Category: Anaheim Police Department

Anaheim’s ‘Rebuild Beach’ Project to Revamp Crime-Ridden Boulevard

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Looking through the slightly tinted window glass of what was labeled as a hydroponics store in the City of Anaheim, California, shards of drywall littered the floor of the almost empty interior of the showroom floor. Just hours before a Wednesday morning, the Anaheim Police Department raided the location and put a stop to…


Anaheim’s Homelessness Strategy Helps Hundreds off the Streets

More than 400 homeless people have exited the streets of Anaheim, Calif. since the city changed its approach to homelessness, officials say. The city’s new strategy focuses around a community response team made up of trained professionals, who are called upon to help addicted or mentally-ill homeless people. “Before, the police department had trained police…


Three Dead, Two Injured in Anaheim Crash

Three men are dead and two woman are injured following an Anaheim crash. Anaheim police said a white Mercedes-Benz and Kia collided May 4 about 2:50 a.m., near the intersection of Brookhurst Street and Orange Avenue. The occupants of the Kia, three yet-to-be-identified men, were declared dead on scene. Police said the driver of the…


Anaheim Police Make Arrest in 1980 Cold Case

Anaheim police say a New Mexico man has been arrested in connection with the decades-old sexual assault and murder of a 79-year-old woman. The case began Feb. 18, 1980, when Viola Hagenkord was found dead on her apartment floor. Before being killed, she had been sexually assaulted inside her home, on the 2500 block of W….


Shooting Leaves One Anaheim Teen Dead, Another in Jail

A fatal shooting inside an Anaheim apartment complex led to the arrest of a 17-year-old suspect, police said Feb. 17. The homicide happened Feb. 5, shortly before 6 p.m., in the 3000 block of East Jackson Avenue, the Anaheim Police Department said in a release. Responding officers discovered a teen suffering from at least one…