SANTA ANA (AP) – A Virginia man who admitted selling the fentanyl that caused the fatal overdose of a 22-year-old woman in Orange County has been sentenced to 14 years in federal […]
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Killer is sentenced to life terms
SANTA ANA (AP) – An Orange County man who killed his girlfriend and her two young sons and left their bodies to rot on a balcony while he partied was sentenced Friday […]
18-year sentence for coach
A prominent Orange County water polo coach sentenced Friday to 18 years and four months of sexually assaulting nine teenage girls he trained and assaulting a tenth athlete over a five year […]
HB woman held for elder abuse
Sally Nava Kanarek, 76, of Huntington Beach, was arrested Thursday on multiple felony counts of financial elder abuse, grand theft of an elder, and forgery after a Department of Insurance investigation found […]
Children’s ministry director faces sexual assault charges
Authorities are asking for the public’s help in identifying other potential victims of a suspect charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl and having secretly recorded her to make child pornography. He […]
U.S.: OC “snitch” program violated rights of defendants
SANTA ANA (AP) – The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday that the Sheriff’s Department and prosecutors in Orange County ran an extensive jailhouse informant program for years that violated the rights of […]
Lawsuit over coyote attack
A lawsuit alleging that Huntington Beach officials haven’t done enough to protect residents and visitors from coyote attacks has been filed by the mother of a child attacked by the wild canine. […]
“You better hit her for that!”
A mother must write a written apology and pay more than $9,000 in restitution to a teenage girl who was punched in the neck by the woman’s daughter after she yelled at […]
“Mental health” court for OC?
By Janie Harr and Adam Beam/Associated Press SACRAMENTO (AP) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s controversial proposal to steer homeless people with severe mental disorders into treatment cleared the state Assembly on Tuesday […]
“Not guilty” plea in shooting
By Amy Taxin/Associated Press SANTA ANA (AP) – A Las Vegas man pleaded not guilty in an Orange County court on Friday to charges that he killed one person and wounded five […]
