Category: Santa Ana

Sherman Oaks Man Could Face 20 Years in Prison for Investment Scheme

February 16, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A Sherman Oaks man has been convicted of defrauding 40 investors out of $6 million in a business he ran with his brother out of their parents’ home, federal prosecutors said Feb. 15. Sassi Mizrahi, 58, was convicted Tuesday of five counts of wire fraud, with jurors acquitting him of one wire fraud…

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Uber Driver Gets Nearly 10 Years in Prison for Sex Assault in Santa Ana

February 14, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 32-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday and was immediately sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison for sexually assaulting one of his customers while driving for Uber in Santa Ana, as well as a domestic violence incident in Garden Grove. Jason Rodas of Garden Grove pleaded guilty to single counts of…

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Man Gets 14 Years In Prison For Dealing Deadly Dose Of Fentanyl In Costa Mesa

February 13, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 25-year-old man was sentenced Feb. 13 to 14 years in federal prison for dealing a baggie of Fentanyl in Costa Mesa to a 22-year-old woman, who overdosed and died in Huntington Beach. Matthew Benjamin Hurley of Virginia told U.S. District Judge James Selna that the defendant’s own “selfish addiction” to drugs led…

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Transient Gets 6 Years for Violent Robbery in Placentia

February 10, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 45-year-old transient pleaded guilty Feb. 10 and was immediately sentenced to six years in prison for a violent robbery and carjacking in Placentia, but he will be freed because he has served that amount of time behind bars awaiting trial. Michael Anthony Davis Jr. pleaded guilty to robbery, car theft, carjacking, false…

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Santa Ana Restaurant Raises Money for Earthquake-Stricken Turkey and Syria

February 9, 2023
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Alta Baja Market, a popular Mexican-themed restaurant in Santa Ana, California, announced 100 percent of its proceeds this weekend for a certain popular Mexican cocktail will go toward aid for victims of earthquake-stricken Turkey and Syria. From Feb. 10 through the end of the business day on Feb. 12, any customer who purchases a Michelada—which…

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Santa Ana Traffic Collision Leaves 6 Hospitalized, One Critical

February 8, 2023
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Firefighters responded to a two-car collision that hospitalized six Feb. 7, with one victim in critical condition. The Orange County Fire Authority arrived on scene around 12:31 p.m. near the intersection of South Bristol Street and West Edinger Avenue, according to spokesperson Thanh Nguyen. According to Nguyen, five adults, and one child were transported to…

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California Man Gets 2 Years for Police Chase With 6-Year-Old Girl in Car

January 31, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in prison for leading police on a drug-fueled chase with a 6-year-old girl in the backseat of his vehicle, according to court records obtained Jan. 30. Police attempted to pull Kevin Gregory Ruff over Jan. 13 for a traffic violation, but he kept going,…

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Santa Ana Officials Say Police Union President Launches Recalls in Retaliation to Labor Agreement

January 30, 2023
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Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Jessie Lopez and Councilmember Thai Viet Phan were joined by local officials Jan. 30 on the steps of City Hall, saying they are being targeted by recalls launched by the city’s police union president. According to public filings with the state, initial paperwork for the establishment of recall committees have…

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Santa Ana Votes to Dissolve Its Downtown Business Improvement District

January 25, 2023
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The Santa Ana City Council unanimously voted last week to dissolve its Downtown Business Improvement District, to which local merchants have been required to pay annual fees—on top of business taxes—after an outcry from some of the area’s merchants. The area’s improvement district, known as a BID, was started in 1984 to fund promotions and…

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13 Orange County Jail Inmates Charged with Attempting to Kill DUI Suspect

January 19, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 31-year-old Orange County jail inmate pleaded not guilty Jan. 18 for his alleged role in the beating of a drunken-driving suspect, in an attack that allegedly involved 13 assailants and left the victim comatose. Jonathan Arley Gonzalez-Sanchez pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, attempted murder, torture, kidnapping, and participation in gang activity, all…

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