There was an altercation between known subjects near S. Main St. and W. Almond, according to the Orange Police. A Chik-fil-A restaurant is located at this intersection.
One suspect shot a round and fortunately no one was struck. .
The situation is stabilized and under investigation. There was no active shooter.
On 07/23/22, at 8:23 p.m., Jose Antonio Cisneros Segura, a 45-year-old from Anaheim, was driving a 1966 GMC pickup truck south in the 100 block of North Feldner Road. Segura lost control of the vehicle and struck a male transient, 64-year-old Gary Tripe, who had been sitting on the sidewalk.
Tripe was declared deceased at the scene.
Segura fled in his truck and was located by patrol officers a short time later in the 200 block of north Donneybrooke Street.
Segura displayed objective symptoms of intoxication. He was arrested and booked into Orange County Jail for Gross Vehicular Manslaughter, Felony Hit & Run, Felony DUI Causing Death, and Driving Unlicensed.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Orange Police Department at 714-744-7451.
On July 10, at 9:46 am, the suspect pictured in the video above entered a gas station at the 4300 block of east Chapman Avenue.
The suspect brandished a firearm and robbed the employee.
The suspect was last seen riding his skateboard west on Chapman Avenue.
Anyone with information can call Det. O’Neil-Tennant at 714-744-7313.
SANTA ANA, Calif. – An unlicensed 19-year-old driver who led Orange police on a brief police pursuit at more than 100 miles per hour before crashing and killing three passengers, including a 14-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy, was charged today with three felony counts of murder. Three teenage passengers were also ejected during the crash, but survived.
Azarie Dupree Fuller, 19, of Exeter, has also been charged with one felony count of evading while driving recklessly and causing death, three felony counts of child endangerment by a caretaker, one misdemeanor count for driving without a valid license, and an infraction for speeding more than 100 mph.
He faces a maximum sentence of 45 years to life plus 14 years if convicted on all counts. Fuller, who remains hospitalized, is scheduled to be arraigned on August 4, 2022. His bail is set at $3,550,000.
On Saturday, July 9, 2022, at around 2:47 a.m., Fuller is accused of coming to a screeching halt in a Nissan Altima near the back of an Orange Police Department vehicle stopped in a turn lane of West Lincoln Avenue just west of Glassell Street. Two officers, including a police trainee, were inside the police car.
Fuller is accused of making a U-turn, turning his lights off, and driving more than 100 miles per hour with an Orange police officer and his trainee in pursuit. Less than a mile after the chase began, Fuller is accused of leaving the road and crashing into multiple poles. The Altima erupted into flames and all seven people in the vehicle, including Fuller, were ejected from the car.
Dayanara Rebolledo, 14, Dominic McGinley, 17, and Gustavo Castro, 26, were killed. Three other passengers, including two 14-year-olds and a 17-year-old, were injured in the crash, but survived.
“This 19-year-old had no regard for the lives of anyone on the road that night – not for the lives of his friends, the lives of the two police officers who tried to stop him, or even his own life,” said Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer. “Two children and a young man lost their lives and they didn’t have to die. And two police officers will have to live the rest of their lives knowing that they did everything they could to save them – and it wasn’t enough to stop someone who was hell-bent on death and destruction. These deaths don’t just destroy individual families; they destroy entire communities.”
Deputy District Attorney Brian Orue of the Homicide Unit is prosecuting this case.
Orange, CA- On Saturday July 9, 2022, 19-year-old Azarie Fuller from Exeter, Ca was identified as the driver of the Nissan Altima responsible for the collision that killed three people. The vehicle was occupied by Fuller, three male juveniles, two female juveniles, and one male adult.
At approximately 2:47 a.m., two officers from the Orange Police Department were conducting unrelated police activity and observed the Nissan traveling south on Glassell Street at a high rate of speed from Lincoln Avenue.
As the officers drove south on Glassell in an attempt to locate the vehicle, they found it fully engulfed in flames on Glassell north of Taft Avenue. They located the seven occupants who had all been ejected from the vehicle. One female juvenile, one male juvenile, and 26-year-old Gustavo Castro from Garden Grove were pronounced deceased at the scene.
The driver, Azarie Fuller, along with one male juvenile and one female juvenile were transported to local hospitals in critical condition. The seventh passenger, a male juvenile, was transported with moderate injuries.
The Orange Police Department Major Accident Investigation Team responded and is handling the investigation.
Witness statements along with evidence at the scene, which included a suspected Nitrous Oxide tank and balloons, indicate alcohol and drugs were likely a factor in addition to speeding.
This investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Motor Officer Bryce Nielsen at 714-744-7444.
ORANGE, Ca. (July 5, 2022) – On Sunday, July 3, 2022, an inmate housed at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange died at the hospital.
The inmate, Eric Garcia, 40, was booked into jail on June 25, 2022, by the Garden Grove Police Department for vandalism.
Garcia was pronounced deceased at the hospital after being transferred to the hospital for a medical issue on June 29, 2022. A final cause of death will be determined following toxicology and an independent autopsy.
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office will investigate the in-custody death. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will conduct an in-custody death review. No additional information will be released at this time.
The Orange Police Department is conducting a DUI and Driver’s license checkpoint tonight in the area of Tustin and Taft between 8:00 pm and 2:15 am.
The DUI checkpoint will be a few blocks south of the Orange Mall.
