Irvine Police Department to Conduct Sobriety Checkpoint Irvine, Calif. (Aug. 10, 2018) – The Irvine Police Department (IPD) will conduct a sobriety checkpoint as part of the department’s continued commitment to reducing injuries and deaths caused by impaired drivers. The checkpoint will be conducted Saturday, Aug. 11, from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Case # 18CM06901 Date: Aug. 3, 2018 MEDICAL DOCTOR ARRAIGNED FOR SECRETLY FILMING GUESTS IN HIS BATHROOM SANTA ANA, Calif. – A medical doctor was arraigned today after being charged with disorderly conduct for secretly filming guests in the bathroom at his home. Defendant: Duc Minh Vu, 33, Orange Charged with the following…
Case # 18CF2063 Date: July 25, 2018 IRVINE MAN CHARGED WITH THREATENING TO SET OFF BOMB AT ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AND ORANGE COUNTY JAIL SANTA ANA, Calif. – An Irvine man was charged today with threatening to set off a bomb at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) and the Orange County Jail (OCJ).…
Suspect arrested for making criminal threats toward OCSD facilities SANTA ANA, Ca. (July 23, 2018) – A man has been arrested for one felony count of making criminal threats after he called the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) claiming to possess explosive devices and intending to use them at multiple OCSD facilities. On Wednesday July…
David Lee Haller, M.D.
June 19, 2018
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Law enforcement is seeking potential additional victims of a doctor who is charged with sending sexually motivated messages to cheerleaders at a high school where he served as a volunteer.
Defendant: David Lee Haller, 51, Newport Beach
Charged on June 18, 2018, with the following misdemeanor counts: Continue reading
Gregory Thomas Ditto
Case # 16HF1052
Date: June 12, 2018
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted and sentenced to 12 years in state prison yesterday for sexually assaulting two women in Irvine parking structures.
Defendant: Gregory Thomas Ditto, 27, Temecula
Pleaded guilty on June 11, 2018, to the following felony counts: Continue reading
The 2018 June Primary Election is coming up on June 5. We have examined all of the candidates in Orange County. If you support the CA Gas Tax you will not like this Voter Guide. We are generally not supporting candidates who want to raise our taxes or who support the High Speed Rail boondoggle. Here are our thoughts about the candidates for local offices here in Orange County:
Irvine Police Department to Conduct Sobriety Checkpoint
Irvine, Calif. – The Irvine Police Department (IPD) will conduct a sobriety checkpoint as part of the department’s continued commitment to reducing injuries and deaths caused by impaired drivers. The checkpoint will be conducted Saturday, May 26, from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the area of MacArthur Boulevard and Campus Drive.
The checkpoint will be clearly marked and vehicles will be selected for further screening on a pre-set basis to ensure objectivity. Motorists will be greeted and given information about impaired driving. Trained officers will direct suspected impaired drivers to a secondary area for further evaluation. Most motorists will experience little or no delay. Continue reading
Thursday, May 24, 2018 Irvine, Calif. (May 24, 2018) – The Irvine Police Department (IPD) will conduct a sobriety checkpoint as part of the department’s continued commitment to reducing injuries and deaths caused by
Ranjeet Reddy Paladugu
Ranjeet Reedy Paladugu, an Irvine resident and former executive at the Newport Beach-headquartered cosmetics company Urban Decay, pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling nearly $600,000 from his employer and was immediately sentenced to a year in jail, according to the O.C. Register.
Paladugu apparently paid back the money before the plea when he transferred $598,500 back to Urban Decay. He had originally taken transferred that money to a fictitious company he had created, according to the O.C.D.A. Continue reading
Kamal Attoh, from Linkedin
Case # 18HF0719
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A drunken driver was charged today with murder for swerving onto the sidewalk and crashing into a family of four, killing the mother and injuring her husband and two teenage children.
Defendant: Kamal Akwette Attoh, 37, Santa Ana
Charged today with the following felony counts: Continue reading
Case # 18HF0720
Date: May 18, 2018
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Law enforcement is seeking potential additional victims of a music teacher who was charged and is scheduled to be arraigned today for sexually assaulting a violin student under 11 years old in Irvine.
Defendant: Peter Daesul Kwon, 32, Irvine
Charged today with the following felony counts: Continue reading
IRVINE, Calif. – The Irvine Animal Care Center will host its 12th annual Super Pet Adoption event Sunday, June 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. More than 40 pet rescue groups and animal shelters will bring about 600 homeless dogs, cats, rabbits and small animals for adoption.
The annual event features dozens of pet-related vendors, gourmet food trucks, a bake sale, a silent auction, and low-cost microchipping. Each animal available for adoption is spayed or neutered, microchipped and evaluated by a veterinarian. Cats and dogs are vaccinated appropriate to age. Continue reading