Six Months in Jail for Napping in Car It seems that there’s been a rash of crimes committed in Rancho Santa Margarita by people while they are asleep, and there is no sleepwalking involved. How, you might ask? Just by the simple, abhorrent act of sleeping. In their car. It’s true, this nighttime menace, already … Read more

How U.S. Marijuana Legalization Affected Mexican Drug Cartels Time magazine has recently brought America’s attention to a correlation between the wave of marijuana legalization throughout the country, and the power of the Mexican drug cartels. The cartels have lost billions, as Americans turn to legal avenues of purchase for marijuana; violence also appears to have … Read more

Do We Need a Centralized Database for Child Abuse? Josue Rey Maldonado lived to be one and a half years old. Six months prior to his death the Long Beach boy’s aunt had called Long Beach Police Department with concerns that his mother was too intoxicated to care for him. Police arrived to investigate, and … Read more

Long Beach Fifth-Grader Dies After Fight Over Boy This case is a true tragedy, for everyone involved, and will need a very delicate hand from law enforcement and legal representation alike. Our sympathy goes out to the girl’s mother, Cecilia Villanueva. Yesterday, two girls from Willard Elementary School allegedly got into a fight over a … Read more

Daylight Carjacking in Santa Ana Last Friday afternoon as he sat in his car, the driver of a 2002 Infiniti Q45 was approached by three men wearing bandannas over their faces. According to Santa Ana Police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna, the men were armed with knives and threatened the driver in order to make him leave … Read more

Attempted Abduction and High-Speed Chase from Laguna to Anaheim At 8:20 p.m. Tuesday night, 9-1-1 received a call from a person reporting that a man had jumped from bushes as they arrived home, and that the man was her mother’s ex-husband trying to abduct their 4-year-old son. As if that wasn’t enough, the caller reported … Read more

Rancho Santa Margarita Discusses Logic of Sex Offender Ban We’ve written a few times about the sex offender bans that cities throughout Orange County are adopting, and we’ve had some very interesting, honest and soul-baring comments on them. One of the most salient points we picked out from one of our commenters was: What happens … Read more

Dana Point Homeowner Shoots and Kills Home Invader Just before 11 p.m. Monday night, a Dana Point resident was woken by noises outside of his home. The man got up, checked the home on the 34000 block of Capistrano by the Sea and, finding nothing suspicious, went back to bed. He was up a short … Read more

San Bernardino Arsonist Changes Plea from Not Guilty Do you remember the “Old Fire” back in 2003? The one that started near Old Waterman Canyon Road above San Bernardino and burned for nine days? It destroyed more than 91,000 acres, burned almost 1,000 homes and caused $170 million dollars on property losses, says the District … Read more

Verdict on McLaughlin Case To Be Revealed Later Today In what has been a very long and arduous process, the case of the killing of William F. McLaughlin in 1994 will come to a close today. There has been a lot of time spent gathering evidence, interviewing witnesses and investigating statements and timing to build … Read more