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• Lake Forest pair arrested in Costa Mesa for possession of child pornography

  14-09-2024 22:45 via newsantaana.com
  
  COSTA MESA, Calif. – (Sept. 14, 2024) The Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) is seeking potential additional victims of a man and woman who were arrested in Costa Mesa and found to be in possession of numerous images and videos of child pornography.On Sept. 7, 2024, the suspect, Jonathan Garduno, 30, Lake Forest, arrived in Costa Mesa to meet with someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl but was actually a Special Investigations detective who had been posing as a minor online. Garduno wa
  
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• The SAPD arrested two gangbangers and seized the gun in their car

  05-11-2024 20:33 via newsantaana.com
  It has been said that criminals are not too bright. Santa Ana’s gangbangers prove that every day!
  In the latest such incident SAPD gang detectives contacted two men who were standing outside a vehicle near the area of 2000 S. Baker St.As the police detectives spoke with the suspects one of them actually admitted that he had a firearm in his vehicle! Guess how that turned out?
  The detectives seized the weapon and the suspects were both arrested and booked at the Santa Ana Jail.Picture court
  
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• Beware the predatory tow trucks at the Carl’s Jr. at the Orange Outlets

  05-11-2024 19:34 via newsantaana.com
  
  One of our readers, who is in her 70’s and is retired, had an awful experience recently at the Carl’s Jr. at the Orange Outlets, located at 450 The City Dr S.She met a friend and they each parked their cars at the Carl’s Jr. They failed to see that a sign warned that their cars would be towed if they parked there and were not customers.They went to see a movie at the AMC theater at the Orange Outlets. When they returned to their cars they were shocked to see that the cars were
  
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• Anaheim pair arrested after trying to steal $2K of beauty products at an Irvine Sephora

  05-11-2024 18:35 via newsantaana.com
  Two organized retail thieves found out the easiest way to “highlight” yourself on a cosmetic store security camera is to use a mask as a “concealer” to hide your face.On Saturday, Irvine Police Department Spectrum officers partnered with Sephora’s loss prevention and Spectrum Security to catch these two as they exited the cosmetics store with nearly $2,000 of stolen beauty products.
  After being stopped by the police officers, the female tried her best to “cove
  
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• A motorcyclist died in a collision in Newport Beach

  05-11-2024 18:11 via newsantaana.com
  On November 4, 2024, at 5:53 pm, the Newport Beach Police Department dispatch center received a report of a single motorcycle collision near Pacific Coast Highway W and 61st Street.
  Officers arrived on scene and located an unresponsive motorcyclist.
  Despite immediate CPR and lifesaving efforts by officers, the rider was pronounced deceased at the scene.The NBPD Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) was activated and led the investigation, with assistance from Crime Scene Investigations (CSI)
  
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• Monkey business at a DTSA voting center?

  05-11-2024 02:34 via newsantaana.com
  Concerned Santa Ana residents showed up this afternoon at Latino Health Access in Downtown Santa Ana after reports that a group of men was trying to “help” people to vote at the voting center at that location, at 450 W 4th St.One of the concerned residents told us that the OCDA had already sent investigators to that location. The investigators said that nothing illegal was going on. Two eye witnesses however said otherwise.The men had reportedly set up a table less than 30 feet from
  
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• Torrance man arrested after a street racing crash in Anaheim that hurt two pedestrians

  05-11-2024 01:59 via newsantaana.com
  ANAHEIM, Calif. (Nov 4, 2024) – Anaheim Police investigators have arrested Hassan Hamid Ali, a 20-year-old Torrance man, for a hit-and-run traffic collision that was captured on video during a street racing incident.On November 1, 2024, at approximately 2:00 a.m., Anaheim Police officers responded to S. State College Blvd. and E. Orangewood Ave. regarding an intersection taken over by street racers. As officers responded to the scene, there were additional reports that two pedestrians were
  
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• Free OCTA bus rides available on Election Day

  04-11-2024 19:23 via newsantaana.com
  ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority wants to make it easier for everyone to get out and vote.So, all day on Election Day – Tuesday, Nov. 5 – OC Bus rides will be free.Passengers can ride any regular OC Bus for free that day to any polling place or any destination. No pass required.Free OCTA bus rides available on Election Day
  “Voting is what keeps our democracy strong and ensures our communities have a say in how they are represented locally, regional
  
