LOS ANGELES – A Mexican Mafia associate who ordered murders and assaults in Orange County’s jail system on the prison gang’s behalf was sentenced today to 210 months in federal…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Defendant Who Described Three-Gang Coalition As a “New World Order” Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison LOS ANGELES – A gang member who helped manage a coalition…
[embed]https://www.facebook.com/OCSheriff/videos/10155898587464678/[/embed] California Attorney General Becerra and Orange County Sheriff Hutchens Announce the Arrest of 85 Individuals in Orange County Gang Takedown SANTA ANA – Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Orange…
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Case # 05CF3926 Date: December 22, 2017 GANG INFORMANT SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR 2005 ATTEMPTED MURDER OF RIVAL…
Santa Ana's Ward 5 City Councilman Roman Reyna voted against hiring more Santa Ana police officers this year - and when Reyna ran for Mayor a couple of years ago…
City Council members adopted a balanced, $228.9 million 2016-17 fiscal year budget on Tuesday with only one tweak – dedicating projected surplus funds to hiring more police officers, according to…
Peter Ojeda, one of the original Mexican Mafia bosses, was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison for federal racketeering charges, according to the O.C. Register. Even though Ojeda was…
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Case # 07WF0153 Date: March 4, 2016 GANG MEMBER WHO WORKED AS FEDERAL INFORMANT SENTENCED TO 21 YEARS IN PRISON FOR BEING PAROLEE IN POSSESSION…
Peter Ojeda, the head of an Orange County wing of the Mexican Mafia, and his former girlfriend, Suzie Rodriguez, have been convicted of racketeering, conspiracy to commit murder and assault…
[caption id="attachment_39338" align="aligncenter" width="178"] Jaime Prieto Rocha aka "Slimmer"[/caption] Jaime Prieto Rocha, 42, pleaded guilty Friday to voluntary manslaughter. He also admitted a sentencing enhancement for gang activity and a murder charge…
Police are investigating a Tuesday night shooting that left a 20-year-old man injured on the sidewalk at the 1900 block of West Myrtle Street, as reported by the O.C. Register. The…
UPDATE: We have received the official press release regarding this multi-agency gang sweep. It is posted at the end of this article. Pre-dawn raids at about 75 locations throughout the…
Our posts about Santa Ana's Cafe Lu and Councilman Bustamante topped the charts in 2011 What a year it has been here in Santa Ana - and on this blog,…
A chill must have gone up failed Santa Ana Mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua's spine this morning when he cracked open the newspaper and found out that "Federal and state authorities charged…
I had to laugh when I saw Alfredo Amezcua's latest frantic email newsletter, which arrived in my in-box today. In it he stated that "We deserve a safer city." I…