Scammers recently spoofed the Irvine Police Department’s Caller Identification in at least two reported incidents where they pretended to be police officers, demanding personal information and large sums of money, a spokesperson for the department said. “Overall, it’s just kind of a rolling issue whether it’s Edison or the Water District or Amazon or Netflix,…

IRVINE, Calif.—A motorist was killed in a fiery single-vehicle crash in Irvine May 20. Officers dispatched at 4:05 a.m. to Harvard Avenue, at University Drive, located a vehicle on fire that had struck a tree, according to Kyle Oldoerp, a spokesman with the Irvine Police Department. Firefighters knocked down the fire. The driver, the lone…

A 64-year-old man was killed May 8 after being struck by a train in Irvine, according to authorities. Irvine Police and the Orange County Fire Authority responded to the area of 170 Technology Dr. at 7:36 a.m. Monday after a report of a pedestrian being struck by a northbound Metrolink train, according to a statement…

IRVINE, Calif.—A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of a robbery in Irvine, police said April 14. Police were called at 8:37 p.m. Wednesday to Passage and Nightshade regarding the robbery, Irvine police Sgt. Karie Davies said. The victim was walking home from the Quail Hill shopping center when two males robbed her, Davies…

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 37-year-old man was sentenced April 7 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for beating and strangling a woman to death before he dumped her body in Irvine and set it afire 13 years ago. Zenaido Baldivia-Guzman was convicted Nov. 15 of murder, along with a special-circumstance allegation of murder…

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 53-year-old Los Angeles man was charged March 30 with assaulting three children in Irvine on separate occasions. Christopher Eduard was charged with two counts of false imprisonment, two counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor younger than 14, and single counts of forcible lewd act on a child, contacting a…

IRVINE, Calif.—An In-N-Out Burger located near the University of California–Irvine campus was broken into on March 26, whereafter a male suspect was arrested, authorities said. Officers responded to a report of a man breaking several restaurant windows and vandalizing cars near the area at 6:45 p.m. on Sunday, according to the Irvine Police Department. There…

IRVINE, Calif.—A Los Angeles man was arrested for allegedly exposing himself to a 9-year-old girl and assaulting her at a public library in Irvine. Police arrested 53-year-old Christopher Eduard March 24 near his home. He was released on bail Saturday, according to sheriff’s inmate records. The girl had gone with her mother the evening of…

A 20-year-old man’s body was found on March 23 in the San Diego Creek in Irvine after being reported missing for two days, authorities said. Christian Nathan Cruz, of Irvine, who was developmentally disabled, was reported missing at about 11:30 p.m. on March 21. Cruz’s mother dropped him off at an L.A. Fitness gym located…

A man who allegedly stabbed three people Tuesday has been arrested, according to the Irvine Police Department. Ricardo De La Riva, 43, of Irvine, was booked at Orange County Jail on attempted murder and assault with deadly weapon charges. Ricardo De La Riva, 43, of Irvine. (Courtesy of the Irvine Police Department) Authorities responded to…