714-997-4400Snowboarder Bandit Robs Several Orange County Banks
Pictured Above: Snowboard Bandit. Source: Anaheim Police Department. Authorities are searching for a serial bank robber known as the “Snowboarder Bandit” because of his youthful apperance and casual ski clothing worn during the robberies. The last robbery took place at a Chase bank in Laguna Niguel on Tuesday. The robber handed the teller a note […]
Traffic Stop Leads to One Million Dollars Worth of Marijuana
Pictured Above: Map of Traffic Stop & Surrounding Area. Source: Los Angeles Times. Last week, Los Angeles police conducted a routine traffic stop and pulled over Harry Kaladjian. Authorities discovered that Kaladjian had been driving with a suspended license and was on probation. Because he was on probation, police followed Kaladjian to his home and did […]
Husband Arrested on Suspicion of Killing Prison Guard Wife
Pictured Above: Anaheim Police Department at a news conference. Source: Orange County Register. Elizabeth Wheat Begaren, a prison guard, was shot and killed in 1998 after stepping out of her vehicle on the 91 freeway. Begaren was in the car with her husband, Nuzzio Begaren, and her step daughter. Nuzzio claimed that a car full of […]
Dodger James Loney Will Not Face Driving Under the Influence Charges
Pictured Above: James Loney. Source: Los Angeles Times. James Loney, a Los Angeles Dodger’s baseball player was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Loney was arrested in November of 2011, after allegedly sideswiping several cars in his Maserati on the 101 Freeway. The officer that arrested him after the accident stated that he appeared to […]
Catholic School Teacher Facing Charges of Lewd Acts on Child
Pictured Above: Ricardo Aldana. Source: Orange County Register. Ricardo Aldana will be arraigned on Monday on seven felony counts of lewd acts on a child for allegedly engaging in sexual acts with a 14-year-old. Aldana was a former JSerra Catholic High School teacher who taught Spanish and was a boys soccer coach. Aldana is accused of […]
Rehab President Pleaded Guilty To Domestic Violence
Source: Orange County Register. On December 4, 2011, Newport Beach police were called to the scene of an alcohol related physical altercation. Raymond Jeffrey Yates, the president of Morningside Recovery (a rehabilitation home in Newport Beach), was arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic violence and a sentencing enhancement for causing great bodily harm. Last Friday, […]
Two Juveniles Arrested After Robbery of Convenience Store in Garden Grove
Pictured Above: Surveillance Video. Source: Garden Grove Police Department. One teenager was arrested on Tuesday and another one turned himself on Monday after surveillance videos were released of a convenience store robbery in Garden Grove. On December 28, 2011, a Circle K convenience store clerk questioned two juveniles about the beers that they were trying to […]
Initiative May Change California Three-Strikes Law
Pictured Above: Inmates at the California State Prison in Lancaster. Source: Los Angeles Times. An initiative to change California three-strikes mandatory-sentencing law is one step closer to appearing on the November voter’s ballot. A similar initiative appeared on the 2004 ballot and was rejected by California voters. This change would reduce the sentences for those who […]
Bus Driver Charged With Lewd & Lascivious Acts Against Children
Pictured Above: Shane Norman Crawford. Source: Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Shane Norman Crawford, a Laguna Hills school bus driver, is in custody on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts against three children. Allegedly, Crawford took three children under 14-years-old to his apartment after earning the trust of their parents. He then committed lewd acts on the children. One […]