SAPD DUI checkpoint set for this Saturday night
Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: SAPD conducting DUI/Driver’s License checkpoint on Sat, Feb 27nd, 2016, 9:00PM to 3:00AM, 2100 S. Raitt Street SANTA ANA POLICE STEP UP DUI ENFORCEMENT The…
Santa Ana man arrested for faking out victims via Craiglist by pretending to be a high end car dealer
Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: SAPD DETECTIVES ARREST SUSPECT FOR GRAND THEFT SCAM Santa Ana Police Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division have arrested Michael Garduno, age 25, of Santa…
Santa Ana gangbanger speeds through a neighborhood then escapes after a police pursuit
A 20-year-old Santa Ana gangbanger was driving 69 mph in a 30 mph zone today, at 3:07 p.m., at 5th and North Jackson Streets, when an SAPD motorcyle officer tried…
Gangbanger with past felony convictions pleads guilty to causing a police pursuit in Santa Ana
Manuel Burciaga, a 42-year-old man sentenced last month to 31 years to life in prison for a gang-related fatal shooting in Santa Ana two decades ago pleaded guilty this Tuesday…
Juvenile gangbangers arrested after shooting at another gang while kids played nearby
Members of two opposing gangs opened fire on each other on Tuesday at around 2:43 p.m., at South Raitt Street and West Monte Vista Avenue, in Santa Ana, where kids…
31 gangbangers arrested as the SAPD finally strikes back
Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: SAPD Arrests 31 Gang Members And Recovers 7 Weapons In Three Day “Operation Impact" In the first seven weeks of 2016, the Santa Ana Police…
The SAPD is searching for a serial sexual assault suspect who calls himself Victor
Santa Ana Police Department Advisory: SAPD DETECTIVES REQUEST PUBLIC & MEDIA ASSISTANCE IDENTIFYING PERSON COMMITTING SEXUAL BATTERIES The crimes occurred in September 2015, October 2015 and January 2016 – all…
Drug-dealing gangbangers have allegedly taken over a vacant house in Santa Ana’s Ward 6
One of our readers reports that there is a vacant house in her neighborhood that has become a problem with the local gang members squatting and dealing drugs from it, at 4917 W.…
A bicyclist was shot on Monday morning next to Fitz Intermediate School
An unidentified man was shot while riding a bicycle in Santa Ana early Monday morning, at 2:45 a.m., at the 4800 block of McFadden Avenue, according to the O.C. Register.…
Santa Ana gangbanger charged with multiple felonies after a shootout with the SAPD
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Case # 16CF0455 Date: February 19, 2016 MEDIA ADVISORY WHO: Carlos Michael Rodriguez, 30, Santa Ana WHAT: Was charged today with one felony count of…
Felon released due to Prop. 47 indicted again for attempting to murder SAPD officers
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE Case # 16ZF0003 Date: February 19, 2016 FELON OUT ON THE STREETS DUE TO PROP 47 LAW CHANGE INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER OF PEACE OFFICERS…
Hit and run driver wrecked four cars in Garden Grove on Sunday night
An unidentified man fled from a pickup truck late Sunday night, after allegedly causing a four-car wreck in Garden Grove that injured two people, according to the O.C. Register. The man was driving southbound in…
Community Policing Forum for West Santa Ana residents set for 2/27
PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 19, 2016 Contact: Chris Schmidt, West End Community Oriented Policing, westendcop1@gmail.com Connie Hamilton, Connect-to-Council, 714-745-1692 (Phone/text) West End Community Oriented Policing to present second Community Policing Forum for Santa Ana…
Another possible gang-related shooting at McFadden and South Sullivan
A day after an SAPD gang unit got into a shootout with suspects at McFadden and South Sullivan, there was another possible gang-related shooting, not far from the site of…
Two home burglars shot dead and two more detained by the SAPD
Two days, two officer involved shootings in Santa Ana. That might be a record even by our city's standards! SAPD police officers were called to the 400 block of Eastwood Ave.…
