Santa Ana church fire deemed arson and remains under investigation
Santa Ana, CA – May 13, 2020 – A four-alarm fire in the City of Santa Ana on Thursday, May 7, deemed arson, remains under investigation by Orange County Fire…
A police pursuit of a suspected drunk driver ended in Santa Ana last night
You might be wondering why six helicopters were hovering over north Santa Ana last night. Turns out that a high speed police pursuit of a suspected drunken driver, that started…
The Santa Ana Family Justice Center is still open to help crime victims
During the COVID-19 stay-at-home order, the City of Santa Ana and the Santa Ana Police Department encourage the public to report suspected domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse, sexual assault…
A released high risk sex offended was arrested again by the SAPD
Today, April 30, 2020, Rudy William Grajeda Magdaleno was arrested. Magdaleno is a high-risk registered sex offender that was released from the Orange County Jail on April 13, 2020, after…
The SAPD seized 1,370 pounds of marijuana at a grow operation this week
Based on community complaints of an illegal business operating in the 2000 Block of South Ritchey, SAPD Special Investigations-Vice and Narcotics Detectives were investigating the complaints. They were able to…
Another armed gangbanger was arrested by the SAPD today
SAPD police detectives conducting proactive enforcement, detained an identified gang member this morning, according to the SAPD's Twitter account. The police officers and arrested him in possession of a firearm…
The SAPD arrested two gangbangers and found meth and a gun in their car
While conducting proactive patrol checks this evening, SAPD Gang Unit Detectives observed two males loitering in a parking lot next to a parked vehicle, according to the SAPD's Twitter account.…
A robber carjacked a vehicle but was caught and arrested by the SAPD
Our readers spotted a large number of SAPD police officers at Fairview and 9th this evening. Now we know what happened. The SAPD responded to a an armed robbery tonight…
Buena Park Man convicted of sexually assaulting a toddler
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…
The pandemic is driving Santa Ana’s homeless to more desperate acts
The NIMBY's in north Santa Ana have been gnashing their teeth of late about the homeless shenanigans at the vacant office building at 2525 N. Main St. but what is…
The SAPD is looking for a mother who abducted her infant child
On 03/26/2020 at approximately 2:20 PM, during a scheduled visitation at a local McDonald's, Rosa Erika Lima Avila, the biological mother, drove away with Emiliano Lima. Lima Avila’s vehicle has…
Orange County Jail inmate tests positive for COVID-19
ORANGE, Ca. (March 24, 2020): An inmate in Orange County Jail has tested positive for COVID-19. The inmate, a man in his 40s, was booked into the Orange County Jail…
A DUI suspect has died at the Theo Lacy Jail
ORANGE, Ca. (March 24, 2020): An inmate housed at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange was pronounced deceased at a local hospital the evening of March 23, 2020. The inmate,…