Westminster Police have arrested a 25-year-old Huntington Beach man on hate crime and felony vandalism charges after he was caught spray-painting swastikas and anti-Semitic phrases on public infrastructure near Magnolia Street and Bolsa Avenue.
Orange County Fire Authority crews battled a significant blaze at a Westminster automotive repair shop early Saturday morning, keeping the fire from spreading to several adjacent businesses in the same industrial strip center.
A La Habra detective shot a Seal Beach man twice during a pre-dawn federal search warrant raid in February 2024. The OC DA cleared the officer — then dropped assault charges against the man who was shot, concluding he may have had reasonable grounds to believe he was defending himself from intruders.
Officers from the Fountain Valley Police Department Traffic Bureau and the Cypress Police Department joined forces for a three-hour pedestrian safety enforcement operation, issuing 38 citations — 36 of them for crosswalk violations.
An elderly woman suffered major injuries Friday afternoon after being struck by a juvenile riding a Surron electric bicycle near the intersection of Main Street and Ocean Avenue in Seal Beach.
Orange County ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations arrested Praney Sa Em, 33, on March 10 — months after the arrest of his brother Sambath Sa Em in November. Both men have extensive criminal records and ties to the Tiny Rascals Gang. Both are now in ICE custody pending removal to Cambodia.
The City of Stanton has selected Captain Matt Stafford as its new Chief of Police Services, effective March 6. Stafford is a 20-year Orange County Sheriff's Department veteran with a background in narcotics suppression, human trafficking investigations, and jail operations.
Cypress Police nightshift officers spotted a stolen carjacking vehicle near Lincoln and Moody, triggering a pursuit with Anaheim PD air support that ended with a 14-year-old Los Angeles suspect in custody and a loaded handgun recovered from the car.
