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The family of a young man killed in Santa Ana last week needs help to pay for his funeral

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Editor Posted in Crime, Drugs, Gangs, Santa Ana 11 Comments

The family of Jamie De Castilla Campos, an 18-year old alleged Santa Ana gang member who was shot and killed in a homicide incident that occurred at around 10:40 p.m. last Sunday in an alley in the 600 block of East Pine Street, is trying to raise the money needed to pay for his funeral.

The SAPD suspects that Campos was killed during a botched drug deal. Continue reading→

The SAPD has arrested four suspects in two recent gang-related killings in Santa Ana

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Editor Posted in Crime, Gangs, OCDA, Santa Ana 18 Comments

In a break from the norm the SAPD has arrested two gangbangers in connected with two homicides – and SAPD Chief Carlos Rojas, who may be barely clinging to his job at this point, announced reward money of up to $50K is being offered for information regarding this past week’s four homicides, according to the O.C. Register.

Chief Rojas announced at a press conference that “It’s pretty unusual to have as many as we have had in that period of time,” indicating that he has apparently forgotten that we had 27 shootings in the month of January, this year. Continue reading→