Surveillance Video Shows Suspect Robbing Santa Ana Check Cashing Store
Police released surveillance video Tuesday in their search for a robbery suspect who took cash from a check cashing store in Santa Ana over the weekend. A robbery suspect is seen at a check cashing...
View Article1 Killed, 1 Wounded in Santa Ana Shooting
One person was killed and another was wounded in a shooting in Santa Ana late Thursday night, authorities said. Officers responded to the 500 block of East Pine Street after a call came in about a...
View ArticleL.A. County Man Arrested on Federal Charges Alleging He Sex Trafficked O.C. Teen
A Los Angeles County man accused of forcing a 16-year-old girl from Orange County into prostitution until she escaped months later has been arrested on federal charges, the U.S. Department of Justice...
View Article‘I Lost My Baby’: Family of Teen Fatally Shot in Santa Ana Pleads for Help...
The family of a teenager shot and killed in Santa Ana last week pleaded for help Tuesday solving the killing as police said she was not the intended target. "I lost my baby. Someone left her there to...
View ArticleSanta Ana Police Seek Man Accused of Going Into Ex’s Bedroom Through Window,...
Investigators are searching for a man who they say attacked his ex-girlfriend after climbing through her window earlier this week in Santa Ana. Alexander Chicas, 44, entered the woman’s open bedroom...
View ArticleMan Taken Into Custody After Barricading Inside Santa Ana Business With Long...
Officers took a man into custody on the roof of a store in Santa Ana after an hourslong standoff Tuesday, the Santa Ana Police Department said. Police responded to reports of a man with a long gun at...
View ArticleMan Who Tried to Pay Victim to Drop Charges Arrested Months After Sex...
Christian Aranda is seen in a booking photo released Sept. 19, 2019, by the Santa Ana Police Department. A man who had been harassing a woman he sexually assaulted months ago was arrested this week in...
View ArticleFirefighters Battle Large Blaze Engulfing Santa Ana Warehouse
Firefighters were sent to a blaze that engulfed a warehouse Wednesday morning in Santa Ana. The fire was reported about 5:11 a.m. at the building located in the 1900 block of East Carnegie Avenue, the...
View ArticleMan Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison After Carjacking, High Speed Chase,...
A Garden Grove man was sentenced to over 19 years in prison for leading Orange County authorities on a wild pursuit that involved him carjacking an Irvine woman and injuring a K-9, the Orange County...
View ArticleDisabled Vehicle Scam: Man Arrested After O.C. Driver Convinced to Spend...
A man was arrested on Thursday after a group of people allegedly stopped a motorist in Orange County and persuaded him to spend $1,000 on jewelry that turned out to be fake, the California Highway...
View ArticleWoman Turns Herself in to Police After Allegedly Striking Pedestrian in Santa...
A woman turned herself in to authorities a day after allegedly striking a pedestrian in Santa Ana and leaving the scene, police said. Karina Garcia is shown in a photo released by the Santa Ana Police...
View ArticleMan Charged With Kidnapping 6-Year-Old Girl, Raping Her in Santa Ana Parking...
A July 2012 composite sketch released by the Santa Ana Police Department shows the suspect in the rape of a 6-year-old girl. A yearslong and statewide investigation into the 2012 kidnapping and rape of...
View Article7 Indicted on Federal Charges of Illegal Firearms Possession, Selling ‘Ghost...
Seven people have been indicted on federal charges alleging they took part in firearms trafficking out of Orange County, illegally possessing or dealing weapons such as untraceable “ghost guns,”...
View ArticleDrugs, Street Racing Suspected in Crash That Badly Injured 2 in Santa Ana:...
Two occupants of a speeding vehicle were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after slamming into a tree in Santa Ana Thursday night, officials said. Drugs are also suspected to have played a...
View ArticleBicyclist in Grave Condition Following Santa Ana Hit-and-Run
A man clung to life at a hospital after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bike in Santa Ana early Sunday, officials said. Police received multiple calls about 5:20 a.m. reporting...
View ArticleSanta Ana Police Investigating if Possible Bullying Was a Factor in...
An investigation has been launched into whether a 10-year-old girl who apparently killed herself at a home in Santa Ana was the victim of bullying, officials said Tuesday. Officers responded to the...
View ArticleBullying Ruled Out in 10-Year-Old Santa Ana Girl’s Suicide: Police
Detectives have ruled out bullying as the cause behind the suicide of a 10-year-old Santa Ana girl, police said Wednesday. Authorities first announced an investigation into Allison Wendel’s death last...
View ArticleFederal Lawsuit Over CA Dialysis Law Alleges It Will End Vital Program for...
A federal lawsuit has been filed over a California law aimed at preventing increased billing costs at dialysis clinics but that plaintiffs contend will drive up patients’ medical bills. The lawsuit...
View ArticleDriver Sought in Santa Ana Crash That Killed Bicyclist
Santa Ana police sought the public's help identifying the driver who fled after fatally striking a bicyclist in Santa Ana early Monday. Authorities received a call about a pedestrian down on the...
View Article13 Arrested During ‘Operation Black Rhino’ Targeting Santa Ana Gang
Thirteen people were arrested during a multi-agency operation targeting the Santa Ana-based Townsend Street gang, which officials described as one of the most violent and active in Orange County. The...
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