Man Dead After Being Hit in Head by Skateboarder in Act of Self-Defense at...
A young man used a skateboard to fatally strike another man who was harassing him and other customers at a Santa Ana Starbucks on Tuesday, according to accounts from witnesses and police. Police...
View ArticleLocal Businessman Helps Out After Specialized Wheelchair Is Stolen From Santa...
A local businessman came to the rescue Wednesday after the family of 4-year-old Miracle Perez discovered that her specialized wheelchair was stolen from outside their Santa Ana home. The little girl,...
View ArticleSpecialized Wheelchair Stolen From Santa Ana Girl Named Miracle Mysteriously...
A specialized wheelchair stolen last weekend from outside the Santa Ana home of 4-year-old Miracle Perez reappeared Friday after widespread media coverage about the girl's situation. The wheelchair...
View ArticleMan Fatally Struck by Skateboard Inside Santa Ana Starbucks Was Registered...
A man who was fatally struck by a skateboard after police and witnesses said he harassed a customer inside a Santa Ana Starbucks last week was a registered sex offender, records showed. Ozro Robert Lee...
View ArticlePedestrian Killed in Santa Ana Hit-and-Run Crash Identified; Driver Sought
Police on Tuesday were searching for the driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian dead in Santa Ana over the weekend. Jorge Luis Lopez-Lobato is seen in an image provided by...
View ArticleCouple Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver in Santa Ana; Man Dead, Woman Injured
Police were searching for a hit-and-run driver who struck a couple on the sidewalk, leaving a man dead and a woman hospitalized Tuesday morning, authorities said. The husband and wife were sitting at a...
View ArticleSafely Surrendered Baby Girl Reunited With OCFA Firefighters Who Took Her in
Nearly nine months after her mother walked up to Fire Station 75 in Santa Ana and rang the doorbell, baby Naomi and her adoptive family revisited the site of her safe surrender and were greeted with...
View Article8-Year-Old Girl Sexually Assaulted at School Holiday Event in Santa Ana; Sex...
A registered sex offender has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl at a school holiday event in Santa Ana, police announced Tuesday. Raul Martin is seen in a photograph...
View ArticleSanta Ana Baseball Coach Arrested on Suspicion of Exchanging Sexual Texts...
An assistant coach for a high school baseball team in Santa Ana was arrested after allegedly exchanging sexually charged text messages with a teenager, authorities announced Tuesday. Carlos “CJ”...
View ArticleWoman’s Body Found in Refrigerator in Santa Ana Garage; Investigation Underway
An investigation was underway after a woman's body was found Thursday afternoon inside a refrigerator in a residential garage in Santa Ana, authorities said. Police responded after a body was found...
View ArticleFormer O.C. Councilman Carlos Bustamante Pleads Guilty to Sexual Misconduct
A former Orange County executive pleaded guilty Friday to charges that included grand theft and attempted sexual battery more than three years after his arrest. Former Orange County executive Carlos...
View Article3 Teens Arrested in String of 10 Santa Ana Street Robberies; Possible...
Three male teenagers have been arrested in connection with a series of 10 street robberies in Santa Ana, authorities announced Friday. Two of the suspects, both 15 years old, were taken into custody...
View ArticleNo Victims or Weapon Found After Shooting Scare at Santa Ana Mall: Police
Officers responded Friday evening to multiple reports of possible gunshots at a mall in Santa Ana, but police found no victims or anyone with a weapon, officials said. A screenshot from an Instagram...
View ArticleSanta Ana Refrigerator Body Not Reported Because of Couple’s Immigration...
The couple who lived in a Santa Ana home where a woman’s body was discovered in a refrigerator didn’t report her death to authorities because they were concerned about their immigration status, police...
View ArticleJurors Recommend Death for Former OC Actor Who Admitted Laughing After...
Jurors in Santa Ana recommended the death penalty Monday for Daniel Wozniak in the 2010 murders of Army veteran Sam Herr, 26, and Herr`s 23-year-old friend Juri "Julie" Kibuishi. Chip Yost reports for...
View ArticleMasked Man Wanted in Santa Ana 7-Eleven Robbery Suspected in Series of O.C....
A man who robbed a 7-Eleven in Santa Ana earlier this month is suspected in a series of at least seven robberies in five Orange County cities over a 3-month period, police said Thursday. An image...
View ArticleEx-Santa Ana City Councilman Sentenced for Assaults, Grand Theft: DA’s Office
Former Santa Ana City Councilman Carlos Bustamante was sentenced to a year in jail Friday on charges that included attempted sexual battery and grand theft. Bustamante, who also had served as an...
View ArticleEx-Alaska Airlines Employee Arrested, Charged on Suspicion of Piloting...
A former Alaska Airlines captain has been arrested and charged with being under the influence of alcohol while a piloting a commercial plane with passengers onboard in 2014, federal officials...
View ArticleSanta Ana Hit-and-Run Leaves Pedestrian Dead; Driver Flees After Striking...
Police on Sunday evening were searching for a driver who fatally struck a man on a street in Santa Ana, then apparently hit a vehicle before fleeing on foot, officials said. Officers responded about...
View ArticleSuspected Hit-and-Run Driver Arrested Following Fatal Crash in Santa Ana
Police have arrested a man believed to be driving the vehicle that fatally struck a pedestrian in a hit-and-run crash in Santa Ana over the weekend. A police investigator is seen at a hit-and-run crash...
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