Two arrested after a Santa Ana motel probation check on gun and drug charges
SAPD AB109 police officers assisted probation officers with a compliance check at the Grand Inn Motel, at 1519 E 1st St. (A one and a half star motel, per Yelp,…
Woman gets a two-year sentence after embezzling over $1.2M from two Santa Ana companies
Kathy Lynn Martinez, a Garden Grove woman (51-years-old), was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in jail after she embezzled more than $1.2 million from two companies based in Santa…
The SAPD is searching for a man who broke into and vandalized a vehicle
Santa Ana police detectives are attempting to identify and locate a male suspect captured on video surveillance breaking into and vandalizing the victim’s vehicle in the area of Bristol St.…
The police can now ticket CA drivers for parking too close to crosswalks
California’s new Daylighting Law (AB 413) took effect on January 1, 2025. The law prohibits stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle within 20 feet of a marked or unmarked crosswalk.…
The SAPD is searching for a man who defrauded a property owner out of over $22K
Police detectives are attempting to locate Frank Sanchez, wanted for theft by false pretenses and criminal conspiracy, according to the SAPD. Sanchez targeted a homeowner in Santa Ana whose property…
The SAPD arrested a man suspected of a fatal stabbing and an assault at a McDonald’s parking lot
On Sunday, January 5, 2025, at 3:04 p.m., the police received a report of a stabbing in the McDonald’s parking lot located at 3810 S. Bristol Street, according to the…
A man was fatally stabbed outside a Santa Ana McDonald’s this afternoon
Update: The SAPD arrested a man suspected of a fatal stabbing and an assault at a McDonald’s parking lot A man was fatally stabbed and his body was found at…
A Costa Mesa man died after getting struck by three cars in Santa Ana
January 4, 2025 – A 63-year-old man was struck by multiple vehicles and later pronounced deceased at a local hospital, according to SAPD. On January 3, 2025, at approximately 5:57…
Santa Ana man sentenced for attacking his grandmother for the second time
Edward Alexander Dominguez, a 33-year-old man, pleaded guilty and was immediately sentenced on Thursday to 19 years in prison for stabbing his 79-year-old grandmother in Santa Ana. This was the…
SAPD police officers shot a man who was holding his mother at knifepoint
Police officers respond to a disturbance call involving an armed suspect restraining a woman that turned out to be his mother, resulting in an officer-involved shooting, according to the SAPD.…
A Santa Ana man was killed in a crash caused by a speeding driver
Reuben Contreras, a Santa Ana resident, tragically passed away in a traffic collision in Santa Ana on Saturday, December 21, 2024. The deadly collision happened near Harbor Boulevard and Croddy…
A man died in a traffic collision this morning in Santa Ana
SANTA ANA, CA (December 21, 2024) – A 25-year-old man died in a fatal traffic collision involving two vehicles at Harbor Boulevard and Croddy Way, according to the SAPD. On…