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The SAPD tracked a convicted gun dealer down to Buena Park and seized several guns and drugs

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Editor Posted in buena park, Crime, Drugs, Fullerton, Guns, Santa Ana, SAPD Leave a comment

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 suspect outside his residence.

The suspect fled from the police detectives in his vehicle. A loaded AK-47 with an extended magazine and approximately 12 ounces of methamphetamine were recovered from the residence.

Detectives located the suspect in the City of Buena Park driving a vehicle, and a firearm and narcotics were recovered.

While conducting a follow-up investigation for the manufacturing of firearms, SAPD MET police detectives were led to a residence in the City of Fullerton where two loaded firearms were recovered.

In related news, about two hours ago, SAPD MET Detectives conducted a traffic stop & the driver admitted to being in possession of narcotics.

Upon a search of his person, a loaded semi-auto handgun was located. During a search of the vehicle over a pound of narcotics and a significant amount of money was recovered.

O.C. man gets 50 years to life for sexually assaulting a toddler and then posting pictures online

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Editor Posted in buena park, Cochino Alert, Crime, OCDA 2 Comments

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 24-year-old Buena Park man was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 50 years to life today for sexually assaulting a two-year-old girl while he babysit her in 2016 and later posting pictures of the assault online.

Arthur William Robert Callender was convicted on April 1, 2020 of two felony counts of sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 10. Closing arguments were allowed to be given in front of a jury despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Callender was arrested in October 2016 after officers with the Department of Homeland Security launched an investigation into several inappropriate internet postings involving a female toddler.

Callender’s trial was ongoing when the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court issued an unprecedented order on March 23, 2020 suspending jury trials be suspended for 60 days. Given the serious nature of the crimes and the advanced stage of Callender’s trial, Orange County Superior Court Judge Andre Manssourian found good cause to exempt Callender’s trial from the suspension order.

Fourteen of the 16 jurors empaneled for the case – 12 jurors and two alternates – returned to court on April 1, 2020 to hear closing arguments.

Social distancing was enforced, with jurors being spread out across the entire courtroom instead of being restricted to the jury box.

Jurors were taken to a separate courtroom to deliberate where the same social distancing measures were enforced. After an hour of deliberation, the jury returned a guilty verdict on both felony counts.

“This case is a testament to the dedication of the Court and the public to the rule of law by refusing to allow a global pandemic to interfere with the imposition of justice,” said Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer. “The bravery displayed by the jurors to continue to show up to court in the very early stages of the pandemic and the many unknowns speaks to their commitment to holding this monster accountable and ensuring he will no longer be able to victimize children.”

Assistant District Attorney Kal Kaliban, head of the Sexual Assault Unit, and Deputy District Attorney Courtney Thom prosecuted this case.

Buena Park Man convicted of sexually assaulting a toddler

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Editor Posted in buena park, Cochino Alert, Crime, OCDA, Orange County Leave a comment

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A jury convicted a 23-year-old Buena Park man of sexually assaulting a two-year-old girl while he babysat her in 2016. Closing arguments were allowed to be given in front of a jury despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Arthur William Robert Callender was convicted on April 1, 2020 of two felony counts of sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 10.

Callender faces fifty years to life in state prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced on June 12, 2020 in Department C44 at the Central Justice Center.

Callender was arrested in October 2016 after officers working on a Task Force with the Department of Homeland Security launched an investigation into several inappropriate internet postings involving a female toddler.

Fourteen of the 16 jurors empaneled for the case – 12 jurors and two alternates – returned to court on April 1, 2020 to hear closing arguments.

Social distancing was enforced, with jurors being spread out across the entire courtroom instead of being restricted to the jury box. Many of the people in the courtroom wore masks.

“The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is incredibly grateful to the jurors for their commitment to the criminal justice system,” said Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer. “Despite the challenges of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, these men and women came to court, considered the evidence, and returned a verdict that will keep this monster behind bars for decades. Their selflessness will prevent him from victimizing other children.”

Assistant District Attorney Kal Kaliban, head of the Sexual Assault Unit, and Deputy District Attorney Courtney Thom prosecuted this case.