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• Men can’t speak at a comedy and dating show coming to Santa Ana on Nov. 8

  04-11-2024 18:45 via newsantaana.com
  Allison Goldberg, a comedian and creator whose work has been covered by LA Magazine, Good Morning America, and more, is bringing her Comedy/Dating show “Love Isn’t Blind” to Santa Ana on Nov. 8, at the Stages Bar, located at 604 East Dyer Road. Come as early as 6:30 p.m. to drink & mingle. The show starts at 8 p.m., and Stages said theycan keep the after-party going as long as y’all keep eating & drinking.Al;lison Goldberg’s Love Isn’t Blind
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• Garden Grove Halloween burglars stole a safe full of cash, guns and other valuables from a home

  03-11-2024 18:10 via newsantaana.com
  Criminals often strike during holidays, when they know you might not be at home. That happened this Halloween when a home in Garden Grove was burglarized and the suspects made off with a large safe.The burglary happened at the 13400 block of Gardenia Avenue (near Lewis Street) at around 8:54 p.m. on Thursday night, according to the Garden Grove Police Department.Police officers were alerted by a residential burglary alarm. the respnding police officers found that the burglars had forced entry in
  
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• Irvine ATM sting leads to the arrest of two Anaheim men suspected of stealing from EBT accounts

  03-11-2024 17:40 via newsantaana.com
  
  Over the past few months, the Irvine Police Department’s Investigations Bureau has been investigating a complex county-wide fraud scheme where thieves withdraw Electric Benefit Transfers (EBT) funds shortly after they are deposited into victims’ accounts.
  Yesterday, the police conducted a large-scale surveillance operation across Irvine to monitor ATMs.Detectives observed two men making multiple withdrawals from an ATM near Culver and Walnut. After contacting them, we found they were
  
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• Santa Ana Nov. 5 General Election Voter Guide

  02-11-2024 23:46 via newsantaana.com
  The General Election is coming up quickly on Nov. 5. If you need help figuring out how to vote, and live in Santa Ana, here is our annual Voter Guide – in the order that you will see on your ballot.U.S. President and Vice PresidentThis is an easy one. California is an overwhelmingly blue state. As such Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate, will win handily. The Republicans will line up behind Donald Trump.What about the rest of us? If you are an independent or Decline to State voter I e
  
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• A man died after crashing into a palm tree in Santa Ana early this morning

  02-11-2024 23:35 via newsantaana.com
  SANTA ANA, CA (November 2, 2024)- A 20-year-old man died at the scene after his vehicle struck a palm tree while he was driving, according to the SAPD.On Saturday, November 2, 2024, at approximately 6:50 a.m., Santa Ana Police received multiple reports of a vehicle collision involving a tree near Bristol Street and 1st Street. Officers arrived to find a sedan that had crashed into a palm tree on the raised median. The vehicle was occupied by a solo driver who was unresponsive.The driver, identif
  
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• The Viva la Vida Santa Ana Día de Muertos celebration is happening today

  02-11-2024 19:47 via newsantaana.com
  Santa Ana, CA — The 10th annual Viva la Vida Santa Ana Día de Muertos celebration is set to take place this Saturday, November 2nd, from 3:00 PM to 10:00 PM, in the heart of Downtown Santa Ana along 4th Street, from French to Main. This vibrant cultural event, organized entirely by a dedicated committee of volunteers, has become a staple for the Santa Ana community and a cherished tradition in celebrating and honoring loved ones who have passed on.
  This year marks a significant mile
  
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• An Orange Police K9 helped find narcotics, weapons and ammo in a car after a traffic stop

  01-11-2024 21:36 via newsantaana.com
  Yesterday, police officers from the Orange Police Department’s Crime Reduction Unit stopped a car for vehicle code violations in the area of Main Street and Palmyra.
  Fortunately, police officer Osborn and his K9 partner “Wyatt” backed the officers up.
  Wyatt alerted to contraband in the vehicle and the officers conducted a search.
  The officers confiscated a stolen rifle, an unregistered handgun, narcotics, and over 480 rounds of ammunition.
  Thanks to the teamwork of the Crime Re
  
