KABC | May 10, 2013 ORANGE COUNTY — An overnight curfew sweep across Orange County netted 29 juveniles. The sweep was aimed at keeping kids off the street and out of trouble. More than 180 law enforcement officers from 19 different agencies spent the night picking up kids under 17 who were on the street [...]
By Stefani Camille www.streetgangs.com staff writer January 17, 2013 Anaheim receives another gang injunction against one of its violent gang on Wednesday. This is the 4th gang injunction slapped onto an Anaheim gang, and the 12th issued in Orange County. This injunction is the result of legal and investigative work that started in March 2012 following [...]
SEAN EMERY (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER) | December 27, 2012 Police have arrested a fourth man in connection with a jewelry-store holdup and shooting in Moreno Valley that led to a police pursuit to Orange County and forced the lockdown at Cal State Fullerton two weeks ago. Roosevelt Andrew Fernandez, 26, of Compton was arrested Wednesday [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff Writer October 10, 2012 | 12:03 p.m. PST 55-year-old suspect Victor Joseph Espinoza was arrested on Friday for allegedly trying to abduct a 10-year-old boy. Espinoza is a known gang member with a long rap sheet, according to authorities. Espinoza was taken to the Orange County Jail and booked on charges of false [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff August 2, 2012 | 10:38 p.m. PST During the aftermath of the killing of unarmed man, Manuel Angel Diaz, by an Anaheim police officer, a video of his dying body has emerged. It shows Diaz, 25, laying on the grass in front of an apartment building after being shot twice, including one to [...]
DENISSE SALAZAR (THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER) | June 25, 2012 ANAHEIM – A man in his 30s is recovering from stab wounds he suffered during an apparent gang-related attack early Monday morning, authorities said. Officers responded at about 1:20 a.m. to reports of a man stabbed in the 300 block of South Canoga Place near [...]
Saddleback Church is among the organizations partnering with law enforcement agencies to reward students for staying out of trouble. Sarah de Crescenzo (San Juan Capistrano Patch) | June 1, 2012 More than 1,200 Orange County students with severe behavioral problems have spent the school year pulling up their grades and attendance as part of an [...]
Stephen Ceasar and Rick Rojas (Los Angeles Times) | April 23, 2012 The final Orange County jail inmate was sentenced Monday to state prison for his role in the fatal gang beating and sexual assault of a fellow inmate who prisoners had incorrectly identified as a child molester, Orange County prosecutors said. Eric Charles Miller, [...]
KABC | March 16, 2012 SANTA ANA, Calif. — One of Orange County’s largest curfew sweeps wrapped up Friday morning. More than 300 law enforcement officers patrolled cities, rounding up children, 17 years and under, who were out past public curfew. Curfews in Orange County begin at 10 p.m. or 11 p.m., depending on the [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff February 24, 2012 | 1:04 a.m. PST Last week, Jennifer Tamara McClain, 29, an Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputy, was arrested for engaging in a sexual relationship with an inmate. The identify of the inmate is, Christopher R. Brown, 30, who is a member of a white supremacist gang. McClain, a black woman, [...]
Streetgangs.com Staff February 10, 2012 | 8:05 a.m. PST An Orange County sheriff’s deputy was arrested and charged with having sex with an inmate at a jail facility in Santa Ana. Jennifer McClain, 29, was taken into custody Thursday while on the job at the jail facility. She was released on her own recognizance (OR) [...]
DENISSE SALAZAR (Orange County Register) | February 8, 2012 ORANGE Four people have been arrested in connection with the gang-related stabbing of a 17-year-old boy near El Modena High School, police said Tuesday. About 3 p.m. Monday, an altercation broke out among a group of teenagers at Esplanade Street and Chapman Avenue, police Sgt. Dan [...]
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