A Santa Ana man who allegedly killed a woman with his van has died in custody

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Editor Posted in buena park, Crime, Santa Ana 1 Comment

Nelson Ward Jr., a 62-year-old Santa Ana resident, won’t be charged with murder after allegedly runninv over a woman in a hotel parking lot in Buena Park, back in 2015, because he died in mid-November while in custody, of natural causes, according to the O.C. Register.

Ward Jr. was charged with murder as well as assault with a deadly weapon or instrument likely to produce great bodily injury, after he allegedly killed 32-year-old Jessica Carvajal at about 1:20 a.m., on Sep. 12, 2015, in the parking lot of a Holiday Inn at 7000 Beach Blvd., in Buena Park. Continue reading→

ALDI to host additional hiring events for Orange County stores on Jan. 5

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Editor Posted in Anaheim, buena park, Food, Fountain Valley, Jobs Leave a comment

California’s Newest Grocer, ALDI, Brings Jobs to Los Angeles, Orange Counties

Company to Fill Store Associate Positions During Hiring Events on Jan. 5

LOS ANGELES – December 21, 2015 – Offering wages and benefits that are higher than the national average for the retail industry, ALDI will host 11 hiring events on Tuesday, Jan. 5 to fill Store Associate positions for the grocer’s initial Los Angeles and Orange County stores. The March 2016 arrival of ALDI will expand grocery retail options with the ALDI difference of fresh, high-quality groceries at everyday low prices.

Who: Local residents currently seeking employment opportunities

Hiring for future ALDI store in Anaheim: Anaheim Business Expo, 1960 South Anaheim Way, Anaheim, CA 92805, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Hiring for future ALDI store in Buena Park: Radisson Suites, 7762 Beach Blvd., Buena Park, CA 90620, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Hiring for future ALDI store in Fountain Valley: ALDI Fountain Valley, 17070 Magnolia St., Fountain Valley, CA 92708, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Continue reading→

Newest grocer ALDI to host three hiring events in Orange County on Dec. 17

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Editor Posted in 2006 Elections, Anaheim, buena park, Food, Fountain Valley, Jobs Leave a comment

California’s Newest Grocer, ALDI, Brings Jobs to Los Angeles, Orange Counties

Company to Fill Store Associate Positions During Hiring Events on Dec. 17

LOS ANGELES – December 11, 2015 – Offering wages and benefits that are higher than the national average for the retail industry, ALDI will host 11 hiring events on Thursday, Dec. 17 to fill Store Associate positions for the grocer’s initial Los Angeles and Orange County stores. The March 2016 arrival of ALDI will expand grocery retail options with the ALDI difference of fresh, high-quality groceries at everyday low prices.

Who: Local residents currently seeking employment opportunities

When/Where: Continue reading→

Discount grocer aims to fill shift manager jobs at O.C. hiring events on 10/29

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Editor Posted in Anaheim, buena park, Entertainment, Fountain Valley, Jobs Leave a comment

Contact: Jennifer Savage, (310) 854-8280, jesavage@webershandwick.com; Eniko Bolivar, (310) 854-8292, ebolivar@webershandwick.com

California’s Newest Grocer, ALDI, Brings Jobs to Los Angeles, Orange Counties

Company to Fill Shift Manager Positions During Hiring Events on Oct. 29

LOS ANGELES – October 23, 2015 – Offering wages and benefits that are higher than the national average for the retail industry, ALDI will host 11 hiring events on Thursday, Oct. 29 to fill Shift Manager positions for the grocer’s initial Los Angeles and Orange County stores. The March 2016 arrival of ALDI will expand grocery retail options with the ALDI difference of fresh, high-quality groceries at everyday low prices.

Who: Local residents currently seeking employment opportunities in the following communities of future ALDI stores: Anaheim, Buena Park, and Fountain Valley. Continue reading→

California’s newest grocer, ALDI, brings new jobs to Orange County

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Editor Posted in buena park, Food, Fountain Valley, Jobs, Orange County Leave a comment

California’s Newest Grocer, ALDI, Brings Jobs to Los Angeles, Orange Counties

Company to Fill Nearly 50 Shift Manager Positions During First Los Angeles Hiring Event on Oct. 16

LOS ANGELES. – October 8, 2015 – Offering wages and benefits that are higher than the national average for the retail industry, ALDI will host its first Los Angeles-area hiring event on Friday, Oct. 16. The event will fill Shift Manager positions for the grocer’s initial Los Angeles and Orange County stores. The March 2016 arrival of ALDI will expand grocery retail options with the ALDI difference of fresh, high-quality groceries at everyday low prices.

