A 20-year-old Garden Grove man was fatally shot by police early Saturday morning. According to Lt. Carl Whitney of GGPD, Andrew Giovanni Meza was killed by Garden Grove police officers in an […]
Police kill a knife-wielding suspect
“Fallen Five” a core of GGPD’s history
By Jim Tortolano The 32nd Annual “Call to Duty” Memorial honoring the five Garden Grove Police Department officers killed in the line of duty touched strongly on the history of the department, […]
Suspect is tied to seven area burglaries
A transient from Anaheim has been arrested in connection with at least seven commercial burglary incidents in the Garden Grove area. According to Sgt. Luis Payan of the GGPD, Marwan Maher Alrabayah, […]
“Thin Blue Line” honored at memorial
This year’s Call to Duty Police Memorial, honoring Garden Grove’s Fallen Five—the officers Garden Grove has lost in the line of duty — is themed after ‘The Thin Blue Line,’ symbolic of […]
UPDATE: woman killed in purse-snatch
The names of the victim and the three suspects in Wednesday’s fatal strong-arm robbery and homicide were released by the Garden Grove Police Department Thursday (today). The victim is Nga Ngoc Nguyen, […]
Police investigate a.m. shooting
A man is in critical condition after suffering multiple gunshot wounds early Monday morning, according to Garden Grove police. Police were called to the 12000 block of Corvette Street at 12:17 a.m. […]
It’s hail to the (new police) chief
By Jim Tortolano Before a room full of admirers, family and colleagues, Tom DaRé was sworn in as the 13th Garden Grove Chief of Police on Tuesday afternoon. The 29-year veteran of […]
School resource officers are honored
In observance of April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Garden Grove Police Department’s School Resource Officers were recently honored for efforts in bringing awareness and preventing child abuse and neglect in […]
“Blowtorch bandit” suspects arrested
Two men were arrested early Saturday morning in Garden Grove for allegedly breaking into a beauty salon and then tunneling into an adjacent business. According to Sgt. Erick Leyva, officers were dispatched […]
“Rusty skeleton” goes before planners
The “rusty skeleton” that’s loomed over Garden Grove Boulevard for years may finally be getting a second lease on life. A new version of the ill-fated project will go before the Garden […]
