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Additional charges filed against a Mission Viejo pimp who used Craiglist to recruit students

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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE

Case # 16CF2706

16CF2769

Date: August 18, 2017

ADDITIONAL CHARGES FILED AGAINST THIRD-STRIKER MAN FOR OPERATING CRAIGSLIST “MODELING” SCHEME TARGETING TEENS AND COLLEGE STUDENTS TO PIMP AND PANDER

*Defendant previously charged with desensitizing and grooming minor trafficking victim by sexually assaulting her

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Additional charges were filed today against a man who operated a Craigslist “modeling” scheme to recruit teens and college students to then pimp and pander. The man was previously charged with desensitizing and grooming a minor human trafficking victim by sexually assaulting her.

Defendant: Gilbert Antonio Castillo, 39, Mission Viejo

Charged on Oct. 20, 2016, with the following felony charges: Continue reading→

Mission Viejo masseuse arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting several clients

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OC Sheriff Investigators Seek Additional Victims of Sexual Assault Suspect

Mission Viejo, Ca. (July 28, 2017) – On Thursday, July 27, 2017, Orange County Sheriff’s Department Special Victim’s Detail (SVD) investigators arrested Qing Dai, 40, Mission Viejo, following allegations he sexually assaulted a 37-year old female at Sunny’s Massage, located at 24000 Alicia Parkway #32, Mission Viejo, CA. Continue reading→

Saddleback Church volunteer arrested for lewd conduct with two boys

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LAKE FOREST, Ca. (May 26, 2017) – Orange County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Detail investigators on Thursday, May 25, arrested Ruben Meulenberg, a 32-year-old youth mentor at Saddleback Church on suspicion of inappropriate relations with at least two juveniles.

SVD investigators on Wednesday, May 24, were contacted after patrol deputies took a report alleging a man working as a junior high youth mentor with Saddleback Church in Lake Forest had an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old boy. Continue reading→

OC Sheriff’s Department investigating Mission Viejo homicide

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OC Sheriff’s Department Investigating Mission Viejo Homicide

MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (April 20, 2017) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a double stabbing at a Mission Viejo apartment complex that left one man deceased and another with critical injuries.

At approximately 9:08 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19, OCSD deputies were dispatched to the 28000 block of Margeurite Parkway in response to a stabbing near the entrance of an apartment complex. When deputies arrived, they found two men with stab wounds. Continue reading→

Photographer arrested in Irvine pleads guilty to molesting two teenage girls

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Christopher A. Brown, 43, of Orange, a photographer who also taught children’s tumbling classes, pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually assaulting two teenage girls in Irvine, Huntington Beach and Los Angeles, according to the O.C. Register.

Brown admitted to five counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object of an underage victim, five counts of oral copulation of an underage victim, as well as a count each of using an underage victim for obscene matter, possession or control of child pornography, and lewd acts on a child 14 to 15 years old. Continue reading→

DUI enforcement operations planned for this weekend in South O.C.

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Orange County Sheriff’s Department: DUI Enforcement Operations Planned this Weekend

Deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s DUI Enforcement Team will be deploying this weekend to stop and arrest alcohol and drug-impaired drivers as part of the Department’s ongoing traffic safety campaign. DUI Saturation Patrols will deploy on Friday, August 19 between the hours of 7 p.m. and 3 a.m. in the cities of Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods and Aliso Viejo.

Over the course of the past three years, DUI collisions have claimed 21 lives and resulted in 497 injury crashes harming our friends and neighbors. In addition to the pain and suffering of those immediately affected, a DUI can impact the economy. Conservatively, a fatality has a $1.4 million impact, an injury $70,000, and a crash that only damages property averages nearly $9,000. Continue reading→

An elderly Laguna Woods resident with dementia/Alzheimer’s is missing

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CRITICAL MISSING PERSON

Sam Mangione, an 89-year-old resident of Laguna Woods was last seen on 8/10/16 in Laguna Woods at approximately 4:15 p.m. wearing blue dress shirt and green shorts. He has been missing ever since.

Mangione stands 5’10″and he weighs 189 lbs., with gray hair and hazel eyes. He suffers from dementia/Alzheimer’s and is believed to be lost.  Continue reading→

Six defendants charged with stabbing murder of a man at a San Juan Capistrano park

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Case #16HF0995

Date: July 25, 2016

SIX DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH STABBING MURDER OF MAN IN SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO PARK

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Six defendants were charged today with the stabbing murder of a man in a San Juan Capistrano park. Ashkan Dezhangfard, 21, Brion Cairo Hyde, 22, and Anjelica Marie Shibata, 28, of San Juan Capistrano, Siavash Hosseinaliarhani, 18, and Ryan Timothy Huebner, 20, of Laguna Niguel, and Myles Emmanuel Jones, 22, Laguna Hills, are each charged with one felony count of special circumstances murder by lying in wait. The defendants each face a minimum sentence of life in state prison without the possibility of parole. The defendants’ court dates are to be determined.

Prior to July 2016, Shibata and Hyde were in a romantic relationship and living together in San Juan Capistrano. At the time of the crime, Shibata was engaged in a romantic relationship with 38-year-old Alvaro Rios. Continue reading→

Five suspects arrested in connection with a homicide investigation in San Juan Capistrano

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Lt. Mark Stichter, 714.904.7042, MKStichter@ocsd.org; Carrie Braun, 714.552.5795, CBraun@ocsd.org

Five Suspects Arrested in Connection with Homicide Investigation

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Ca. (July, 22, 2016) – On Friday, July 22, 2016, Orange County Sheriff investigators arrested Ashkan Dezhangfard, 3-8-94, San Juan Capistrano, Ryan Huebnar 8-4-95, Laguna Niguel, Siavish Hosseinaliarhani, 11-25-97, Laguna Niguel, Angelica Shiabata, 6-20-88, San Juan Capistrano and Brion Hyde, 5-23-94, San Juan Capistrano, in connection with a homicide at the end of Trabuco Creek Road in San Juan Capistrano.

On Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at approximately 1:10 p.m., Orange County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the end of Trabuco Creek Road and found an adult male deceased in the creek bed.  An Orange County Deputy Coroner responded and found traumatic injuries to the victim’s body.  OCSD Homicide investigators responded and assumed responsibility for the investigation.  Homicide, crime scene and coroner investigators processed and collected evidence from the scene. Continue reading→

Irvine man arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a massage client

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Investigators Seek Additional Victims of Sexual Assault Suspect

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (June 16, 2016) – On Wednesday, June 15, 2016, Orange County Sheriff’s Department Special Victim’s Detail (SVD) investigators arrested Jesse Douglas Walker, 31, Irvine, following allegations he sexually assaulted a 20 year old female at Elements Massage in Laguna Niguel.

On Friday, June 10, 2016, SVD investigators were contacted after patrol deputies took a report of a 20 year old female who reported she was sexually assaulted. The victim alleged Walker, while working as a massage therapist at Elements Massage located at 27901 La Paz Road in Laguna Niguel, sexually assaulted her at the business while receiving a massage. Walker was employed at Elements Massage for the past year. Walker was arrested in Laguna Niguel after investigators conducted a five day investigation. Continue reading→