The Santa Ana School Police Department declared a lockout at McFadden Intermediate and Jefferson Elementary today at 3:08 p.m. as the SAPD was pursuing a criminal suspect.
The suspect was arrested and the lockout was lifted at 3:24 p.m. The area is safe, according to the Santa Ana School Police Department.
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.