OCTA buses will feature anti-Fentanyl ads
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer has launched a countywide anti-fentanyl ad campaign on Orange County Transit Authority buses to warn residents about the deadly dangers…
CA Attorney General announces the seizure of millions of Fentanyl pills
LOS ANGELES — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today provided an update on the California Department of Justice’s (DOJ) ongoing work to address the fentanyl crisis, including the seizure of…
CA school leaders warned about rainbow Fentanyl
(Santa Ana, CA) – The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a warning to school leaders last week about a new and concerning “rainbow fentanyl,” a potentially fatal drug…
36 million lethal doses of Fentanyl were seized by U.S. law enforcement since May
The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced today the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across…
Man arrested for fatal DUI crash in Orange
Tyler Pitchford was arrested on murder charges by Orange Police Officers as he was released from a hospital on June 28, in relation to a fatal DUI auto collision. On…
A Santa Ana man was stabbed in the neck while trying to sell Fentanyl pills at a park in Irvine
Eric Quintanilla, an 18-year-old suspected of stabbing a Santa Ana man at a park in Irvine while trying to steal fentanyl from him was arrested, according to the Irvine Police.…
Alleged O.C. drug dealer told to hum in court to avoid hearing about possible murder charges
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer issued the following statement regarding a Deputy Orange County Public Defender instructing his client to hum in open court in…
A tip from a hotel employee led to a Fentanyl bust in Orange
On Jan. 12, before midnight, an employee from a local hotel called the Orange Police Department to report drug paraphernalia left in a vacant room. Orange graveyard police officers were…
O.C. drug dealers can now face murder charges when someone dies from fentanyl poisoning
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer announced today his prosecutors will now be able to charge convicted drug dealers with murder if they manufacture or sell…
The OC Sheriff’s Highway Interdiction Team makes big back-to-back drug busts on the 5 Freeway
A large amount of narcotics recently being smuggled into Southern California was intercepted and confiscated by the OC Sheriff’s Highway Interdiction Team (HIT). Over two days, the team initiated traffic…
Suspects arrested after dumping Fentanyl during a traffic stop in Orange
Yesterday, at around 2:30 pm, City of Orange Police Department officers stopped two male adults in a vehicle in the 800 block of S. Tustin Street. Upon contact, one of…
$1.6M in illegal narcotics seized in massive LA/OC drug bust
Multi-agency investigation leads to the seizure of $1.6 million worth of illegal narcotics SANTA ANA, Ca. (July 26, 2018) - An investigation by a multi-agency operation to intercept narcotics and…
Three Orange County men are facing Federal narcotic charges for alleged Fentanyl distribution
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 5, 2018 Three O.C. Men Face Federal Narcotics Charges that Allege Distribution of Counterfeit Opioid Pills Containing Fentanyl SANTA ANA, California – Three Orange County men…