Street racer convicted for a fatal hit and run in Irvine
Toni Love Valenzuela, 33, was convicted this week for a hit-and-run with permanent and serious injury for a fatal crash in Irvine. A mistrial was declared as the jurors deadlocked…
Repeat DUI driver who killed a retired Register editor while street racing facing up to live in prison
Louie Robert Villa, 31, Santa Ana, a repeat DUI driver who killed 67-year-old Gene Harbrecht, a retired O.C. Register editor and Santa Ana resident, while street racing in 2020 has…
The Garden Grove Police Department has issued over 800 street racing citations this month
Due to the increase of reckless driving across Southern California, the Garden Grove Police Department has taken a zero-tolerance approach by staffing additional officers to conduct high-visibility enforcement of street…
The SAPD issued 73 street racing citations last weekend
The SAPD as part of STEARRD (Strategic Traffic Enforcement Against Racing & Reckless Driving) & in partnership with other local law enforcement agencies, continuously conduct street-racing enforcement. This past weekend…
Over 200 street racers and reckless drivers were busted in Newport Beach this weekend
NEWPORT BEACH, CA — In continuing with efforts to address increasing instances of street racing and the number of vehicles with loud/modified vehicle exhaust, the Newport Beach Police Department’s Traffic…
Street racer pleads guilty to hit and run accident that killed two men in Santa Ana
Damian Chavez, a 26-year-old man from Bellflower, pleaded guilty Monday to a hit-and-run vehicular manslaughter that killed two men in Santa Ana on April 20, 2019. He is scheduled to…
The OCDA features two Fast and Furious actors in their new anti-street racing campaign
Sunk Kang appearing in an OCDA PSA about Street Racing SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County, Calif. District Attorney Todd Spitzer today launched a nationwide anti-street racing Public Service Announcement…
The SAPD and other local police agencies issued 26 street racing citations last week
In response to the continuous problem of street racing, the SAPD along with Garden Grove Police Department & Irvine Police Department (members of STEARRD - Strategic Traffic Enforcement Against Racing…
48 street racing citations were issued by the SAPD and allied police departments last week
The SAPD, in partnership with the Huntington Beach, Irvine and Garden Grove Police Departments, part of the STEARRD (Strategic Traffic Enforcement Against Racing & Reckless Driving) program conduct continuous street…
55 street racing citations were issued during a recent O.C. enforcement operation
In response to the continuous problem of street racing, the SAPD along with Garden Grove Police Department, Irvine Police Department, CHP and Costa Mesa Police Department (members of STEARRD -…
O.C. street racer ends up serving only one year in jail after killing his cousin at a street takeover
Mynor Augusto Esquivelvalle, a man who killed his cousin, 23-year-old Sergio Marroquin, Jr., during a Oct. 22, 2020 rollover crash at a street takeover in Costa Mesa, walked out of…
Santa Ana Council Members Sarmiento, Hernandez and Lopez voted against an anti-street racing measure
Two Santa Ana residents were killed by street racers last year prompting the Santa Ana City Council, on Tuesday night to give initial approval to a new ordinance that prohibits…
15 street racing citations were issued from April 16-17 by the SAPD and their partner agencies
The SAPD in partnership with other agencies as part of STEARRD (Strategic Traffic Enforcement Against Racing & Reckless Driving) program conducted additional street racing enforcement. From 04/16 – 04/17 their…
The SAPD and other agencies issued 55 street racing citations from March 19-30
https://twitter.com/i/status/1375531681814220800 The SAPD, in partnership with other agencies as part of the STEARRD (Strategic Traffic Enforcement Against Racing & Reckless Driving) program, conducted street racing enforcement from 03/19 – 03/20.…
The SAPD issued 44 street racing citations on Jan. 29 and 30
The SAPD in partnership with other agencies as part of the STEARRD program conducted additional street racing enforcement. From 01/29 – 01/30 enforcement efforts resulted in: 44 - Cites5 -…
