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SoCal Man Convicted of Sex Attacks on Girl for 12 Years

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 51-year-old man was convicted April 19 of sexual assaults on a girl he was related to from when she was 5 to 17 years old in Santa Ana, Anaheim, and Lake Elsinore. Pablo Amaya Posada was convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child with a foreign object, two…


Ex-Homeland Security Agent Gets 8 Years for Molestation of Girls in Irvine

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A former Homeland Security employee was sentenced to eight years in prison April 19 for molesting two girls and inappropriately touching another victim in Irvine. Terry Edward Keegan, 60, was convicted March 23 of a felony count of lewd acts on a minor younger than 14 as well as single misdemeanor counts each…


Orange Unified Halts Search for Permanent Superintendent

The Orange Unified School District’s Board of Education recently paused its search for a permanent superintendent, and it’s unclear when it will resume. The board was to select a consulting firm April 13 to aid its search. But at the meeting, trustees instead voted unanimously to take no action, with various reasons why. Board President…


Hot Days Coming to Southern California This Weekend

After months of rainy and cold weather, Southern Californians can expect to begin enjoying summer heat starting April 19 through the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego counties can expect mostly sunny days with little wind and only some clouds Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday will start in…


Suspect in Over 30 Gas Station Store Robberies Facing Federal Charges

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A detention hearing is scheduled for April 20 in Santa Ana federal court for a 23-year-old man accused of committing 31 robberies or attempted robberies in Los Angeles and Orange counties in a 31/2-week period. Namir Malik Ali Greene was arrested April 17 following a chase that began in Ontario, according to Ciaran…


Woman Gets Nearly 22 Years Prison for Maritime Killing off Dana Point

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 42-year-old woman who helped her drug-trafficking friend kill a marijuana dealer who owed him money by taking the victim on her fishing boat off Dana Point Harbor to be beaten, shot and drowned was sentenced to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison, prosecutors said April 18. Sheila Marie Ritze of…


Orange County to Spend $37 Million on Street Improvement Projects

The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) announced April 13 funding for street improvements, including widening busy streets and intersections and improving the timing of traffic lights, according to a news release. Three Orange County cities were awarded $33 million for improving and widening city streets and intersections, with an estimated $30.6 million for Santa Ana,…


Man Charged With Felony Vandalism of Newport Beach Church

A San Dimas resident was charged April 17 with felony vandalism and a probation violation after destroying parts of Christ Church by the Sea in Newport Beach on April 15. Authorities allege 27-year-old Nicolas Briones smashed the church’s stained-glass windows and doors with a baseball bat early Saturday morning. Newport Beach Police responded to a…


Ex-Controller for Anaheim Companies Gets 5 Years for Embezzlement

SANTA ANA. Calif.—A former controller for two Anaheim-based companies was sentenced April 17 to more than five years in federal prison for embezzling about $3 million. Rosalba Meza, 48, of Dana Point, pleaded guilty Dec. 12 to embezzlement, cheating on her taxes, and fraudulently applying for Paycheck Protection Program relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, receiving…


Newport Beach Group Collecting Signatures for Stricter California Fentanyl Laws

On a recent afternoon along a stretch of Beach Boulevard in Garden Grove, California, a man winced before slumping over at a bus stop as he tightly gripped a blowtorch he had used to heat fentanyl. Another man next to him had already passed out after doing the drug in broad daylight just feet away…