by the California…
Buena Park Man convicted of sexually assaulting a toddler
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A jury convicted a 23-year-old Buena Park man of sexually assaulting a two-year-old girl while he babysat her in 2016. Closing arguments were allowed to be…
An O.C. Superior Court Judge is demanding that attorneys and their clients show up in court tomorrow
Judge Kimberly Menninger, at the Orange County Central Justice Center, has apparently ordered three days-worth of court appearances and all the defendants and lawyers in one crowded place in one…
The OCDA warns consumers about price gouging during the Coronavirus outbreak
SANTA ANA, Calif. – As the State of California and the County of Orange continue to respond to the ongoing threat posed by the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak, Orange County District…
Las Vegas man sentenced to 180 days in jail for attacking his own family at Disneyland
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 35-year-old man was sentenced on February 27, 2020 to 180 days in county jail and four years of formal probation during a brawl at Disneyland’s…
The OCDA dropped charges against a woman who stabbed a Costa Mesa man in self-defense
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer has dismissed murder charges against a woman who was assaulted by the man she ended up killing. New evidence discovered…
Westminster man arrested in $20 million health care insurance fraud and kickback scheme
LOS ANGELES/ORANGE, Calif. — Bradley Dean Groscost, 59, of Westminster, and Felix Koltsov, 57, of Beverly Hills, self-surrendered last week to the Orange County Central Justice Center after being charged…
Santa Ana man gets two years in prison after flipping out over the alleged use of his bathroom by a gay roommate
People get arrested and prosecuted in Santa Ana for a lot of reasons but this case takes the cake. Joe Martin Rodriguez, a 41-year-old man, will serve two years in…
Former Jamaican police officer, two others charged with murder of Irvine man
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former Jamaican police officer and two other men have been charged with murdering an Irvine man and seriously injuring another during a home invasion robbery…
Suspect shot in the face by Costa Mesa police on New Year’s Eve facing 12 felony charges
Santa Ana, Calif. – A 26-year-old man who survived being shot in the face by police after firing at an officer during an hours-long New Year’s Eve standoff was charged…
Remains found under a Santa Ana home determined to be from an animal
Update: The OC Coroner’s excavated the remains and have now determined they are not human. The remains appear to to be from an animal, according to the SAPD. The scene…