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Repeat Sex Offender Sentenced to 67 Years to Life in Prison

In Santa Ana, California, a judge said in court that the defendant, who is a registered sex offender, was a dangerous predatory person, whose previous child-sex-offense felony strike should not be ...
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Suspect in Hit-and-Run Death Turns Himself in to Police

In Westminster, California, a man who was a suspect of striking a pedestrian and then fleeing the scene of the accident as the victim died has been arrested after he turned himself in to police. ...
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California Plans to Drop Arrest Warrants for Parole Violators

In order to ease overcrowding in state prisons and county jails, California state corrections officials are planning to drop arrest warrants for thousands of parole violators and release them from ...
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Mother Gets 15 Years to Life for Killing and Dumping Her Baby

In Santa Ana, California, a jury convicted a mother, Juana Valencia, 21, of murder for killing her baby immediately after birth. For almost two years, the body of a 6 pound girl sat in an Orange ...
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Pasadena Man Charged with Arson and Capital Murder

A Pasadena, California man who has been accused of setting a house fire that resulted in the death of two men and causing severe injuries to another pled not guilty in the Pasadena Court. Garth ...
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Soccer Coach Found Guilty of Child Molestation

Eleven boys and girls told an Orange County, California jury that Luis Pineda, 31, was a pedophile who molested them in the back seats of cars, in movie theaters and in homes after manipulating their ...
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Santa Ana Police Arrest Gang Member for Carjacking and Robbery

Santa Ana police have arrested a documented gang member who was in possession of a sawed-off shotgun and was the main suspect in a carjacking and at least three separate robbery offenses. Police took ...
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Man Who Sold Vintage Porsches Charged with Grand Theft

An Orange County, California man is facing criminal charges for embezzlement of funds he received from the sale of rare Porsche's that he sold on consignment. John Calicchio, 63, has been charged ...
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Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of Loaded Firearm

In Oakland, California, Dontae Jones has been sentenced to six years in a federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. He was convicted by a federal jury in June, 2012. ...
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Laguna Hills Man Charged with Solicitation to Commit Kidnapping

Orange County, California, prosecutors have charged a Laguna Hills man for plotting to have a teenage relative he allegedly molested kidnapped and taken to Mexico. The Costa Mesa Police Department ...
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Registered Sex Offender Facing Life Prison Sentence

In Orange County, California, a registered sex offender who has 4 prior prison terms is now facing life in prison after a Santa Ana jury convicted him of a yet another felony sex crime. He was ...
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Prosecutors Say Killing of Gang Member was Self-Defense

Orange County, California prosecutors decided not to file violent crime criminal charges against a man who was a suspect in a stabbing death of one man and causing serious bodily injuries to another ...
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Sex Offender Sues Orange County Cities for Ban From Public Areas

An unnamed convicted sex offender is suing 4 Orange County, California cities that prohibits registered sex offenders from visiting some public areas. The suit claims the ban is unconstitutional. ...
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Newport Beach Man Charged with Murder of His Wife

Orange County, California prosecutors said that a Newport Beach man has been charged with the murder of his wife in their home after a heated argument over divorce and financial matters. Peter ...
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Former Bookkeeper Charged with Embezzlement

A bookkeeper who was employed at a contracting company was arrested for embezzlement of over 1.5 million from her employer. In total, she was charged with over three-dozen felony white collar crimes, ...
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DNA Match Leads to Arrest in Child Molestation Case

In Orange County, California, A 26-year-old man has been arrested for the sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl in her Santa Ana home while she was sleeping. DNA evidence at the crime scene linked ...
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Modesto Man Convicted for Receiving Internet Child Pornography Images

In a Fresno, California federal court, a jury convicted Eric Vallejos, 38, of receiving child pornography. Trial evidence showed that he produced numerous files of child pornography and made it ...
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LAPD Will Not Turn Over Some Illegal Immigrants for Deportation

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said that hundreds of illegal immigrants that have been arrested for minor crimes would no longer be turned over to federal immigration authorities for ...
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Poll Shows Support for Change in California Three Strikes Law

According to a recent USC/LA Times poll, California voters are in support of easing California's three-strikes sentencing law by about a 3-1 margin. However, the same poll shows they still support ...
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Jury Gives Arsonist Death Penalty in 2003 San Bernardino Fire

A San Bernardino County jury on Friday gave the death penalty to a methamphetamine addict they had convicted of arson for a 2003 fire that destroyed over 1,000 homes, and caused the death of 5 people. ...
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Federal Agents Crackdown on Marijuana Dispensaries in Los Angeles

Federal agents raided several medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles and issued warning letters to many others. The United States attorney's office said it was the just the first ...
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Bay Area Resident Sentenced for Selling Prescriprion Drugs on Internet

A Bay Area resident, Ian Fischman, has been sentenced to six months in a federal prison, six months of home detention, a $3,000 fine and ordered to forfeit $100,000 for his participation in an illicit ...
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Los Angeles Doctor Assistant Sentenced to Federal Prison for Medicare Fraud

A Los Angeles doctor assistant who stole doctors identities in order to write medically unnecessary prescriptions for medical equipment and diagnostic tests was sentenced to 72 months in a federal ...
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Two Arrested in Costa Mesa for Murder

Costa Mesa police have arrested a 38-year-old man they believed stabbed a man to death in a home. They also arrested a woman who they believe had a relationship with both men and who is accused of ...
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Former El Cajon Councilwoman Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Jillian Hanson-Cox pleaded guilty in a San Diego federal court for mail fraud and filing a false income tax return in connection to from her employment at Century Design Inc. (CDI). She pled guilty to ...
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