A 35-year-old Midway City man was arrested on Wednesday on charges o Taken into custody was a man identified as Khang Hoang Luu. The incident began around 12:34 p., when police were […]
Trespass incident at McGarvin Intermediate School
Student with firearm removed from Westminster High
A student at Westminster High School with a firearm was removed from the campus without incident on Wednesday. According to Commander Bill Drinnin of the WPD, a report of a pupil “seen […]
HB man held for ‘hate graffiti’
Westminster police have arrested a man for allegedly spray-painting graffiti – some of it anti-Semitic – on city walls and property. According to Commander Michael Harvey, Julio Cesar Lazo, 25, a Huntington […]
Child rapist suspect faces possibility of life in prison
The man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old girl off the street in Westminster, raping her repeatedly and then fleeing to Guatemala has been returned to Orange County where – if convicted on […]
Crime declined 17.33 % but increase in rapes reported
Crime in Westminster is now down by over 17 percent from last year, according to a report to the city council for consideration when it meets on Wednesday. According to the staff […]
Girl, Dad, police stop intruder
A brave 9-year-old girl, her stalwart father and quick-arriving Westminster police combined to stop and arrest a man who had broken into a home in the area of Magnolia Street and Bolsa […]
A “Good Samaritan” is stabbed in incident and dies from wounds
One man is dead, another in the hospital and a third in jail facing a murder charge after an altercation in Westminster on Friday afternoon. According to Sgt. Alan Aoki of the […]
Pupil with knife is arrested
A 12-year-old pupil at a middle school in Westminster was arrested Monday morning for carrying a “kitchen-type” knife to school. Commander Kevin MacCormick of the WPD reported that staff members at Warner […]
A positively pleased new chief
By Jim Tortolano The stereotypes of police chiefs are often glum and dour. But Westminster’s new “top cop” is positively, well, positive. “I absolutely love the people the people I work with […]
Lenyi is new chief of police
The City of Westminster has announced Darin Lenyi as the chief of police. Lenyi comes to the Westminster Police Department with more than 33 years of full-time sworn law enforcement experience. He […]
