The OCDA focuses on protecting the elderly on World Elder Abuse Day
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is an opportunity for communities around the globe to promote a better understanding of abuse and neglect of senior citizens through raising awareness of the…
Chilean burglars charged in head-on collision during a wrong way pursuit on an O.C. freeway
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Two Chilean nationals in the United States on a visa waiver from the Department of Homeland Security have been charged in connection with a head-on collision…
Santa Ana man who molested two girls sentenced to almost 20 years in prison
Alejandro Heredia-Santana, a 53-year-old man, was sentenced on Friday to almost 20 years in prison for ongoing sexual relationships with a pair of teenage girls he lived with years apart…
Third Striker convicted of murdering a man outside an O.C. sober living home
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 53-year-old third striker who Orange County prosecutors warned posed a significant risk to public safety due to his violent criminal history has been convicted of…
Sex offender charged with sexually assaulting a mom and chasing two teen girls while exposing himself
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 30-year-old registered sex offender has been charged with sexually assaulting a mother while she was walking with her five-year-old daughter and baby near a Santa…
Man convicted after an O.C. crime spree that included punching a pregnant woman in the stomach
Sean Anthony Aguilera, a 30-year-old man, was convicted on Monday after a crime spree in Tustin over two years ago that included punching a pregnant woman in the stomach, groping…
Anaheim man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend after throwing her over a fence four months earlier
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 37-year-old man was found guilty today of beating and strangling his 24-year-old ex-girlfriend to death at his Anaheim apartment on St. Patrick’s Day 2023 while…
Fontana man facing felony charges for hitting and killing a 14-year-old girl in Newport Beach
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 30-year-old twice previously convicted drunk driver has been charged with murder for driving under the influence and hitting and killing a 14-year-old girl walking across…
UPS driver who fatally shot his coworker and friend in Irvine charged with murder
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Rhean Jalipa Fontanoza, a 46-year-old UPS employee who was on work disability, has been charged with the special circumstance murder for executing his longtime friend and…
Santa Ana mother charged with brutally beating her 5-week-old baby boy
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 34-year-old mother has been charged with repeatedly beating her 5-week-old baby when he refused to stop crying, leaving the infant with 16 broken bones, including…
Orange County man convicted after murdering a friend and leaving her body in Santa Ana
A murder suspect was convicted this week for killing a woman and leaving her in a vehicle in Santa Ana. He had fled to Mexico but later turned himself in…
The SAPD explains their involvement in the ouster of pro-Palestinian protestors at UCI
The SAPD has issued a statement about their involvment in the arrest of protestors at UCI on Wednesday: Yesterday afternoon, at approximately 2:45 p.m., the University of California, Irvine (UCI)…
Man facing felony charges after drowning a puppy at a Cypress Hotel
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man has been charged with strangling and then drowning his four-month-old puppy in the bathtub of an extended stay hotel in Cypress earlier this week.…
Santa Ana man gets a three year sentence for robbing a sex worker after throttling her
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man identified by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office’s (OCDA) Rapid DNA Program as a suspect in a Buena Park robbery has been sentenced to…