SANTA ANA—An Orange County Superior Court judge on July 14 granted a request by prosecutors to dismiss charges related to two alleged rape victims in the case against a Newport Beach hand surgeon and his girlfriend, who are accused in drugging and sexually assaulting several women. Prosecutors from the California Attorney General’s Office had said…
Judge Grants Motion to Dismiss Charges for 2 Victims in Rape Case
July 15, 2021
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Police Use Genetic Technology to Solve Teen’s 1976 Murder
July 14, 2021
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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-…
Crime Rises and so Narratives Are Built and Explanations Multiply
How can Jennifer Psaki and her Democratic acolytes in the media whose pre-determined narrative she spoon-feeds every day get away with such a shameless lie as that it was really the Republicans who wanted to “defund the police”? That’s a question absolutely nobody is asking. Everybody knows that there is no longer any room in…
Illegal Fireworks Injure 9 People, Including 6 Children
July 13, 2021
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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…
LA County Board to Crack Down on Illegal Grows, Reconsider Cannabis Ban
July 13, 2021
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted July 13 to collaborate with federal, state and local officials to shut down illegal cannabis grow operations in the Antelope Valley, while agreeing to reconsider a longstanding county ban on commercial marijuana. Supervisor Kathryn Barger warned three weeks ago that commercial cannabis and hemp grow…
White House Urges Cities To Use COVID-19 Relief Funds To Combat Crime
White House officials are directing officials in states across the nation to utilize COVID-19 relief funding to try to combat rising levels of crime, including shootings and homicides. President Joe Biden’s recently unveiled strategy to combat crime has at its core a partnership with cities and states, giving them “historic levels of federal funding and…
Southern California Men Face Sentencing in Document Mill Case
July 12, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Two San Fernando Valley men face federal prison terms July 12 for participating in a document-trafficking ring that created and sold counterfeit United States passport cards, Social Security cards, driver’s licenses and other documents. Carlos A. Hernandez, 44, of Granada Hills, pleaded guilty in February to one federal count each of conspiracy and being…
Orange County Sheriff’s Department Spent $5 Million in Overtime Policing Protests and Riots
July 10, 2021
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IRVINE, Calif.—Riots and political unrest left the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) with a nearly $5 million overtime tab in 2020, The Epoch Times has learned. Data obtained through a public records request shows that overtime pay for policing the political gatherings last year was $4,929,447, a notable increase from other years due to a high amount…
Orange County Sheriff’s Department Spent $5 Million Policing Protests and Riots
July 10, 2021
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IRVINE, Calif.—Riots and political unrest left the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) with a nearly $5 million overtime tab in 2020, The Epoch Times has learned. Data obtained through a public records request shows that overtime pay for policing the political gatherings last year was $4,929,447, a notable increase from other years due to a high amount…
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Mayor’s Spin on Crime is Confusing, Contradictory, and Misleading
Commentary SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—San Francisco’s mayor and police chief held a joint press conference July 12 to share mid-year crime statistics for the city by the bay. Having worked as an administrator with the city during six different mayoral administrations, I can attest to the fact that each and every mayor used such an occasion…