Category: California Highway Patrol

27 Arrested in Orange County Fix-It Ticket Scam

SANTA ANA, Calif.—California Highway Patrol (CHP) officials released details Dec. 7 of an alleged fix-it ticket scheme for illegal street racers which led to 27 arrests in Orange County on Tuesday. “It is very rare to find and arrest all the suspects involved in an investigative case,” CHP Capt. Gilbert Campa told a group of…


Head-On Crash Prompts Sig Alert in San Diego; 1 Death Reported

RAMONA, Calif.—A head-on collision in which one person reportedly was killed and another injured prompted a Sig Alert Nov. 25 in Ramona. NBC 7 and Fox 5 reported the fatality and injury in the 5 a.m. crash on State Route 78 between Ramona and Julian. According to the California Highway Patrol, a Honda Civic and…


Head-On Crash Prompts Freeway Closure in San Diego; 1 Death Reported

RAMONA, Calif.—A head-on collision in which one person reportedly was killed and another injured prompted a Sig Alert—an unplanned road closure alert issued by California Highway Patrol—Nov. 25 in Ramona. NBC 7 and Fox 5 reported the fatality and injury in the 5 a.m. crash on State Route 78 between Ramona and Julian. According to…


2 Brothers Arrested in Shooting on 405 Freeway in Van Nuys Area

LOS ANGELES—Two brothers were in custody Nov. 23 for their alleged involvement in a vehicle-to-vehicle shooting on the northbound San Diego (405) Freeway in the Van Nuys area that left a motorist wounded. Elijah Allen Green, 24, and Jaiden Allen Green, 18, both of Lancaster, were arrested Nov. 22 and booked on suspicion of robbery…


Driver Who Plowed into Sheriff Trainees in South Whittier Released

SOUTH WHITTIER, Calif.—The man suspected of swerving his SUV into a group of law enforcement cadets on a training run in South Whittier, injuring two dozen of them, was free from custody Nov. 18, with sheriff’s officials citing the extreme complexity of the investigation and the need to continue gathering evidence. Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez, 22,…


Stolen Big Rig Driver Surrenders After Cab Burst Into Flames on 5 Freeway

CASTAIC, Calif.—A man was taken into custody Nov. 3 after allegedly stealing a big rig cab that burst into flames on the Golden State (5) Freeway in Castaic. California Highway Patrol units began pursuing the truck cab—which was reported stolen from Kern County—about 2:40 p.m. in the Gorman area. The driver refused to yield to…


Man Charged With DUI in Fatal Wrong-Way Crash in Tustin

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 21-year-old man was charged Oct. 4 with manslaughter and drunken driving in a wrong-way crash that killed a 22-year-old woman on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Tustin. The California Highway Patrol received calls that Dylan Erric Robinson was driving a 2015 Toyota Prius northbound in the southbound diamond lane on the…


Rancho Palos Verdes Man Struck, Killed by Huntington Beach Police Officer

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—The investigation is continuing Aug. 28 into the death of a pedestrian who was struck and killed in Sunset Beach by a Huntington Beach police officer in a service vehicle who was responding to a radio call. The pedestrian was identified as 45-year-old Derrick Deon Flanders of Rancho Palos Verdes, according to Orange…


Man Struck, Killed by Huntington Beach Police Officer

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—The investigation is continuing Aug. 28 into the death of a pedestrian who was struck and killed in Sunset Beach by a Huntington Beach police officer in a service vehicle who was responding to a radio call. The pedestrian was identified as 45-year-old Derrick Deon Flanders of Rancho Palos Verdes, according to Orange…


Nurse in Deadly LA Crash Facing 6 Murder Charges: Gascón

LOS ANGELES—A nurse from Houston accused of running a red light and speeding into a Windsor Hills intersection, sparking a fiery chain-reaction crash that killed six people—including a pregnant mother, her infant son, and her unborn baby—was charged Aug. 8 with six counts of murder. Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37, was also charged with five counts…