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Santa Ana heroin addict gets only 6 years in jail after multiple assaults and robberies

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Editor Posted in Crime, Drugs, OCDA, Santa Ana, SAPD 3 Comments

Hector Maldonado Ibarra, a 30-year-old Santa Ana man, plead guilty on Monday to five theft cases involving stealing from stores – including the pistol whipping of one victim, according to the O.C. Register.

Ibarra was sentenced to only six years in prison for two felony cases and several misdemeanors. Continue reading→

The SAPD has arrested a heroin addict suspected in many shoplifting cases

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Editor Posted in Crime, Drugs, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Hector Maldonado Ibarra, 29, was arrested on Tuesday morning on suspicion of being a serial shoplifter – repeatedly terrorizing retailers and their employees in at least eight Orange County cities for about a year by brandishing a replica gun and swiping high-end merchandise – to feed a heroin addiction, according to the O.C. Register.

SAPD police officers found and arrested Ibarra after they served a search warrant at his Santa Ana home, where they also found thousands of dollars worth of merchandise and drug paraphernalia, according to the SAPD. The stolen and recovered items included Gucci and Michael Kors handbags as well as children’s clothing and perfumes. Continue reading→