David Valentin sworn in as the 21st Chief of Police of the SAPD
Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: Chief David Valentin Will Be Sworn In As The 21st Chief Of Police Today at 4 p.m. at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, David Valentin…
An SAPD K9 police dog helped to arrest a man who fled from Deputies in San Clemente today
Are you wondering why so many police were swarming a Santa Ana neighborhood not far from Adams Elementary School this afternoon? It was because an unidentified white male suspect in…
Santa Ana heroin addict gets only 6 years in jail after multiple assaults and robberies
Hector Maldonado Ibarra, a 30-year-old Santa Ana man, plead guilty on Monday to five theft cases involving stealing from stores - including the pistol whipping of one victim, according to…
A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and badly injured yesterday afternoon in Santa Ana
An unidentified male pedestrian was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Saturday night after being struck by a car in Santa Ana earlier yesterday afternoon, according to the O.C. Register. The man…
Garden Grove police investigators shot and killed a man in Santa Ana last night
Garden Grove Police investigators shot and killed an unidentified 31-year-old man last night at a 7-Eleven parking lot in Santa Ana, at 1700 E. Dyer Road, according to the SAPD.…
3rd striker facing life in prison after police pursuit, carjacking and injuring an SAPD K9 police dog
Case # 18HF0329 Date: February 28, 2018 THIRD-STRIKER PAROLEE CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON PEACE OFFICER AND CARJACKING AFTER INITIATING PURSUIT AND INJURING POLICE K9 THAT APPREHENDED HIM SANTA ANA,…
An SAPD K9 police dog knocked out most of his teeth when he chased down a carjacker yesterday
Puskas, an 8-year-old Dutch Shepherd and member of the SAPD Police Department, heroically took down a carjacker in Irvine yesterday but in the process he was very badly injured, according…
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…
A man was stabbed last night on East Third St., in Santa Ana
While most of us were enjoying our Friday evening a man was getting stabbed last night, at around 8:30 p.m., at the 900 block of East Third St., in Santa…
The OC School of the Arts was locked down today due to a nearby fatal shooting
An unidentified man was shot multiple times in the chest this morning, Feb. 23, in an alley at 15th Street, which compelled officials at Orange County School of the Arts, a…
David Valentin confirmed as the SAPD’s Police Chief
City of Santa Ana Community: CITY OF SANTA ANA ANNOUNCES DAVID VALENTIN AS THE NEXT SANTA ANA POLICE CHIEF Santa Ana, CA - Yesterday at the City Council Meeting, City…
A Good Samaritan stopped an allegedly homeless woman from kidnapping a Lathrop student this morning
Amy Martinez, a 12-year-old girl, was walking to Lathrop Intermediate School this morning when an apparently deranged 34-year-old homeless woman, Claudia Cruz Hernandez, aka Claudia Hernandez Diaz, put her in what Martinez…
Two males were arrested after a police pursuit in Santa Ana yesterday evening
If you thought you heard a police pursuit in Santa Ana yesterday evening you were right. Two males, one adult and one juvenile, sped off during a routine traffic stop,…
The SAPD is trying to find a robbery and assault suspect
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcagd9r_sGc[/embed] Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: Detectives Request Media/Public Assistance In Identifying Suspect Wanted In Robbery & Assault With A Deadly Weapon Case On 2/12/18, at 10:53 p.m., the suspect…