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• The OCTA will be moving to a new building they bought in Santa Ana

  01-11-2024 16:54 via newsantaana.com
  ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority is set to close escrow on a building that will serve as its new headquarters – a move expected to save taxpayers approximately $50 million over the next 30 years compared to continuing to lease its current office space.The building set to close escrow by Oct. 28 at 2677 North Main St. in Santa Ana is less than a mile from the current OCTA headquarters on Main Street in Orange.For more than three decades, OCTA has leased its headquar
  
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• Santa Ana street closures and permitted events for October 31 to November 6

  31-10-2024 23:18 via newsantaana.com
  This weekend, Nov. 1-3, there will be major street closures in Downtown Santa Ana for several events. Below are the locations of these and other upcoming permitted events and road closures so you can plan accordingly. Please drive slowly and safely in construction zones and around crowded events. If a weather event occurs on the anticipated start date, the street closures for construction activity will be delayed until the weather clears.Through October 31
  One traffic lane only on southboun
  
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• Canadian citizen charged with voting ilegally in the O.C. 2016 Primary and General Elections

  31-10-2024 16:49 via newsantaana.com
  SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Canadian citizen has been charged with four felonies for casting votes in both the primary and general elections in 2016 after illegally registering to vote. The illegal voting was recently reported through the Orange County District Attorney’s Election Fraud Hotline.Robert Soutar, 76, of Fullerton has been charged with one felony count of perjury, two felony counts of violating the California Elections Code for not being entitled to vote in an election and one
  
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• The Irvine Police are trying to identify a man who stole merch from the Game Chest

  31-10-2024 05:25 via newsantaana.com
  
  A man placed store merchandise in his bag and walked out of the Game Chest at the Irvine Spectrum, acording to the Irvine Police Department.
  The suspect appears to be a white male. He was wearing a mint colored long-sleeved dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, blue pants and white tennis shoes.
  Picture courtesy of Yelp
  If you can help the the police to “level up” on this case, please email clues to [email protected] to the suspect, when it comes to cr
  
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• A driver slammed into a tree near an elementary school in Fountain Valley

  30-10-2024 23:44 via newsantaana.com
  Police officers recently responded to a traffic collision in front of an elementary school, according to the Fountain Valley Police Department.
  Thankfully, there were no serious injuries and no students were involved.
  However a silver 4-door vehicle was wrecked as it collided with a tree. It also appeared that the tree sheared either a fire hydrant or a lawn sprinkler as pictures posted by the FVPD included a water geyser.The FVPD asks that we please let this serve as a reminder to drive cautiou
  
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• The SAPD is searching for a man who sexually assaulted two intoxicated females

  30-10-2024 23:10 via newsantaana.com
  In September of 2021, Alexander Michael Curtis, a 33-year-old, was accused of sexually assaulting an intoxicated female. He was identified by the victim and arrested, according to the SAPD.Detectives later located an additional victim who Curtis sexually assaulted under similar circumstances, and is wanted.Curtis is white with dark hair worn emo-style and facial hair.Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective A. Miller at (714) 245-8363 or [email protected] post The SAPD is s
  
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• The SAPD is hunting for an emo who sexually assaulted two intoxicated females

  30-10-2024 23:10 via newsantaana.com
  In September of 2021, Alexander Michael Curtis, a 33-year-old, was accused of sexually assaulting an intoxicated female. He was identified by the victim and arrested, according to the SAPD.Detectives later located an additional victim who Curtis sexually assaulted under similar circumstances, and is wanted.Curtis is white with dark hair worn emo-style and facial hair.Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective A. Miller at (714) 245-8363 or [email protected] post The SAPD is h
  
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• Marijuana dispensary employee’s murder in Santa Ana avenged as two men are convicted

