714-997-4400Marines Murder Fellow Marine Over Stolen Drug Money
Pictured Above: Christian William Carney and Alvin Reed Lovely. Source: Orange County District Attorney’s Office. Christian William Carney and Alvin Reed Lovely, former Camp Pendleton Marines, have been charged with murdering a fellow Marine. Carney was a drug dealer who sold Cocaine and Ecstasy while stationed at Camp Pendleton. Carney and Lovely believed that Marine Stephen Serrano […]
Two Women Charged with Forgery, Grand Theft & Embezzlement
Pictured Above: Alexa Polar and Robin Pabello. Source: KABC. Two Garden Grove roommates were arrested and charged with two felony counts of forgery, a felony count of grand theft, a felony count of grand theft by embezzlement, and a sentencing enhancement of white-collar crime over $100,000. Alexa Polar worked as a paralegal at a law […]
Neighbor Charged For Mobile Home Murder
Pictured Above: Robert Eugene Vasquez. Source: Orange County Register. Robert Eugene Vasquez is charged with special circumstances murder by lying in wait, aggravated assault, and a sentencing enhancement for the use of a deadly weapon. These charges stem from an incident occurring on December 1, 2011, in which Vasquez was waiting outside of his neighbor’s […]
Two Men Arrested For Burglary After Several Auto Break-Ins
Pictured Above: Juan Morales and Aldo Manriquez. Source: Covina Police Department. Early Monday morning, a woman heard her car alarm go off and then saw two men driving away in a van. She noticed her car had been burglarized and called the police. The woman gave the police a description of the van and after police […]
Orange County Man Convicted of Sexual Assault After Home Invasion
Pictured Above: Dexter Villanueva. Source:Orange County Register. This week, Dexter Tagudin Villanueva was convicted of six felony counts after he illegally entered into the home of a woman who was home alone and sexually assaulted the woman at knife point. Jurors found Villanueva guilty of burglary, assault with intent to commit a sexual offense, sexual […]
Man Drinks 24 Beers Before Hit & Run Vehicular Manslaughter Accident
Angel Alberto Cruz Perez is charged with three felony counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence while intoxicated, driving under the influence causing bodily injury and hit-and-run with permanent injury or death. He is also charged with a misdemeanor count of driving without a license. These charges stem from an incident last week in which […]
Man Charged With 30 Felony Counts of Embezzling from Elderly
Pictured Above: Victim Margaret Abo. Source: Orange County Register. Last week, Hitomi Tsuyuki pleaded guilty to around 30 felony counts, including the use of untrue statements in the sale of a security, theft from an elder and grand theft. Tsuyuki was a financial planner who targeted vulnerable people, especially the elderly, and told them to invest […]
Man Robbed & Beat Veteran to Death
Pictured Above: Curtis James Hill. Source: Orange County District Attorney’s Office. In 2003, Curtis James Hill attempted to rob Cecil Warren, a handyman that was cleaning a bank parking lot. Hill and John Kirk McKinney kicked Warren in the head, robbed him of his wallet and left him in the parking lot to die. Warren was beaten […]
Woman Pleaded Guilty To Hate Crime Battery Causing Injury
Pictured Above: Jennifer Vanveldhuizen. Source: Orange County District Attorney’s Office. On October 3, 2011, a Hispanic male worker was cleaning the streets of Huntington Beach when Jennifer Renee Vanveldhuizen approached him and yelled racial slurs at him. Vanveldhuizen, who was intoxicated, then punched the worker in the face, causing his lip to swell. Authorities thought this […]