Tag: Southern California OC News

Anaheim to Release Investigation Into Angel Stadium Sale to FBI, California AG

July 20, 2023
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The Anaheim City Council has approved releasing details of its independent investigation into corruption allegations surrounding the sale of Anaheim Stadium to state Attorney General Rob Bonta and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Councilors voted unanimously July 18 to waive attorney-client privilege relating to a 200-page report by the JL Group, a Laguna Niguel-based…

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Man Fatally Stabbed Near Anaheim

July 20, 2023
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A 52-year-old Yorba Linda man was charged on July 20 with fatally stabbing another man in unincorporated Anaheim. Effrum Maland Burnett was charged with murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon. The name of the victim—a 50-year-old Anaheim man—has not yet been released by Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials….

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OC Woman, Three Others Arrested in Alleged Business Fraud Scheme

July 19, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—The owner of a now-shuttered Orange County healthcare business management services company and three others were arrested on July 19 on a nine-count federal indictment alleging they defrauded lenders and investors out of millions of dollars via false claims that the owner’s struggling business was booming. Tammy Le, 48, of San Clemente, the former…

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4 Arrested in Alleged Multi-Million Business Fraud Scheme

July 19, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—The owner of a now-shuttered Orange County healthcare business management services company and three others were arrested July 19 on a nine-count federal indictment alleging they defrauded lenders and investors out of millions of dollars via false claims that the owner’s struggling business was booming. Tammy Le, 48, of San Clemente, the former owner…

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Garden Grove Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Prostitute and Robbery

July 19, 2023
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A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty on July 18 and was immediately sentenced to three years in prison for choking an underage prostitute until she passed out and hitting her with a brick in Stanton. Margarito De La Cruz Guigui of Garden Grove pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon, assault with force likely to…

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Garden Grove Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Underage Prostitute, Robbery

July 19, 2023
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A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty on July 18 and was immediately sentenced to three years in prison for choking an underage prostitute until she passed out and hitting her with a brick in Stanton. Margarito De La Cruz Guigui of Garden Grove pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon, assault with force likely to…

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Hotel Workers’ Strike Expanding in Southern California, Looming in Arizona

July 18, 2023
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The hotel workers’ strike that started in Los Angeles continued to expand in Southern California, with workers in Orange County walking off their jobs last week, demanding higher wages and benefits while seeking support for a union-backed ballot measure to house homeless people at hotels. The strike by members of Unite Here Local 11 started with…

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Man Gets 15 Years for Dealing Deadly Dose of Fentanyl to Tustin Teen

July 18, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 24-year-old Santa Ana man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison July 17 for dealing a deadly dose of fentanyl to an 18-year-old Tustin woman. Isai Hernandez Higinio pleaded guilty Jan. 30 to possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl. The defendant agreed to sell oxycodone pills to Adriana Davies in…

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Laguna Beach Man Pleads Guilty to Flying Drones Near Aircrafts, Prompting Dangerous Emergency Responses

July 17, 2023
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Laguna Beach resident Alexander Milinovic pleaded guilty July 13 to three criminal charges for recklessly operating a drone near various aircraft multiple times—including close to a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter mid-flight. The 62-year-old pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft between June 2022 and March 2023, according to a…

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Westminster Police Join Forces With Nonprofit to Create Mental Health Mobile Response Team

July 17, 2023
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The Westminster Police Department has partnered with a local nonprofit to establish a mobile response team to provide mental health services to the community through a program that launched June 26. Be Well OC is the nonprofit which has taken over non-life-threatening mental health calls on behalf of the city’s police department. So far, the…

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