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CRIME & SAFETY
Woman dies after alleged DUI driver hits Garden Grove home, tries to flee
A Riverside man was arrested after he drove into a Garden Grove home, killing a 40-year-old woman, before trying to flee the scene early Sunday morning, police said. Just before 2 a.m., a silver 2019 Toyota Camry crashed into a home in the 11800 block of Magnolia Street, the Garden Grove Police Department said in […]
Injured man rescued from tree
It’s not just cats that get stuck in trees. A man working in a tall tree in the 10600 block of Archcraft Avenue (northeast of Nutwood Street and Allen Drive, near Evans Elementary School) was injured Saturday and the Orange County Fire Authority was summoned at 12:03 p.m. The...
Florida Man Sentenced to Over 3 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Orange County Planned Parenthood Firebombing
A nefarious plot to target a Planned Parenthood clinic with a homegrown explosive has culminated in a stiff federal prison sentence for a Florida man, court records show. Xavier Batten, 21, hailing from Brooksville, was slapped with a 42-month prison sentence for aiding Orange County assailants in the March 2022 firebombing, the U.S. Attorney’s Office conferred on Monday.
Travel Agent Sentenced for Embezzling Hundreds of Thousands From Canceled School Trips
A former travel agent convicted of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars paid by more than 150 parents for school trips that were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic was sentenced Monday to six months of home detention and six months of probation. Marie Colette Martin, 53, was charged with...
Man Charged with Bank Robbery in Anaheim
A 53-year-old man was charged Friday with a takeover-style bank robbery in Anaheim. Eric Walter Gray was charged with three counts of kidnapping to commit robbery, two counts of robbery, one count of attempted robbery, three counts of resisting arrest and a count of escape by someone in custody with a use of force, all felonies.
Two Riverside County DUI Checkpoints Result in Handful of Arrests
A total of six people were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol during two separate DUI checkpoints, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced Saturday. One of the checkpoints was conducted from 7 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday on Schleisman Road and Archibald Avenue in...
Person arrested for 'altercation' with UC Irvine encampment protesters
IRVINE, Calif. - Campus police at UC Irvine arrested a person who exhibited "erratic behavior" and engaged in an altercation with members of a pro-Palestine encampment, officials said. The person, whose age and gender were not specified, was arrested Friday on suspicion of illegal camping and removed from campus, according...
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