$0LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. (Nov. 20, 2019) – Distracted driving is a dangerous and illegal behavior the Sheriff’s Department is working to deter drivers from doing. $0$0On Thursday, Nov. 21, deputies will focus their efforts on drivers that are talking, texting, using an app or any other action on their phone...

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. (Aug. 21, 2020) – Distracted driving is a dangerous and illegal behavior the Sheriff’s Department is working to deter drivers from doing. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, deputies will focus their efforts on drivers that are talking, texting, using an app or any other action on their phone...

A deputy-involved shooting occurred today in the city of Stanton at approximately 5:20 p.m. While on patrol at approximately 5:15 p.m., a deputy identified a stolen vehicle near the corner of Beach Blvd. and Chapman Ave. The vehicle was reported stolen today out of the city of Garden Grove. The...

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. (Feb. 5, 2018) - On Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, at approximately 8:50 p.m. Stephen Schenkenberger was struck on his bicycle while crossing Niguel Road from Ridgeway in the City of Laguna Niguel. View PDF

SAN CLEMENTE, Ca. (Aug. 17, 2020) – Distracted driving is a dangerous and illegal behavior the Sheriff’s Department is working to deter drivers from doing. View PDF

San Clemente, Ca. (Sept. 18, 2020) – The Sheriff’s Department will take part in a bicycle and pedestrian safety enforcement operation aimed at educating bicyclists, drivers and pedestrians on traffic laws, rules and responsibilities. On Monday, Sept. 21, deputies will be looking for violations made by bicyclists, drivers and pedestrians...

SANTA ANA, Ca. (March 11, 2019) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department Coroner Division has determined an official cause of death for UCI student Noah Domingo, 18, of La Crescenta. View PDF

Forensic History: The man that was freed thanks to science For 16 years, Kevin Green maintained he didn’t do it. It was someone else, he said, who had entered his pregnant wife’s bedroom in 1979, bludgeoned her into a coma, killing the couple’s unborn daughter. When Green’s wife, Dianna D’Aiello...

LAKE FOREST, Ca. (September 26, 2018) - The Orange County Sheriff’s Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect who robbed a Lake Forest bank on Monday September 24, 2018. View PDF

LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. (March 13, 2019)- The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting a specialized Motorcycle Safety Enforcement Operation Saturday, March 16, in an effort to lower deaths and injuries. View PDF