A Judge has ruled that the OCDA DNA database is legal
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Superior Court judge has ruled the OCDA DNA collection program is legally authorized by law and rejected a lawsuit filed by professors and students at…
O.C. Clerk-Recorder Hugh Nguyen finally found his dad after 50 years of searching for him
[caption id="attachment_72199" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Hugh Nguyen and his father[/caption] Hugh Nguyen, the elected Orange County Clerk-Recorder, was born in Vietnam 50 years ago. He spent a lifetime looking for his…
Garden Grove man identified by his DNA pleads guilty to a sexual assault and robbery case
Danny Thien Nguyen, a 28-year-old Garden Grove man pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually assaulting a woman during a robbery in Fountain Valley in 2012, and he was immediately sentenced to…
DNA evidence helps convict a Santa Ana gangbanger of multiple felonies
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE Case # 09CF3083 Date: March 6, 2017 GANG MEMBER LINKED TO ROBBERY THROUGH DNA ON CAR WINDOW CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ROBBERY *A third-striker…
Man caught via his DNA charged with robbing, beating, kidnapping and raping a store employee
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Case # 16WF1326 Date: June 24, 2016 MAN IDENTIFIED THROUGH DNA TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR ROBBING, KIDNAPPING, AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING STORE EMPLOYEE SANTA ANA, Calif.…
OCDA DNA expert and founder of the Innocence Project mourned after passing away suddenly
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Date: May 27, 2016 OCDA HONORS PIONEER AND DNA EVIDENCE EXPERT ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY CAMILLE HILL WHO PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY LAST FRIDAY SANTA ANA, Calif.…