On November 18, Lake Forest Sheriff deputies stopped a car for vehicle code violations.
The deputies ended up recovering 41 stolen bottles of booze! The suspect was also using a fake name.
The driver now faces fraud, meth, and organized retail theft charges—and his car hitched a ride to car jail, which is to say the impound yard.
Now that Prop. 36 passed the suspect will be looking at a signifant prison sentence.
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.