Category: Orange County Sheriff’s Department

Orange County Probation Officer Gets 6 Months Home Confinement in Thefts

August 20, 2022
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WESTMINSTER, Calif.—An Orange County probation officer convicted in connection with stealing money while helping authorities carry out search warrants was sentenced to six months of home confinement, according to court records obtained Aug. 19. Juan Manuel Rodriguez, 51, was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison, but Orange County Superior Court Judge Lance Jensen stayed…

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Girl, 15, Goes Missing in Yorba Linda

August 14, 2022
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The Orange County Sheriff’s Department circulated on Aug. 13 a photo of a 15-year-old girl who went missing in Yorba Linda. Nya Jingles, who is without needed medication, was last seen about 7 p.m. Friday leaving her home on foot in the 20000 block of Volterra Lane, the sheriff’s Yorba Linda Station reported. Jingles was…

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Authorities: Local Coverage of Coastal Fire ‘Untrue’

June 10, 2022
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Orange County sheriff and fire authorities released a joint statement June 9 disputing a recently published article by the Orange County Register that “called into question” the agencies’ response to the 200-acre Coastal fire, which destroyed 20 homes and damaged 11 others last month. Signed by Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy and Sheriff…

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Seniors Call for Rent Stabilization Over Rising Mobile Home Costs

June 10, 2022
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—Some senior residents of mobile home parks pressured the city council June 7 to put limits on rent increases on the November ballot, saying many of the area’s parks are being purchased by investors who are hiking the rent for space by as much as 52 percent. For months, residents have been holding…

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Shooting in San Juan Capistrano Leaves One Dead

May 31, 2022
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.—A man was fatally shot in San Juan Capistrano, and an investigation was underway Tuesday, authorities said. The shooting was reported at about 9:20 p.m. Monday in the 26000 block of Calle San Francisco, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. The 33-year-old victim was found dead in a townhouse, but it…

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Orange County Holds 14th Annual Crime Victims Rally

April 26, 2022
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—Tucked between the offices of the Orange County District Attorney and Sheriff’s Department, victims and survivors of crime were honored April 25 during the 14th Annual Orange County Crime Victims Rally. “We have victims who passed, and we have victims who are alive today … who have to live with the grief every…

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Family That Buried Stranger Wins $1.5 Million in Case Against Orange County

April 19, 2022
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Family members who believed they buried their relative—only to later discover the relative was in fact alive and the body was misidentified—were awarded $1.5 million April 19 after a jury found the Orange County Coroner’s Office negligent by misidentifying a deceased body. Following a three-week trial, jurors awarded the father, Frank Kerrigan, 86, $1.1 million…

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OC Sheriff Honors 23 Heroes at Medal of Valor Ceremony

April 14, 2022
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ANAHEIM, Calif.—The Orange County Sheriff’s Department honored 24 individuals who went above and beyond the call of duty at the department’s 34th annual medal of valor ceremony April 14. Each of the honorees received a medal for actions such as lifesaving, courage, and merit, as well as a distinguished deputy award, with a surprise Sheriff’s…

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OC Pilot Program Allows Some Low-Level Offenders to Avoid Charges

April 13, 2022
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer Wednesday announced a pilot program that would allow some low-level offenders to avoid facing a criminal filing if they participate in mental health or substance abuse services. The sort of offenders eligible for the program will be for crimes such as drug possession and being drunk in…

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OC Jail Food Service Meets Standard Despite ACLU Challenge

April 12, 2022
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Following allegations that the Orange County Jail was in violation of multiple food service standards, an unannounced, onsite inspection found the allegations to be untrue, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department announced on April 11. Because of COVID, the OC Jail previously didn’t have food in the “chow halls” and would eat in the cells instead. The…

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