Category: Newport Beach Police department

It’s Never Too Late to Show Police Appreciation, Says 94-Year-Old

July 10, 2023
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—For the past eight years, local resident Dotty McDonald has made it her mission to raise funds to purchase gift cards from local eateries and donate them to the officers and staff of the Newport Beach Police Department (NBPD). The spry 94-year-old says it’s her way of giving back to those who give…

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Man Gets 6 Years in Attack on Former ‘RHOC’ Cast Member

May 10, 2023
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—An ex-boyfriend of Elizabeth Lyn Vargas pleaded guilty May 9 to attacking the former “The Real Housewives of Orange County” cast member and was immediately sentenced to six years in prison. Ryan Matthew Geraghty, 34, was arrested in February 2022 following a roughly two-hour standoff with Newport Beach police at Vargas’s home in…

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Man Charged With Felony Vandalism of Newport Beach Church

April 18, 2023
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A San Dimas resident was charged April 17 with felony vandalism and a probation violation after destroying parts of Christ Church by the Sea in Newport Beach on April 15. Authorities allege 27-year-old Nicolas Briones smashed the church’s stained-glass windows and doors with a baseball bat early Saturday morning. Newport Beach Police responded to a…

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Newport Beach Easter Shooting Suspect Arrested

April 13, 2023
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—A 31-year-old Riverside man was behind bars April 13 on charges of shooting at a man in Newport Beach on Easter Sunday. Tristen Skylar Parker was charged Tuesday with attempted murder, assault with a semiautomatic firearm, and shooting from a motor vehicle, all felonies, with sentencing enhancements for attempted premeditated murder, discharge of…

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Newport Beach Police Engage Community With ‘Mobile Café’

February 7, 2023
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—On any given morning, visitors to this city’s seaside McFadden Square can expect to see surfers, skateboarders, Dory fishermen, locals riding bikes or walking dogs, and tourists taking photos on the beach. But this past Saturday, Feb. 4, the bustling Newport pier area was also the gathering place of the Newport Beach Police…

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Man Gets 15 Years to Life for Killing Escort in Newport Beach

December 14, 2022
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 36-year-old Santa Ana man was sentenced Dec. 13 to 15 years to life in prison for killing an escort in a Newport Beach office building at the end of 2015. Nain Isaac Nieto Hernandez, 36, was convicted Aug. 10 of second-degree murder in the Dec. 18, 2015, killing of 23-year-old Sarai Alcaraz…

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Newport Beach’s ‘Sweetheart’ Dead at 91 

December 13, 2022
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Evelyn Reese Hart—often referred to as one of Newport Beach’s “great dames” and “sweetheart”—died peacefully Nov. 23 after a recent stroke. She was 91. Born Willie Evelyn Reese on Jan. 24, 1931, in Phoenix, Arizona, Hart moved to Newport Beach in the 1950s. She served for 16 years on the Newport Beach City Council and…

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Newport Beach OKs $30 Million for Purchasing New Police Headquarters

November 17, 2022
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During a regular city council meeting for Newport Beach on Nov. 15, councilors approved the purchase of a $30.5 million property with plans to turn it into the new police headquarters within a decade. The council voted 4–1—with Mayor Kevin Muldoon dissenting—approving the purchase. The property is in the city’s airport area at 1201 Dove…

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Newport Beach Police Chief Announces Retirement

November 10, 2022
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—Newport Beach Police Chief Jon Lewis will retire at the end of the year, officials announced Nov. 10. “While we will miss his leadership tremendously, Chief Lewis leaves behind an exceptional department that will ensure the continuation of excellent public safety service to our community,” City Manager Grace Leung said. “We thank Chief…

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4 Suspects Arrested Following Robbery at Fashion Island in Newport Beach

July 21, 2022
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WESTMINSTER, Calif.—Four suspects were arrested in Westminster July 20 after leading authorities on a pursuit following a robbery at the Fashion Island shopping mall in Newport Beach.  The robbery was reported just after 4 p.m. at the Neiman Marcus store at the mall after seven men entered it and stole unspecified items, according to reports…

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