By Jessiac Peralta It was an unusual spring for graduates this year. But even without a public ceremony, when Faviola Nunez’s diploma arrived in the mail on July 13, the validation of […]
She gets a different third degree
“Slaphouse” is busted by police
Westminster police detectives on Thursday “slapped” illegal gambling with a raid on a “slaphouse” in the city. WPD, along with the West Orange County SWAT force, served a search warrant on a […]
A different kind of a turnover
A traffic collision in which one of the cars was overturned blocked an intersection in Westminster on Friday, but no one was seriously injured. According to the Westminster Police Department, the crash […]
Don’t blow up wallet on July 4
Fireworks Day … no, that’s wrong … Independence Day, the Fourth of July, is coming and local public safety agencies are reminding people that while “Safe and Sane” fireworks sold in our […]
Car rollover death in Orange
A rollover accident took the life a man this morning (Tuesday) in Orange. According to police, the vehicle went over a curb at around 8 a.m. while moving south of Santiago Boulevard […]
Police force doubles down on dogs
By Jessica Peralta Even before he became a police officer, Steve Booth knew one thing: He wanted to become a K9 handler. That was more than 15 years ago. But his dream […]
New chief focuses on the small things
By Greg Hardesty Westminster’s new police chief is a black-and-white kind of guy. In late 1993, when Mark Lauderback was putting himself through the police academy at Golden West College, two agencies […]
A missing teenage girl is found safe
UPDATE: The missing teenage girl who went missing from her home Wednesday morning was found safe on Thursday, according to police. ––– Westminster police are asking the public’s help in locating a […]
Mom, daughter charged in welfare fraud
A mother and daughter from Westminster have been charged with felony welfare fraud charges valued at $190,000. Errica Madkins Mickens, 55, and Brittany Monet Mickens, 29, were arrested on Thursday by investigators […]
Arrests made in cold homicide case
By Jessica Peralta Some cases – even those involving homicides – are simple and straightforward. Some are not. “It’s actually a pretty complicated case,” said Westminster Homicide Detective James Wilson of a […]
