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
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
SANTA ANA, Ca. (October 10, 2018)- On October 9, 2018, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Highway Interdiction Team initiated a traffic stop for vehicle code violations on the northbound I-5 freeway between Orange and San Diego counties. The driver, Miguel Patron, 41, Ensenada, identified himself, stated he was a police...
SANTA ANA, Ca. (Feb. 26, 2018) - As of 2 p.m. today, all individuals encamped along the Santa Ana River Trail in the project area between Ball Road in the city of Anaheim and Memory Lane in the city of Orange have voluntarily complied with the request to relocate. The...
SANTA ANA, Ca. (May 30, 2019) – Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigators arrested a man suspected of murdering a 30-year-old woman in 1976 and dumping her body near the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro. View PDF
STANTON, Ca. (May 2, 2019) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will step up bike and pedestrian safety enforcement operations throughout the city of Stanton on Monday, May 6, with focused enforcement on collision-causing factors involving motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists. View PDF
Forensic History: The murders that made the case for Orange County’s Crime Lab In an era when murder trials were a form of macabre entertainment for the masses, Orange County was home to one of the most sensational. George Gollum and Beulah Louise Overell were accused of murdering Overell’s parents...
LAGUNA HILLS, Ca. (May 25, 2020) – Distracted driving is a dangerous and illegal behavior the Sheriff’s Department is working to deter drivers from doing. On Tuesday, May 26, deputies will focus their efforts on drivers that are talking, texting, using an app or any other action on their phone...