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Irvine Lake drowning victim located by OCFA Dive Team identified

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Editor Posted in Accidents, News, OCFA, Orange County, Orange County Sheriff, Public Safety, Silverado Canyon Leave a comment

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NEWS, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts: Lt. Jeff Hallock, 714.904.7042, JHallock@ocsd.org; Emily Osterberg, 714.647.1840, EOsterberg@ocsd.org

Irvine Lake Drowning Victim Located by Dive Team Identified

SILVERADO CANYON, Calif. (August 23, 2015) – On Sunday, August 23, 2015, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s Dive Team located the deceased body of Clarence William Brumfield, 61, Palmdale, in Irvine Lake approximately 25 feet below the surface, near where he was seen falling overboard from his fishing boat into the water.

Brumfield’s fishing companion indicated neither he nor Brumfield were wearing life preservers when he we witnessed Brumfield fall overboard into the water. The fishing companion immediately jumped in after Brumfield but was unsuccessful in locating him before summoning an emergency response from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and Fire Authority. Continue reading→

Silverado Canyon mandatory evacuation orders lifted

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Editor Posted in Fires, News, OCFA, Silverado Canyon Leave a comment

NEWS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACTS: Lieutenant Jeff Hallock, OC Sheriff’s Dept. at (714) 904-7042 or JHallock@ocsd.org

Battalion Chief Mike Petro, OC Fire Authority at (714) 319-7152 or mikepetro@ocfa.org

Silverado Canyon Mandatory Evacuation Orders Lifted

SILVERADO CANYON, Calif. – (September 14, 2014) – Mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted for the Silverado Canyon area, east of 30311 Silverado Canyon Road. Residents only may access their residences utilizing Silverado Canyon Road; however, Silverado Canyon Road at Santiago Canyon Road will remain closed for non-residents. Continue reading→

Irvine teen faces felony charges after crash kills a 16-year old girl

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Editor Posted in Accidents, Alcohol, Courts, Crime, Irvine, News, Public Safety Leave a comment

A 19-year-old from Irvine has been arrested on suspicion of felony manslaughter after an early morning crash in Silverado Canyon that left a 16-year-old girl, Marie “Lizzie” Johnson, dead and six others injured, according to the O.C. Register.

Antonio Escamilla of Irvine was arrested on suspicion of felony DUI and felony vehicular manslaughter, said Todd Kovaletz, spokesman for California Highway Patrol, according to the Los Angeles Times. Continue reading→

Man to be arraigned for firing gun, while wasted, near a horse center

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Editor Posted in Crime, Drugs, Guns, News, OCDA Leave a comment

Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release, Case # 13CF2399: July 26, 2013

MAN TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR SHOOTING MULTIPLE ROUNDS WITH FIREARM NEAR EQUESTRIAN CENTER AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE

SANTA ANA – A man is scheduled to be arraigned today for shooting multiple rounds with a firearm in Silverado Canyon near an equestrian center and driving under the influence of drugs. Tyler Maxwell Tennigkeit, 22, Silverado, is charged with 10 felony counts of discharging a firearm with gross negligence, one felony count of possession of a firearm by a felon, and one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of drugs with one prior misdemeanor conviction for alcohol related reckless driving in 2012. Tennigkeit also faces a sentencing enhancement for a prior felony conviction for carrying a loaded unregistered firearm in public in 2011, for which the defendant served a state prison sentence. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 11 years and eight months in state prison. The People will be requesting he be held on $1 million at his arraignment this afternoon in Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana. The time is to be determined. Continue reading→