Man charged with stabbing and murdering a man in Costa Mesa
Case # 18WF0485 Date: February 28, 2018 MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER FOR STABBING ACQUAINTANCE DURING DISPUTE IN COSTA MESA *Defendant was out of custody after posting $60,000 bond for two…
The O.C. Auto Theft Task Force recovered 224 stolen vehicles last year valued at over $4M
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: February 27, 2018 ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY TONY RACKAUCKAS HIGHLIGHTS SUCCESS OF OC AUTO THEFT TASK FORCE IN PRESENTATION TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SANTA ANA, Calif.…
OCDA Deputy District Attorney from Santa Ana appointed to the O.C. Superior Court
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the appointment of Cynthia M. Herrera, 46, of Santa Ana, to a judgeship in the Orange County Superior Court. Herrera started with the…
Transient woman charged with kidnapping a 12-year-old Santa Ana girl
Case # 18CF0538 TRANSIENT WOMAN CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL AS SHE WALKED TO SCHOOL IN SANTA ANA SANTA ANA, Calif. – A transient woman was charged yesterday with kidnapping…
The OCDA is suing three OC Fair contractors for not paying prevailing wages and taxes
Case # 30-2018-00974579-CU-BT-CJC Date: February 21, 2018 OCDA FILES CONSUMER PROTECTION LAWSUIT AGAINST COMPANIES THAT FAILED TO PAY OVER $200,000 IN PREVAILING WAGES AND TAXES ON OC FAIR PROJECT SANTA…
Santa Ana man accused of molestation facing new charges of harassing a cheerleader
Manuel Nava, a 21-year-old man already facing charges on suspicion of molesting three children was charged Friday with suspicion of harassing a 17-year-old cheerleader at Century High School in Santa…
Garden Grove man with goofy haircut charged with assaulting cops by shooting at them
Case # 18WF0400 Date: February 15, 2018 MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON PEACE OFFICERS FOR SHOOTING AT THEM FROM INSIDE PATROL CAR WITH UNLAWFULLY POSSESSED POLICE-ISSUED RIFLE SANTA ANA, Calif.…
Garden Grove man gets only 9 years in prison after attacking his wife with a meat cleaver
Thang Van Nguyen, 48, a Garden Grove man, was sentenced to only nine years in prison, on Friday, for attacking and seriously injuring his wife with a meat cleaver, according…
Santa Ana man charged with attempted murder and arson after attack on a homeless pair
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Case # 18CF0326 Date: January 30, 2018 MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ARSON FOR SETTING FIRE TO TENT WITH HOMELESS MAN…
O.C. Deputy District Attorney Cazares named chair of the OC Bar’s Criminal Law Section
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: January 25, 2018 DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CRAIG CAZARES OF OCDA NAMED CHAIR OF ORANGE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION CRIMINAL LAW SECTION SANTA…
Remarks by OCDA Rackauckas regarding the murder of an OC School of the Arts grad
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE Case # 18HF0073 Date: January 17, 2018 REMARKS BY DISTRICT ATTORNEY TONY RACKAUCKAS SANTA ANA, Calif. – Good morning and thank you for joining us…
OC School of the Arts grad charged with murdering a former classmate
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE Case # 18HF0073 Date: January 17, 2018 FORMER CLASSMATE CHARGED WITH MURDERING 19-YEAR-OLD BLAZE BERNSTEIN AND BURYING HIS BODY IN SHALLOW GRAVE IN BORREGO PARK…
Man tried to recruit a teen online to pimp in Orange County, but she was a cop
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Case # 15NF1695 January 12, 2018 MAN SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS IN PRISON FOR USING FACEBOOK IN ATTEMPT TO RECRUIT UNDERAGE TEENAGE…
Fountain Valley man convicted of kidnapping, torturing and mutilating a pot shop owner
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Case # 13CF3394 Date: January 4, 2018 MAN CONVICTED OF KIDNAPPING, TORTURING, AND MUTILATING MARIJUANA DISPENSARY OWNER *Jury reached guilty verdict in…
Serial robber gets 12 years in prison for robbing 13 O.C. stores
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE Case #16WF1578 Date: January 5, 2018 SERIAL ROBBER SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR ROBBING 13 STORES BY THREATENING CASHIERS WITH REPLICA FIREARM…