Category: Garden Grove

Man Arrested for Arco Robberies in Garden Grove

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—A Garden Grove man is in custody Dec. 11 on suspicion of committing two armed robberies in Garden Grove last month. Tien Van Vo, 39, is booked in the Orange County Jail in Santa Ana, said Sgt. Evan Beresford of the Garden Grove Police Department. Detectives used the descriptions and evidence left at the scenes…


Mother of Teen Who Sucker-Punched Girl in Basketball Game Charged

SANTA ANA—The mother of a teenage girl who sucker-punched an opposing player in the head during a youth basketball game in Garden Grove—an attack caught on cell phone video that went viral—was charged with a pair of misdemeanors for allegedly encouraging her daughter to carry out the attack, prosecutors said Dec. 9. Latira Shonty Hunt,…


40 Guns Stolen From Garden Grove Store

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—Burglars broke into a Garden Grove gun store Dec. 9 and stole approximately 40 firearms, police said. Officers from the Garden Grove Police Department responded at 12:16 a.m. to Whitten Sales at 12812 Valley View St. and saw the store’s front door had been shattered, according to Garden Grove Police Sgt. Erick Ley. Ley said the…


Orange County to Provide More than 1,000 Emergency Housing Vouchers

Orange County, Calif. is rolling out a new housing plan that will offer more than 1,000 emergency housing vouchers (EHV) to homeless and vulnerable individuals. The board of supervisors is set to approve multiple contracts during its July 27 meeting with various non-profits that will distribute 529 vouchers. The certificates provide ongoing rental assistance for eligible households. Individuals and families that receive EHVs will…


Police Use Genetic Technology to Solve Teen’s 1976 Murder

Law authorities say they used investigative genetic geology to solve the 1976 rape and murder of a 19-year-old nursing student. Investigators said the technology helped identify the man who attacked Janet Stallcup at Christmastime that year while she was on her way to a party. Her body found eight days later inside her car, about two-…


Illegal Fireworks Injure 9 People, Including 6 Children

A Santa Ana, Calif. man is facing a life sentence after an illegal Fourth of July fireworks show in Garden Grove left nine people—including six children—injured. Some of the children were sent to the hospital with severe facial and scalp injuries following the explosion on the 13800 block of Rosita Place. The blast shattered the…


California Dogs Lead Nation in Mail Carrier Attacks

Nearly 800 postal workers were attacked by dogs last year throughout California, a state that leads the nation in postal carrier canine bites. In Garden Grove, one of California’s top danger zones for United States Postal Service (USPS) workers, officials held a press conference June 16 in conjunction with National Dog Bite Awareness Week. Victims…


Garden Grove Police Officer Charged with Assaulting the Homeless

A 12-year veteran of the Garden Grove Police force is facing charges following allegations he assaulted and threatened homeless people while on duty. Officer Kevin Dinh was charged with two misdemeanor counts of unlawful beating by a police officer, two misdemeanor counts of simple battery, and four misdemeanor counts of attempted criminal threats, according to the Orange County District…


Orange County Streetcar Project to Receive $9.4 Million in Federal COVID Relief Aid

An Orange County streetcar project to connect Santa Ana and Garden Grove will receive $9.4 million in federal aid, authorities have confirmed. The funds were allocated in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden earlier this month. “Our understanding is that the additional…


Pedestrian Killed in Garden Grove Publicly Identified

GARDEN GROVE—A man killed by a hit-and-run driver in Garden Grove was publicly identified March 22. Gaspar Hernandez, 30, was a resident of Orange, according to the Orange County coroner’s office. Officers dispatched at 3:30 a.m. March 21 to the area of Katella Avenue and Dino Street found the man down in the No. 3…