RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Ca. (December 19, 2019) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department encourages everyone attending holiday parties and gatherings where alcohol may be involved to use a designated sober driver. View PDF
SAN CLEMENTE, Ca. (Aug. 25, 2020) – Distracted driving is a dangerous and illegal behavior the Sheriff’s Department is working to deter drivers from doing. On Friday, Aug. 28, deputies will focus their efforts on drivers that are talking, texting, using an app or any other action on their phone...
SANTA ANA, Ca. (Mar. 26, 2018) – Beginning today, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department will make publicly available inmate release dates through the existing “Who’s in Jail” online database. This action will enhance communication between the Sheriff’s Department and our law enforcement partners to remove dangerous offenders from our community...
DANA POINT, Ca. (Nov. 6, 2019) – Distracted driving is a dangerous and illegal behavior the Sheriff’s Department is working to deter drivers from doing. View PDF
MISSION VIEJO, Ca. (August 27, 2020) – Orange County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Detail investigators arrested a man yesterday suspected of committing multiple lewd acts on an underage girl beginning in 2010.
DANA POINT, Ca. (Feb. 12, 2020) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will have extra deputies out on patrol Wednesday, Feb. 13, looking for violations made by drivers and motorcyclists that increase the risk of crashes. View PDF
MEDAL OF COURAGE & LIFESAVING: Deputies stop man with machete On January 19, 2018 at 4:15 p.m., Deputies Anthony Garza, Robert Tomasko, Jason McLennan, Paul Chiron and Charles Johnson responded to Walmart in Lake Forest reference a suspect wearing a mask and carrying a machete. Before deputies could arrive, the...
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (June 14, 2019)- The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting a specialized Motorcycle Safety Enforcement Operation Sunday, June 16, in an effort to lower deaths and injuries. View PDF
San Clemente, Ca. (May 10, 2019) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will step up bike and pedestrian safety enforcement operations throughout the city of San Clemente on Monday, May 13, with focused enforcement on collision-causing factors involving motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists. View PDF
SANTA ANA, Ca. (July 14, 2020) –At approximately 7:40 a.m. today, an inmate housed at the Intake Release Center in Santa Ana was pronounced deceased. The inmate, a 63-year old man, was found unresponsive in his cell during a morning count. Deputies rendered medical aid and called paramedics. The inmate...