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Orange County Sheriff's Deputy, Juan Tavera, 30, is being charged with one misdemeanor count of assault after allegedly spraying a pizza with pepper spray. On September 23, 2012, Tavera was on patrol and stopped a 19 year old teenager for a traffic violation. The teen had a pizza in the back of h...

A man was arraigned on charges he embezzled over $100,000 from several church bank accounts while serving as the treasurer. Fiatala Manu, 46, of Lake Elsinore was charged with four felony counts of money laundering, seven felony counts of falsifying records and a single count of embezzlement by f...

A Fullerton firefighter was arrested for participating in the Huntington Beach riots after the US Open surf event. Michael Lytle, 30, of Anaheim was arrested for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. Both charges are misdemeanors and could cause Lytle to lose his job. The Fullerton Fire Depart...

Orange County Superior Court Judge Gregg Prickett denied the defense's motion to dismiss the indictment against Lonnie Kocontes, 55 and continued his arraignment to September 30, 2013 for the defense attorneys to file any motions. Kocontes, an attorney licensed in California is accused of killing...

Several Orange County men were sentenced today for defrauding hundreds of people out of $130,000 by collecting upfront fees for loan modifications. Jacob Cunningham, 26, Dominic Nolan, 32 and John Silva, 28 from Irvine and Justin Koelle, 23, of Costa Mesa and Andrew Phalen, 26, of Mission Viejo a...

A male nurse who was working at Western Medical Center in Anaheim was convicted of sexually assaulting two male patients who were medically incapacitated and a third patient under the guise of a medical examination. Richard Nolan, 48 of Buena Park was found guilty at trial of forcible oral copula...

Jeremy Dwayne Martin, 37 of Huntington Beach was convicted by a jury after a two-week trial for the murder of his father. Frederick Martin, 62 attempted to take a gun away from his son who was acting mentally unstable. The argument escalated to where the elder Martin called the police. When the p...

Jason Hallstrom, 41 died from injuries sustained after being shot by a Santa Ana police officer. Hallstrom was a passenger in a car that was reported stolen and being pursued by SWAT officers. The driver of the vehicle, Travis Mock, 29, led police on a pursuit that ended when the vehicle crashed ...

Orange County Sheriff Investigators have released the name of the woman killed in Ladera Ranch. Courtney Aoki, 20, of Buena Park was the first victim of Ali Syed. According to law enforcement officials, Syed's parents have no idea who this woman is nor any connection to their son. Ali Syed allege...

David Cass, 38 was arrested after a yearlong internal affair investigation on suspicion of bribery. According to law enforcement officials, Cass allegedly accepted bribes in exchange for allowing cell phones and drugs to be smuggled into Men's Central Jail. The investigation began after investiga...

Irvine Police are giving out very few, yet disturbing details about the death of a young couple in Irvine. Police say they suspect Christopher Jordan Dorner, a fired LAPD officer of killing Monica Quan and Keith Lawrence in Irvine before heading out on a deadly crime spree. Dorner, was fired for ...

San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos announced the filing of criminal charges against Scot Spencer, former airport developer and Felice G. Luciano, an investor. According to Ramos, Spencer and Luciano allegedly took advantage of efforts to turn around the struggling airport to the t...

Jesus Manzo-Torres, 19, of Tustin has pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence while intoxicated. In addition, he pleaded guilty to sentencing enhancements for causing bodily injury to multiple victims while intoxicated. Manzo-Torres faces up to 14 years in state prison at h...

Irvine firefighter, Gregory Mark Konishi, 50, of Rancho Santa Margarita was charged with two counts of burglary (penal code section 459) and two counts of petty theft (penal code section 484(a)) following an investigation into someone stealing small amounts of cash from the Irvine fire captain's ...

A woman who was accused of stabbing another woman in an attempt to steal her baby has pleaded guilty to attempted murder, assault, child abuse, child endangerment, burglary and making criminal threats. She was sentenced by Orange County Superior Court Judge Gregg Prickett to 24 years in prison. G...

Anita Kay was successful in getting a Driving Under the Influence of Bath Salts case dismissed today in Long Beach, California. Client was charged with Vehicle Code Section 23152(a) for allegedly being under the influence. Officers approached Client who was the only occupant of the vehicle on the...

Arturo Guiterrez III, 36, a criminal defense attorney in Ventura County was arrested over the weekend in what law enforcement officials are saying was for sex offenses. Guitterrez was allegedly communicating with a minor from Orange County. The minor's parents accessed her Facebook account and le...

Police in Laguna Nigel arrested a man they believe is the”gas mask” robber. The suspect, Kyle Stamer, 20 is suspected of robbing a yogurt shop and Starbucks. Orange County deputies arrested Stamer on a drunk in public charge and then a search of his home indicated he may have been involved in the...

Fullerton police arrested Coopy Boyer, 42 of San Jose on suspicion of luring a minor for sexual purposes under the guise he was a photographer. Two tween girls contacted Fullerton Police Department stating they were approached by a man claiming to be a photographer with Zoom Exposure Photography,...

The U.S. Attorney's Office confirmed that Xiao Meng Ma of Anaheim has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana. Ma was arrested after authorities discovered the marijuana during a traffic stop in Montana in June of this year. U.S. attorneys allege Ma and a c...

If you contact our criminal defense firm, we will be happy to track your arrest with the district attorney's office AND negotiate with the district attorneys office for a rejection of your case or a reduction of charges FREE OF CHARGE. This way, you do not spend money on an attorney when there is...

The ex-fiancee of Daniel Wozniak was arrested yesterday for being an “accessory after the fact” of the murders of two Orange Coast College students. Rachel Buffett, 25 of Long Beach was engaged to Daniel Wozniak at the time he was arrested for the 2010 murders of Samuel Herr, 26 and Julie Kibuish...

Tony Vu, 34 of Midway City was arrested Monday after a high-speed pursuit that started in Westminster and ended in Huntington Beach. Vu was arrested for suspicion of Vehicle Code 10851, Possession of a Stolen Vehicle, Vehicle Code 2800.1, Evading a Peace Officer and a probation violation. At 2:...

A Tustin police officer shot a man after responding to a disturbance call. Officers arrived at the 14400 block of Newport Avenue around 1:45 p.m. reference a family disturbance. A man allegedly involved in the disturbance was said to have approached the officer for an unknown reason and was shot....

Roberto Jacobo Reyes, 49, of Santa Ana was found guilty by a jury of breaking into the rooms of 5 girls late at night and then touching them while they slept. Reyes was convicted of multiple counts of forcible lewd act on a child under 14, first-degree residential burglary with sentencing enhance...