What: Hiring event for future ALDI stores at the following locations: Continue reading→

Orange County’s first West Nile Virus fatality this year reported in Buena Park

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Editor Posted in buena park, Disease, Health and Medical, Orange County Vector Control District, Public Safety Leave a comment

For Immediate Release: September 22, 2015

Contact: Deanne Thompson, dthompson@ochca.com, 714-834-2178

ORANGE COUNTY REPORTS WEST NILE VIRUS RELATED FATALITY

West Nile Virus Activity throughout the County is Increasing

(Santa Ana) – An 80 year-old Buena Park resident died last week with complications of West Nile virus (WNV) infection. Test results received this week confirmed the diagnosis. This is the first human death associated with WNV infection for this year’s season in Orange County.

““West Nile virus activity tends to peak in August and September in Orange County, but we continue to have cases occur throughout the fall,” said Dr. Eric G. Handler, County Health Officer. “Individuals can take precautionary measures to limit exposure to the West Nile virus. It is important for people to remember that the end of summer does not mean the end of West Nile virus season.” Continue reading→

Santa Ana man facing murder charge after driving a minivan into a woman and her boyfriend

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Editor Posted in Accidents, buena park, Crime, OCDA, Santa Ana Leave a comment

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 15NF2507

Date: September 15, 2015

MAN TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR MURDERING WOMAN BY INTENTIONALLY DRIVING INTO HER WITH MINIVAN AND INJURING HER BOYFRIEND

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to be arraigned today for murdering a woman by intentionally driving his minivan into her and also injuring her boyfriend. Nelson Ward, 60, Santa Ana, is charged with one felony count of murder and one felony count of assault with a deadly weapon. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 28 years to life in state prison. Ward is being held on $1 million bail and is scheduled to be arraigned today in Department CJ-1, Central Jail Santa Ana. The time is to be determined.

On Sept. 12, 2015, Ward is accused of meeting 32-year-old Jessica Lynn Brown Carvajal and her boyfriend 51-year-old Robert Shore in Buena Park. The defendant is accused of inviting Carvajal and her boyfriend into his van and spending the day driving around to various locations and drinking alcohol. At some point during the day, the defendant is accused of sleeping in the back of his van and giving John Doe permission to drive while Carvajal was sitting in the passenger seat. Continue reading→

L.A. Deputy Sheriff to be charged with assaulting an O.C. woman and setting her hair on fire

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Editor Posted in buena park, Crime, OCDA, Orange County Leave a comment

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # TBA

Date: July 6, 2015

LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR THREATENING AND ASSAULTING WOMAN INCLUDING LIGHTING HER HAIR ON FIRE

FULLERTON – A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) deputy is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow for threatening and assaulting a woman including lighting her hair on fire. Alejandro Flores, 33, Buena Park, is charged with three felony counts of domestic battery with corporal injury, two felony counts of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, one felony count of aggravated assault, one felony count of criminal threats, one felony count of dissuading a witness by force or threat, and one felony count of false imprisonment by menace or violence with sentencing enhancement allegations for great bodily injury inflicted during domestic violence and the personal use of a firearm. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 25 years and eight months in state prison. He is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow, July 7, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. in Department N-3, North Justice Center, Fullerton.

At the time of the crime the defendant was a LASD deputy and was in a romantic relationship with Jane Doe. The defendant lived with the victim and a child relative under two years old in Buena Park. Continue reading→

Can we stop the use of illegal fireworks before lives are lost?

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Editor Posted in Crime, Fires, Orange County, Santa Ana 10 Comments

Illegal fireworks have always been a problem in Santa Ana but this 4th of July seemed like perhaps the worst ever in this regard. Residents all over the city posted pictures of the illegal fireworks on Facebook – and even the more exclusive neighborhoods in north Santa Ana were bombarded with bottle rockets and mortars.