Funding for this checkpoint was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Around noon on May 10th, a vehicle burglary occurred at Peters Canyon Regional Park, in Irvine.
The victim tracked their stolen AirPods to the city of Costa Mesa where they confronted two possible suspects.
One of the suspects offered to pay the victim cash for the AirPods. The suspects then fled in a white Mercedes SUV.
The suspects were described as Spanish speakers.
If you recognize these suspects or have any additional information, call Det. Evans at the Orange Police Department at 714-744-7400.
On Friday night at 10:45 p.m., a 55-year-old male from Villa Park was driving east on Katella in an F-250 when he sideswiped another vehicle. This caused the truck to lose the front passenger side wheel, which caused the truck to veer off the roadway and collide into the front of a residence in the 2400 block of E. Katella.
Fortunately, the residents inside the home were not injured, but the house sustained major structural damage and the gas meter was damaged.
Orange City Fire responded, shut off the gas, stabilized the structure, and red-tagged it.
The driver was arrested for DUI and transported to a local hospital. Traffic on Katella Ave. was closed for approximately 2.5 hours while OFD was on scene.
A suspected drunk driver was arrested on Friday night after he lost control of his vehicle as he drove on East Lincoln Avenue, in Orange, and then proceeded to crash into nine parked cars before he drove back onto the road and hit a Toyota Prius that was passing by.
The suspected DUI driver, a 32-year-old man, was trapped in his car for a while after the crashes and had to be rescued by firefighters. He was however then arrested and taken into custody.
The alleged DUI driver was not badly injured in the incident.
The Orange Police are investigating the incident.
The average cost of a DUI in California ranges from $10 to 12K. The suspect will however also likely be facing several auto liability claims and could also be sued by the occupants of the Toyota Prius.
DUI drivers, if convicted, also lose their driving privileges.
At 4:00 a.m. this morning, an Orange police officer conducted an occupied vehicle check in a parking lot near N. Canal and Meats. A records check of the license plate confirmed the vehicle had a felony warrant for involvement in catalytic converter thefts.
A high-risk stop was done and a male and female occupant were detained without incident.
The male had an active warrant for drug offenses and a loaded magazine was found on his person.
A search of the vehicle was done and officers located two loaded handguns with high capacity magazines, methamphetamine and paraphernalia.
The vehicle was impounded and both subjects were booked into OCJ for gun and drug related offenses along with the warrant.
Thanks to the Orange graveyard shift police officers for their proactivity and keeping folks safe while they are sleeping.
At approximately 8:15 p.m. on May 28, Orange Police Officers responded to the 3100 block of N. Tustin St. regarding a report of a motorcycle colliding with a tree.
Officers and firefighters with the Orange Fire Department located a male adult motorcyclist deceased at the scene.
All lanes of traffic on Tustin St. were closed between Bixby Ave. and Santa Ana Canyon Road after the accident.
The Orange Police Department’s Major Accident Investigation Team were on scene and handled the collision.
On 05/22/22, at approximately 7:45 p.m., two suspects entered a liquor store in the 400 block of west Lincoln Ave. Once inside, the two suspects picked out numerous bottles of alcohol and started to leave the store without paying.
An employee attempted to stop the suspects as they were exiting the store. The suspects assaulted the employee, threw him to the ground, and fled in a silver Mercedes-Benz.
If you can identify the suspects, please contact Detective Ray at 714-744-7521.
On Friday night at 9:50 p.m., a male and female adult were stopped at the red light in a Honda Civic at Collins Avenue preparing to turn north onto Glassell Street. A male adult driving an older model Dodge Ram rear ended the stopped Civic.
The two adults in the Civic suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene. The driver of the truck was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased. It is unknown at this time if drugs or alcohol contributed to the collision.
At 10:29 p.m., a separate fatal collision occurred at Tustin Street and Taft Avenue. A male adult in a Porsche was stopped at Taft/Briardale preparing to turn south on Tustin. When the light turned green, the Porsche proceeded into the intersection. A male adult was driving a Kia Sol north on Tustin and failed to stop at a red light. The Kia collided into the Porsche in the intersection.
The driver of the Porsche was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the Kia was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. Drugs are suspected to be a factor for the driver of the Kia and the investigation is ongoing.
The Orange Police Department Major Accident Investigation Team responded to investigate both collisions. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Orange Police Department at 714-744-7444.
SANTA ANA — A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to six years in state prison for sexually assaulting an 18-year-old Chapman University freshman outside of her dormitory last fall. He is also required to register as a sex offender.
Dalante Jerome Bell, 22, of Anaheim, was found guilty by a jury in March of one felony count of assault with intent to commit a sex offense and sexual penetration by a foreign object.
Around midnight on September 23, 2021, Bell is accused of wearing a mask and attacking an 18-year-old student who was video chatting with her boyfriend. The woman fought back against her attacker, who fled the scene as people came to help the victim.
Numerous surveillance cameras captured the attacker leaving the scene.
Bell was arrested by the Orange Police Department after his parents watched news coverage of the attack and recognized their son as a person of interest.
“University campuses should be places of higher learning, not hunting grounds for sexual predators looking for a target,” said Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer. “Thankfully this young woman was able to bravely fight off her attacker. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office will not tolerate the sexual assault of anyone and he is being held accountable for his actions.”
Deputy District Attorney Austin Neiman of the Sexual Assault Unit prosecuted this case.