California Woman Charged with Vehicular Manslaughter While Intoxicated

Ashley Bryan Booking Photo COURTESY OF THE ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Last week, a twenty-four year old woman named Ashley Selina Bryan was charged with one felony count of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated without gross negligence, one felony count of driving under the influence of alcohol causing bodily injury and one felony count of […]

California Border Sweep Yields Drugs, Weapons, and Gangs

Members of the sheriff’s Border Crime Suppression Team walk into an apartment complex in Santee to conduct a compliance search on a probationer. Source: Sign On San Diego. Operation Allied Shield III took place several weeks in San Diego with the goal of targeting drugs, guns and gang members near the California and Mexico border. […]

Juveniles Who Allegedly Raped 11-Year-Old Girl Are Arrested

Pictured above: Michael Sykes. Source: Los Angeles Times. Six male juveniles and a 19-year-old man, Michael Sykes, have been arrested in connection with a gang rape of an 11-year-old girl in a park bathroom in Moreno Valley on March 10, 2011. The juveniles were booked in Riverside County Juvenile Hall. Sykes was the last suspect arrested. […]

O.C. Sheriff Convicted of Domestic Violence and Gun Charge

Source: Orange County Register Travis Unholz, pictured above, was a former Orange County Sheriff Deputy, working at both the Men’s Central Jail and on the SWAT team. He recently pleaded guilty to one felony count of attempted possession of a firearm in violation of a protective order and one misdemeanor count of domestic battery with […]

Jail Cook Charged with Sexually Assaulting Two Female Inmates

Pictured Above: Jose Arroyo. Source: Orange County Register         James Arroyo, an Orange County Sheriff’s Department jail cook, was recently charged with one misdemeanor count of sexual battery and one misdemeanor count of being a detention facility employee engaging in sexual activity with a confined consenting adult against one inmate. He was also charged with […]

Woman Charged with Commercial Burglary, Fraud & White Collar Crime Sentencing Enhancement

Pictured Above: Anastasia Darlena Mendezkestler. Source: OC Register. Anastasia Darlena Mendezkestler, pictured above, was arrested on Friday and charged with two felony counts of accessory after the fact and receiving stolen property, second-degree commercial burglary, fraudulently using an access card and sentencing enhancements for loss over $100,000, property loss over $200,000 and white collar crime over […]

Man Murdered During Robbery & Burglary of Anaheim Liquor Store

Pictured Above: Haeng Shin Kim. Source: OC Register.   This week, the special circumstances murder trial against Raheem Abdul Edwards begins. He faces life without the possibility of parole if convicted for the murder of liquor store owner Haeng Shin Kim (pictured above) around 11 years ago while robbing and burglarizing his store. On December 15, […]