Man Charged with Running Down 3-Year-Old Child in Westminster
A 26-year-old Westminster man was charged with a misdemeanor Tuesday for allegedly fatally striking a 3-year-old pedestrian while driving without a license. Marco Antonio Decastilla was charged with a...
View ArticleEx-Con Charged in Long Beach Killing
An ex-con was charged Wednesday with murder and other counts stemming from a man’s shooting death in Long Beach less than a week before Christmas. Seth Gomes, 33, is facing one count each of murder,...
View ArticleWoman Charged With Child Abuse and Possession of Drugs in Irvine
A 31-year-old woman was charged Wednesday with child abuse of a baby and possession of fentanyl and Xanax in Irvine. Jacqueline Hunter pleaded not guilty at her arraignment in Santa Ana. She was...
View ArticleTustin Man Charged with Sex Assaults on Teen Relatives
A 36-year-old Tustin man was charged Thursday with sexually assaulting two teenage relatives. Cristobal Mendez Flores was charged with two counts of rape, two counts of kidnapping to commit a sex...
View ArticleWoman Charged With Attempted Murder in Connection with Motel Shooting
A 24-year-old woman suspected of shooting an unidentified person in a motel near Palm Desert was charged Friday with attempted murder. Priscilla Guzman of Indio is facing three sentence-enhancing...
View ArticleMan Charged with Fatally Stabbing Girlfriend in Stanton
A 22-year-old man was charged Wednesday with fatally stabbing his girlfriend in Stanton. Edgar Amezcua Navarrete was charged with murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly...
View ArticleIrvine Man Charged with Killing Father
A 24-year-old Irvine man was charged Wednesday with fatally stabbing his father. Tyler Bernard Shipper was charged with murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon....
View ArticleMan Charged With Murder in Christmas Day Street Takeover
A motorist allegedly responsible for fatally injuring a 24-year-old woman at a South Los Angeles street takeover on Christmas Day has been charged with murder and hit-and-run driving resulting in...
View ArticleThirteen OC Jail Inmates Charged with Attempting to Kill DUI Suspect
A 31-year-old Orange County jail inmate pleaded not guilty Wednesday for his alleged role in the beating of a drunken-driving suspect, in an attack that allegedly involved 13 assailants and left the...
View ArticleMan Charged with Sex Assaults on Underage Relatives
A 46-year-old man was charged Wednesday with alleged sex assaults on two underage relatives in Anaheim. Pedro Quintanacuevas was charged with two counts of sexual battery against one victim and lewd or...
View ArticleMan Charged with Leading Police on Chase with 6-Year-Old in Backseat
A 31-year-old man was charged Wednesday with leading police on a drug-fueled chase with a 6-year-old girl in the backseat of his vehicle. Kevin Gregory Ruff was charged with single counts each of...
View ArticleMan Charged with Leading Police on Chase with 6-Year-Old in Backseat
A 31-year-old man was charged Wednesday with leading police on a drug-fueled chase with a 6-year-old girl in the backseat of his vehicle. Kevin Gregory Ruff was charged with single counts each of...
View ArticleMenifee Mom Charged with Fleeing with Kids into Mexico
A 41-year-old Menifee woman accused of fleeing with her two children during a child custody exchange and leading law enforcement officers on a pursuit into Mexico, where she eluded capture for one...
View ArticleProbationer Charged with Kidnap-Rape of Woman in Orange County
A 28-year-old Santa Ana man was charged Thursday with abducting a woman from the Main Place Mall parking structure in Santa Ana and raping her in Orange. According to court records, Quinnton Xavier...
View ArticleTwo Men Charged in Huntington Beach Shooting
Two men were charged Thursday with shooting a man in Huntington Beach. Scott Lucas Catalano, 30, of Norwalk, and Kevin Anthony Brown, 40, address unknown, were charged in connection with a shooting...
View ArticleFour Men Charged with Home Invasion Robbery in Fountain Valley
Four men, including three with felony convictions, were charged Thursday with a home invasion robbery in Fountain Valley before leading police on a chase. Prince Zamaal Jones, 22, Andrew Estrada, 22,...
View ArticleMusic Producer Max Lord Charged in Gun Case
Grammy award-winning hip hop music producer Max Adam Lord was charged Friday with possessing assault weapons and silencers. Lord, 30, is set to be arraigned next Wednesday in a Van Nuys courtroom on...
View ArticleMan Charged With Animal Cruelty in Dog Killings
A man arrested on suspicion of killing at least two dogs in Sun Valley was charged Friday with animal cruelty. Alejandro Flores, 45, of Sun Valley, is charged with five counts of animal cruelty,...
View ArticleTrial Set to Begin for Two Charged With Boy’s Murder, Torture
Trial is set to begin Wednesday for a Lancaster woman and her boyfriend, who are charged with murder and torture involving her 10-year-old son’s death. Superior Court Judge Sam Ohta was chosen to hear...
View ArticleFelon Charged with Carjacking Woman, Beating and Abducting Senior
A parolee accused of carjacking a Riverside woman and holding her until she escaped, as well as perpetrating a home invasion robbery during which a senior was beaten and stuffed into a closet, was...
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