  30-10-2024 07:01 via newsantaana.com
  John Taylor and Ryan Jones were found guilty of special circumstances murder by an O.C. Superior Court jury, for killing Osvaldo Garcia of Santa Ana, a 29-year-old, during a robbery on Sept. 16, 2019.
  The two criminals are now facing up to life in prison with no possibility of parole.
  Antonio Lamont Triplett
  A third suspect, Antonio Lamont Triplett, was previously convicted during an earlier trial of special circumstances murder. Triplett was refferred to in the earlier trial by prosecutors as t
  
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• 10 years of caring for the caregivers with a monthly day off at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Orange

  29-10-2024 18:07 via newsantaana.com
  This past week, caregivers for approximately 125 children served by Santa Ana-based nonprofit Olive Crest and Orange County Social Services enjoyed a much-needed break, thanks to Caregivers’ Day Off.
  St. John’s Lutheran Church in Orange gathered approximately 150 volunteers from the community, who received training to care for the children at a Fall-festival themed event. From team sports like soccer, to face painting and bracelet making, the kids enjoyed engaging activities and came
  
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• Costa Mesa man charged with murdering girlfriend, dumping body in trashcan after a drunken fight

  29-10-2024 04:16 via newsantaana.com
  SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Costa Mesa man has been charged with murder for strangling his girlfriend to death and slitting her wrist and then leaving her body in a trashcan at his home after an argument following a night of drinking, according to the OCDA.Daniel Allen Aldrich, 49, of Costa Mesa, has been charged with one felony count of murder and one felony enhancement of the personal use of a weapon in the death of 38-year-old Julie Anne Sanetra whose body was found by landscapers hired to mo
  
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• Two men from Fontana and L.A. convicted of robbing a U.S. Security Service agent in Tustin

  28-10-2024 21:22 via newsantaana.com
  SANTA ANA, Calif. – A third striker from Fontana and a Los Angeles felon have been convicted by a jury today of robbing an off-duty U.S. Secret Service agent at gunpoint in a Tustin neighborhood, stealing police equipment from the agent after he returned from working at a Los Angeles fundraiser where President Joe Biden was in attendance. The Secret Service agent fired at the suspects, hitting one of the men. A third defendant pleaded guilty to the robbery in July and was sentenced to six
  
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• The Irvine Police arrested a man in a stolen van who was also allegedly selling meth

  28-10-2024 16:34 via newsantaana.com
  On Tuesday, a police officer was patrolling a shopping center parking lot when the license plate reader of his unit alerted him of a stolen rental van parked in the lot, according to the Irvine Police Department.As the officer waited for additional officers to arrive, the driver exited the rental van and was detained.The suspect told a long story about how he “borrowed” the rental van from a “friend” and intended to return it, but it was quickly discovered the van was rep
  
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• This year’s candidates for the Rancho Santiago Community College District’s Board of Trustees

  27-10-2024 05:27 via newsantaana.com
  Our local Orange County College Board elections tend to stay under the radar. There’s usually little to no drama involved and little to no real interest, so little interest in fact that current Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustee Zeke Hernandez has now gone two cycles without even having an opponent. Daisy Tong, who was elected in 2022, got the seat simply by filing her nomination papers.
  This year there are three Rancho Santiago CCD races on Santa Ana ballots, but only two
  
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• The SAPD arrested an armed gangbanger who was on probation

  26-10-2024 19:56 via newsantaana.com
  There is a lot of demand for more gun regulations but the reality is that criminals don’t give a damn about the law. You can pass as many anti-gun laws as you want but the bad guys will keep doing whatever they want to, until they get caught.As such, the SAPD focuses a lot of their attention on getting guns off the street, which we should all appreciate.Recently SAPD gang detectives contacted a documented gangbanger who was on probation.Now you would think that a criminal on probation migh
  
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• A gangbanger was arrested in Westminster on weapon and parole violation charges

  26-10-2024 19:38 via newsantaana.com
  
  Yesterday, on 10/25/2024, at approximately 2 p.m., police officers were patrolling in the area of Newland Street and Westminster Boulevard when they contacted a suspect at a nearby business, according to the Westminster Police Department.
  The suspect admitted to being on Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS)* and was wearing an ankle monitor.
  At this time the police officers conducted a search of the subject and a backpack they were wearing.Upon searching the subject’s backpack a silve
  
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