LAPD officer accused of DUI, fatally hitting an O.C. pedestrian and fleeing the scene
Santa Ana – A Los Angeles Police Department sergeant has been charged with hitting a 19-year-old pedestrian on a Tustin street in an early morning drunk driving crash before driving…
OC District Attorney to file charges against protesters who refuse to disperse or engage in vandalism or violence
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is continuing to work with law enforcement to monitor all protest-related activity in Orange County, including today’s protest in Santa Ana. The right to…
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Former O.C. Supervisor Do sentenced to only 5 years for $10M COVID relief bribery scheme
SANTA ANA, California – A former politician who served on the Orange County Board of Supervisors was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for accepting more than $550,000…
Andrew Do’s buddy indicted: O.C. non-profit founder charged in $12M bribery and fraud scheme
SANTA ANA, California –The founder of a now-shuttered non-profit organization has been indicted on federal charges alleging he bribed then-Orange County Supervisor Andrew Hoang Do to obtain approximately $12 million…
O.C. in-home therapist charged with abusing an autistic boy
Santa Ana – An in-home behavioral therapist has been charged with m*lesting an autistic boy under the age of 14 during a session in the boy’s Garden Grove home, according…
Santa Ana man who attacked his own baby gets only 9 years in prison
Jonathan Reyes, a 28-year-old man convicted of fracturing the skull of his 2-week-old son in Santa Ana more than four years ago, in 2019, has been sentenced to 9 years…
Tammy Kim, former Irvine Councilwoman and Mayoral candidate, facing felony residency charges
Former Irvine City Councilmember Tammy Kim has been charged with multiple felonies, including perjury, for lying about her residency in 2024 while she was serving on the City Council and…
Santa Ana man charged with felony animal cruelty after luring, torturing cats to death
A Santa Ana man accused of luring cats with cat food in order to kidnap the animals to stomp them and beat them to death has been charged with felony…
Former Westminster cop facing 15 felony charges for workers’ comp fraud
A former Westminster police officer has been charged with 15 felonies for stealing more than $600,000 in fraudulent workers’ compensation payments after she was caught dancing and drinking at the…
Third-strike offender convicted in meth-fueled DUI death of a Costa Mesa boy
Richard David Lavalle, a 64-year-old Long Beach man, was convicted on Thursday of second-degree murder related to a DUI collision that killed Noel Bascon, a 12-year-old boy who was crossing…
OCDA warns: citations and prosecutions await participants of street takeovers and illegal car meets
Do you like to participate in illegal car meets, sideshows and street parties/takeovers? If so OCDA Todd Spitzer wants to remind you that these activities are crimes. If you perform…
L.A. County man arrested for trafficking a missing teen in Anaheim
Alex Matthew Polidore, a 23-year-old man from Hawthorne, has been arrested and charged with human trafficking after investigators with the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force (OCHTTF) located a missing…
Repeat O.C. domestic abuser found guilty of violently fatally stabbing his girlfriend
Craig James Charron, a 39-year-old Air Force veteran, has been found guilty of violently and fatally stabbing his girlfriend, Laura Sardinha, 25, at their Huntington Beach apartment in September 2020.…
Man gets 75 years to life in prison for deplorable crimes against two young O.C. girls
Edward Alexander Plass, a 55-year-old man, finally paid the price for his crimes when he was sentenced on Friday to 75 years to life in prison for m*lesting two girls…