Man gets 44 years to life in prison for a fatal shooting in Anaheim
Richard Flores, a 25-year-old man, was sentenced Friday, Dec. 12, to 44 years to life in prison for fatally shooting Jefferson Diaz, a 30-year-old man, in Anaheim back in 2021.…
O.C. freelance photographer arrested on suspicion of abusing a minor female
Stanton, Calif. (Dec. 11, 2025) On Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, Orange County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Detail (SVD) investigators arrested Steven Jourdan Castro, 29, of Chino Hills, following allegations he engaged…
O.C. bible study leader arrested for allegedly abusing a young male victim
(Dec. 11, 2025) On Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, Orange County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Detail (SVD) investigators arrested Cameron Taylor Heath, 39, following an investigation into allegations of child s*xual…
A man with a prior DUI was convicted again after a Santa Ana crash that killed his girlfriend
Enrique A. Morales Murillo, a 41-year-old man with a previous DUI conviction, was found guilty on Monday of second-degree murder after his girlfriend was killed in a DUI crash in…
O.C. probationer charged with despicable killing of a pregnant dog
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Eric Lyn Holliday, a 58-year-old Buena Park man on probation for attacking a coworker with a metal pipe, has been charged with felony animal cruelty for…
Anaheim woman charged after dumping malnourished poodle over fence
SANTA ANA – A woman seen on surveillance video throwing a poodle in a plastic bag into the backyard of an Anaheim veterinary clinic has been arrested and charged with…
An O.C. third striker got 25 years to life in prison for brutally attacking his wife
SANTA ANA – A convicted child m*lester third-striker who has spent nearly 40 years in prison for committing heinous acts of violence, including slitting his girlfriend’s throat and stabbing her…
Santa Ana DUI driver sentenced for killing a little boy and injuring his father, mother and sisters
SANTA ANA – A man who was driving with a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit was sentenced today to 16 years and four months in state…
Repeat O.C. DUI offender charged with murder in death of teen on way to class
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Bradley Gene Funk, a 59-year-old man with two prior driving under the influence convictions, has been charged with murder for hitting and killing a 13-year-old boy…
O.C. man who targeted small children convicted after being lured by a police officer
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Jason Valentine Esparza, a 60-year-old man accused of grooming women to babysit children as young as four years old and bring them to hotels so that he…
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…