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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...
Woman charged with killing husband, shooting at son
May 9th
TUSTIN – A mother of two shot at her 16-year-old son and killed her 72-year-old husband in a Mother's Day shooting Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
The woman's 9-year-old son was then able to wrestle the handgun from her hands and get out of the...
Garden Grove wants cafes to be less sexy
May 9th
GARDEN GROVE – Police say they have had it with gambling, smoking, gang activity and waitresses wearing pasties in the local Vietnamese lingerie cafes, better known as Little Saigon's best-kept secret.
The City Council will consider modifying a...
Defendant’s heart condition delays machete attack trial
May 9th
SANTA ANA – The conspiracy and attempted murder trial of three defendants charged in the machete attack of a Fountain Valley man in March 2009 was delayed Monday because one of the accused was undergoing medical tests at a local hospital for an...
Irvine DUI checkpoint nets 2 arrests
May 9th
The Irvine Police Department arrested two people on suspicion of driving under the influence and issued 10 citations during a DUI and driver's license checkpoint Friday night at Campus Drive and Bridge Road, Lt. Henry Boggs said.
Officers stopped 545...