The O.C. Register reported that sales at Santa Ana fireworks stands were down this year and blamed the legalization of safe and sane fireworks in Anaheim and in Huntington Beach. However I suspect that residents weren’t buying the legal fireworks because they invested in the illegal ones instead.

And this year the illegal fireworks actually caused significant harm. A fire broke out at 9:25 p.m. Saturday in the 800 block of Townsend Street in Santa Ana, after two palm trees burst into flames after illegal fireworks were set off, according to the O.C. Register. Continue reading→

Woman convicted of murder after she ran over a Santa Ana man’s head

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Editor Posted in Crime, OCDA, Santa Ana Leave a comment

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 10CF2478

Date: March 30, 2015

WOMAN CONVICTED OF SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES MURDER DURING ROBBERY BY DRIVING OVER MAN’S HEAD AFTER FOLLOWING HIM HOME FROM HAWAIIAN GARDENS CASINO

SANTA ANA – A woman was convicted today of the special circumstances murder of a man by driving over his head after following him home from a Hawaiian Gardens Casino to rob him of $10,000 in gambling winnings. Barbara Ann Hamel, 51, Long Beach, was found guilty by a jury of one felony count of special circumstances murder for committing a murder during a robbery, two felony counts of second degree robbery, and one felony count of attempted second degree robbery. Hamel faces a sentence of life in state prison without the possibility of parole at her sentencing on May 29, 2015, at 9:00 a.m., in Department C-41, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana.

Hamel previously pleaded guilty in this case on Dec. 13, 2013, and was expected to be sentenced to 15 years to life in state prison on Feb. 21, 2014. During the sentencing the court allowed Hamel to withdraw her guilty plea based on the defendant’s request to have evidence in this case further analyzed. Continue reading→

Hit and run driver charged with killing woman and fleeing to Mexico to fix his truck

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Editor Posted in Anaheim, Crime, OCDA 2 Comments

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 14NF5122

Date: December 19, 2014

DRIVER CHARGED WITH KILLING BICYCLIST AND FLEEING TO MEXICO TO REPAIR VEHICLE

SANTA ANA – A driver was in court today for killing a bicyclist and fleeing to Mexico to repair his vehicle. Junior Rigoberto Lopez, 30, Buena Park, is charged with one felony count of hit and run with permanent injury or death. If convicted, Lopez faces a maximum sentence of four years in state prison. Lopez is being held on $500,000 bail. The scheduled arraignment was continued in court today to Jan. 16, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana.

At approximately 9:00 p.m. on Nov. 1, 2014, Lopez is accused driving his pick-up truck and traveling northbound on Magnolia Street in Anaheim. He is accused of approaching the intersection of Magnolia Street and La Palma Avenue and crashing into 44-year-old Daniella Palacios while the victim was riding her bicycle. Instead of stopping to assist the victim or calling 911, Lopez is accused of failing to remain at the scene or rendering any aid and fleeing the scene. The defendant is accused of sustaining damage to his pick-up truck consistent with colliding with a person riding a bicycle. Continue reading→

Arrest made in fatal hit and run accident

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Editor Posted in Anaheim, buena park, Crime 3 Comments

Anaheim Police Department
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 18, 2014
Released by: Lt. Bob Dunn, (714) 497-6330

Subject: Arrest Made in Fatal Hit & Run

On November 1, 2014 at 9:10 p.m. Daniela Palacios, 44, of Anaheim was struck by a pick-up truck as she rode her bicycle near the intersection of La Palma Avenue and Magnolia Avenue in Anaheim. After the collision, the pick-up fled the scene and the suspect remained at-large. Palacios was transported to a local trauma center and succumbed to her injuries shortly after 1:00 a.m. on November 2, 2014.

Since the fatal hit and run, Anaheim Police Traffic Investigators have been working to locate the suspect vehicle and its driver. With the assistance of Orange County Crime Stoppers, Junior Rigoberto Lopez, 30, of Buena Park was arrested this morning at the Anaheim Police Department. He is suspected to be the driver of the vehicle that struck Palacios and he has been booked at our temporary detention facility for felony hit and run. His bail is $50,000. Continue reading→