The SAPD arrested a man suspected in Monday’s fatal shooting
On Monday, May 10, 2021, at 10:33 PM, Santa Ana Police officers responded to a call of a male shot in the 1900 block of South Fairview Street. Officers located…
The passenger in a Costa Mesa fatal hit and run collision now facing charges and is a fugitive
Meghann Carrie Carlisle, of Costa Mesa, a 38-year-old woman, has been listed as a fugitive by the OCDA's office in relation to a hit-and-run collision which killed Richard Frost, a…
The Costa Mesa police made a drug bust after getting a tip from a resident
Yesterday, the Costa Mesa Community Policing Unit responded to a call of a suspicious woman sitting in her car for over an hour in a residential area. The Costa Mesa…
12 vehicles impounded by the Costa Mesa police at Friday night’s DUI Checkpoint
The Costa Mesa Police Department screened 194 vehicles, which resulted in 12 field sobriety tests, at their DUI and driver’s license checkpoint on 19th Street East and Pomona Avenue, on…
The Costa Mesa Police Dept. is conducting a DUI Checkpoint on May 7
COSTA MESA, Calif. (May 5, 2021) – The Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) will be conducting a driving under the influence (DUI) checkpoint on Friday, May 7, 2021, from 8:00…
The SAPD is searching for a male suspect who molested three children
Between March 2019 and December 2020, Miguel Angel Ferrer sexually molested three children under the age of 18 in the City of Santa Ana. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of…
The SAPD helped to make a big drug bust this week in Costa Mesa
Early last week, Costa Mesa police officers assisted with a multi-agency drug sales investigation resulting in a search warrant service in the 400 block of Enclave Circle in Costa Mesa.…
A DUI driver drove up onto a curb in DTSA on Sunday
A driver suspected of being under the influence while behind the wheel drove his white Kia sedan up onto a curb, right past where people were eating outside at the…
A fight broke out at a Free Tatiana protest against the OCDA in Costa Mesa
Yesterday, April 29, at around 7:30 p.m., about 10 demonstrators were present at a reception for a Orange County official, in Costa Mesa. That official has been identified as Todd…
The SAPD arrested a man for breaking into and vandalizing a cemetery
Hugo Standley Vargas, a 34-year-old man, was arrested by the SAPD after he broke into a building housing urns at Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary in Santa Ana, broke open…
U.S. Customs employee indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on charges of kidnapping his wife in Santa Ana, leading to her death
SANTA ANA, California – A federal grand jury today returned an indictment that charges a Covina man with kidnapping his wife in 2016 in an incident that resulted in her…
The SAPD is prohibiting the indiscriminate use of vehicle-mounted spotlights by police officers
SAPD Police Chief David Valentin issued a new Directive, 21-1, on April 27, 2021, regarding the use of vehicle-mounted spotlights by his police officers. Apparently the Santa Ana City Council…
The Anaheim police arrested murder suspect Fernando Garcia
ANAHEIM, Calif. (April 27, 2021) – Anaheim Police Investigators have located and arrested Fernando Garcia, 39, of Anaheim for the murder of 34-year-old Francisco Villagomez, also of Anaheim. On Sunday,…