Santa Ana Man Kisses High School Student During Attempted Kidnapping: Police
A 21-year-old man faced charges after he allegedly began kissing a high school student while attempting to abduct her this week, Santa Ana police said Thursday. The incident began Monday in the...
View ArticleSanta Ana Police Fatally Shoot Man During Robbery Investigation
Officers shot a man dead during a robbery investigation in Santa Ana on Friday, according to police, who did not say what led to the death. Three officers from the Santa Ana Police Department’s...
View ArticleSanta Ana Hit-and-Run Leaves Teen With Life-Threatening Injuries
Police in Santa Ana on Saturday asked the public for help finding a motorist who struck a teen and then fled the area. Officers found the teen lying on Fairview Street, just south of West Civic Center...
View ArticleShooting at Santa Ana Restaurant Leaves 1 Dead, 4 Injured
One person died and four others, including two possible gunmen, were injured after a shooting at a Santa Ana restaurant Monday morning, local police said. One person was killed and four others were...
View ArticleKnife-Toting Man Taken Into Custody After Hourslong Standoff Outside Santa...
A man was taken into custody in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart in Santa Ana early Friday morning, hours after a security guard spotted him in a vehicle with a large knife, authorities said. The security...
View ArticleToddler Killed After Getting Hit by Car in Santa Ana
A 2-year-old boy was killed after wandering outside his Santa Ana home and getting struck by a vehicle Saturday night, police said. The toddler was discovered lying in the middle of the roadway at the...
View ArticleMan Convicted in Halloween Hit-and-Run That Killed 3 Girls in Santa Ana
A 32-year-old man was convicted Friday of hit-and-run and manslaughter for killing three 13-year-old girls on Halloween night. Jaquinn Ramone Bell, of Orange, pleaded guilty Friday to three felony...
View ArticleFirefighters Discover 1,600 Marijuana Plants After Responding to Fire Alarm...
Firefighters found hundreds of marijuana plants Friday morning after responding to a fire alarm at a commercial building in Santa Ana, authorities said. Firefighters discovered about 1,600 marijuana...
View ArticleBees Believed to Have Killed 3 Dogs Found Dead at Santa Ana Home: Police
Three dogs were believed to have been killed by bees at a home in Santa Ana on Wednesday, according to police. The police Animal Services Section was called to a home in the 2200 block of North Olive...
View ArticlePotential Additional Victims Sought of Former Islamic Center Teacher Charged...
Authorities in Santa Ana were searching Thursday for additional victims of a 52-year-old former pastor accused of molesting two girls during daily prayers at their homes. Ahmad Henry Osman was charged...
View ArticleRapper Immortal Technique Arrested in O.C. After Alleged Beating, Robbery of...
Rapper Immortal Technique was arrested after a violent confrontation with two individuals who were selling T-shirts with his trademarked logo, Santa Ana police said Friday. Felipe Andres Coronel, aka...
View ArticleCHP Officers Rescue Mother, Baby Involved in Fiery Crash in Santa Ana;...
CHP officers rescued a mother and her 9-month-old baby from a burning vehicle after it crashed into a tree and burst into flames in Santa Ana early Monday. A mother and baby were pulled from this...
View ArticleMan Accused of Sexually Assaulting Girl As She Slept in Her Santa Ana Home...
A man accused of entering a Santa Ana home and sexually assaulting a girl as she slept in her bed more than 7 years ago was scheduled to be arraigned Monday. Dustin Lee Morgan, 36, is seen in this...
View Article2 Teen Boys Stabbed, Wounded in Brawl Near Santa Ana Continuation School; 3...
Two teenage boys were stabbed and wounded Friday afternoon after a brawl broke out near a continuation school in Santa Ana, authorities said. Classes were letting out at Community Day Intermediate and...
View ArticleSanta Ana Officer Reunited With Child He Found Abandoned Behind Dumpster 25...
A retired Santa Ana police officer was reunited this week with a now-grown man that he rescued as an infant from an alley 25 years ago. Michael Buelna was responding to stabbing call in 1989 when he...
View ArticleMan Arrested After Allegedly Raping, Stabbing Estranged Wife in Santa Ana...
A 24-year-old man was arrested after allegedly raping and stabbing his estranged wife inside the victim’s Santa Ana home and leaving her with severe injuries, police said Friday. Luis Javier Cervantes...
View ArticleOC Man Convicted in Decades-Old Revenge Murder of Alleged Rapist
A former hotel concierge was found guilty Thursday of participating in a two-decade-old kidnapping and murder, crimes committed in revenge after the defendant’s ex-girlfriend told him a man had raped...
View ArticleMore Than 20 Sick Dogs Taken From Santa Ana Home in Suspected Animal Cruelty...
More than 20 malnourished dogs with a variety of ailments were removed from a Santa Ana home after a code enforcement visit Tuesday, according to police. In response to a complaint, officers went to...
View Article2 Men Sought in Caught-on-Video Armed Gas Station Robbery in Santa Ana
Two men are being sought in a May 27 robbery at a Shell gas station in the 2600 block of North Bristol Street in Santa Ana. Chip Yost reports for the KTLA 5 News at 3 on June 3, 2015.
View ArticleOC Men Accused of Attempting to Assist ISIS Plead Not Guilty
Two Orange County men accused of attempting to assist ISIS pleaded not guilty in court Monday. Chip Yost reports from Santa Ana for the KTLA 5 News at 1 on June 8, 2015.
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