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…
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Santa Ana Teen Builds Homemade Gun
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…
Santa Ana Computer Thief is Nabbed
What kind of man steals a computer? Apparently, one who can’t squeeze under a fence. Looks like Garnica Gutierrez is. He couldn’t get his booty under a chain-link fence and was nabbed by the cops. Seems ol’ Garnica tripped the alarm and the campus cops snuck up on him and…
Buena Park California Sister Killer Trial Begins
What began as a plot to uncover stashes of money ended with the death of a man over nothing: no money at all. Instead, Debbie Perna is rotting in prison on a life term after engineering the gang murder of her brother, David Montemayor, a man brave enough to run…
Irvine California Woman Charged with Animal Abuse
While this isn’t widely reported, animal neglect and abuse is not uncommon. It’s very hard to police, though. In this case, the animal was brought to a shelter after a witness to its condition rescued it. What makes this story unique is that the defendant was an employee of…wait for…
Orange County Woman Charged in Baby Killing
There can be little doubt that the defendant in this case is a confused and befuddled person. There is also little doubt that the act of killing your own child is one of the most hated and troubling acts by society. Child abuse is repugnant in our society and we…
Orange County Woman Defrauds Lenders of Millions
You can’t steal this much money and be stupid, can you? Apparently, Kathy Chen thought so. Now, not so much. Chen was arrested recently for buying 35 properties using stolen names or likely paying people to use their identity to get loans. The total amount of fraud? 17.5 million dollars.…
Orange County Fraudster Takes Exam for Terrorists?
Can the tissue-thin fabric of Homeland Security withstand another tear in it? The Orange County Register reported today that federal authorities arrested Eamon Higgins on charges that he was illegally helping some Arabs take college exams in order to extend their visas in the United States. Seems Mr. ‘iggins would…
Life in Prison for Throat Slasher in Orange County
Javier Colon, convicted of first-degree murder in the throat-slashing death of his girlfriend, was sentenced to 25 to life last week. Janelle Peralta was forced into their Irvine, California bathroom after an argument escalated into violence between the two. Colon had dropped their one-year old baby and the victim tried…
Fake Weed Gets You High Enough-Idiots!
Guaranteed you’re going to hear more about a synthetic spray which imitates the effect of cannabis when smoked. Apparently, some Asian chemists stumbled upon this some years ago. It was commented on by a Clemson chemistry professor, Dr. John Huffman. He was doing a study on the effects of cannabinoids…