Yesterday, Sept. 30, members of the Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) Gang Unit and Orange County Probation conducted probation compliance checks on subjects associated with criminal street gangs.
They conducted 14 probation checks/searches and made 5 arrests.
The arrests were for narcotics related offenses and PRCS/Probation holds for violations.
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.