The SAPD is looking for a suspect who threatened to kill his girlfriend
On 12/25/2020, during a verbal argument with his girlfriend, suspect Jose Antonio Villalobos Avalos put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her. Avalos also threatened to shoot…
An elderly woman was struck by a vehicle and killed today near Lincoln Elementary
On Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 at 11:54 AM, the Santa Ana Police Department received several calls of a female down in the roadway at the intersection of Sullivan Street and…
The SAPD tracked a convicted gun dealer down to Buena Park and seized several guns and drugs
While serving a warrant, in the City of Buena Park, to a convicted felon wanted for selling firearms in the city of Santa Ana, Gang Detectives attempted to detain the…
Cars involved in Santa Ana street takeovers now getting impounded for 30 days
The Orange County Superior Court has been actively issuing 30-day impound orders to seize vehicles used in intersection takeovers in Santa Ana. The SAPD Traffic Division is actively carrying out…
The SAPD is searching for a transient with several outstanding warrants
The SAPD is searching for a transient named Daniel Richard Robbins, age 26, who has several outstanding warrants and is currently wanted for questioning in an ongoing criminal investigation. Robbins…
A man was shot and killed outside an illegal Santa Ana gambling location
On Tuesday, February 16, 2021, at 10:59 PM, Santa Ana Police Officers responded to the Cozy Corner Drive-In located at 426 N. Harbor Boulevard in response to reports of a…
The SAPD For The Record series focuses on the murder of Viridiana Rivas
https://youtu.be/b3YXE2YUBXQ This month’s segment of the SAPD “For the Record: A Homicide Spotlight” highlights the murder of Viridiana Rivas. On Wednesday, April 1, 2020, at around 9:30 p.m., SAPD police…
Santa Ana carjacker gets a seven year prison sentence
Angel Macias, a 21-year-old man, pleaded guilty on Thursday and will serve seven years in prison for a violent carjacking in Santa Ana that took place on April 22, 2019.…
Santa Ana man sentenced to 10 years for selling meth and brokering the sale of illegal ghost guns
SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for selling narcotics and illegally brokering the sale of firearms – including several…
The SAPD arrested three suspected gangbangers after a fatal vehicle-to-vehicle shooting near the South Coast Plaza
SAPD Detectives Investigating a Homicide in the 1600 Block of W. MacArthur Boulevard – 3 Suspects Have Been Arrested Suspect #1 – Alfredo Ivan Pulido (22), Santa AnaSuspect #2 –…
A man shot in Santa Ana ran into a Food 4 Less for help
https://youtu.be/gcs9_G19KNA What would you do if you were shot late at night in Santa Ana and could not get to a hospital in time? An unidentified man was shot several…
The SAPD issued 44 street racing citations on Jan. 29 and 30
The SAPD in partnership with other agencies as part of the STEARRD program conducted additional street racing enforcement. From 01/29 – 01/30 enforcement efforts resulted in: 44 - Cites5 -…