A 25 year old Orange County woman was stopped near the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Temecula and interviewed by agents at that checkpoint. After smelling a strong odor of perfume, a k-9 unit was called in. The woman’s car was searched and agents found 36 pounds of methamphetamine. The…
A Santa Ana youth coach who was convicted of molesting three boys over a two year period of time faces possible life in prison. The youth coach was found guilty of nine counts of lewd acts with a minor, four counts of showing pornography to a minor and one count…
After a neighbor noticed suspicious activity at a neighbor’s house, police were called regarding a possible burglary. The Westminster Police arrived just as a car with four suspects in it drove off. The police officers chased the car, which ended up crashing into a brick wall. Three suspects were caught…
A Yorba Linda, California man is under fire from the Securities and Exchange Commission after an investigation revealed what appeared to be a Ponzi-like scheme to defraud investors while paying off older investors. Matthew Jennings, 39, a resident of Yorba Linda, California, a pleasant suburb of Orange County, is looking…
Two unfortunate men standing on a street corner in Santa Ana the other day, were accosted by two suspected gang members who robbed and stabbed them. According to the victims, a dark SUV pulled up and the passenger said, “where are you from”, a well-known prelude to an attack, called…
Naomi Perez, of Brea, was sentenced to 150 days in Orange County Jail for having sex with a student at the high school where she taught. The relationship was discovered after Perez vandalized the student’s car when he broke off the relationship. This is always a troubling situation. The student,…
Medical overbilling is a crime often overlooked by prosecuting agencies, probably because most insurance companies focus on overt, long-term acts of outright medical insurance fraud, where no services at all are rendered, or, as in the Unity case, unnecessary procedures were performed. But charges were filed against several chiropractors and…
I’m beginning to wonder if there are really any young girls actually suckered into meeting an adult male through the internet anymore. All I read about are sting operations conducted by police agencies, like this one in Huntington Beach, California. This is a typical scenario. The police begin by lurking…
What an orderly bank robber! A white guy walks into an Orange County bank and gives the teller a note demanding money. He gets the money, then he asks for the note back. Very neat. There really aren’t very many details, but Tustin Police would likely get the bank’s videos…
Doesn’t anyone get points for ingenuity? I don’t think so in this case. Seems this kid decided he didn’t need to buy a stolen gun for “protection”. So he made one himself. Well, he tried to fire it and it worked! Oops. It worked so well it went through some…