Hung jury in family killings, burning case
May 10th
SANTA ANA – An Orange County jury Tuesday could not reach a verdict in the trial of a West Hollywood man accused conspiring to commit murder in the killings and burning of two members of an Anaheim Hills family and the attempted murder of a third....
D.A. fighting parole for convicted strangler
May 10th
Orange County prosecutors are fighting parole Tuesday for a man convicted of strangling his girlfriend and then leaving her body in a remote part of the Cleveland National Forest.
Kevin Frank Henriques, 40, of Riverside, was sentenced in 1993 to 15...
Huntington Beach faces millions in claims
May 10th
Articles about claims in Huntington Beach seem to be among the most popular and most discussed items on this community page of ocregister.com.
For some readers, claims can serve as an indicator of an issue within the city that needs to be addressed,...
Santa Ana names police chief to be interim city manager
May 10th
SANTA ANA – The City Council on Monday night appointed the chief of police to take over as interim city manager next month.
Chief Paul Walters will take over from Dave Ream, who is retiring May 31 after 25 years as Santa Ana's city manager. A...
Man gets 1 year for phony warranty claims
May 9th
SANTA ANA – A man was sentenced on Monday to 366 days in prison after he pleaded guilty to mail fraud for filing phony warranty claims for Cisco Systems parts and receiving millions of dollars in parts that he later sold on eBay.
Thong Quoc Tran,...
Pro skateboarder Patch pleads guilty to unlawful sex
May 9th
WESTMINSTER – A professional skateboarder was sentenced Monday to 60 days in jail after he admitted he had sex with a 15-year-old girl who had run away from home.
Brian Keith Patch, now 39, of Westminster appeared in front of Superior Court Judge...
Fugitive Child Pornographer Arrested in Chicago
May 9th
Ruben Sanchez, a former Bolingbrook, Illinois resident who was wanted for possession and distribution of child pornography and was the subject of a nationwide manhunt since February of 2009, was arrested in Chicago.
Former Border Patrol Agent Sentenced in Arizona for Accepting Bribes
May 9th
Former United States Border Patrol Agent Yamilkar Fierros, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced to 20 months in prison for accepting approximately $5,500 in bribes.
Uzbek Man Sentenced in Multi-National Racketeering and Forced Labor Enterprise
May 9th
Uzbek national Abrorkhodja Askarkhodjaev was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role as the leader of an illicit enterprise that engaged in numerous criminal activities, including forced labor, fraud in foreign labor contracting, visa fraud, mail fraud, identity theft, tax evasion, and money laundering.
