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Gangbanger convicted of shooting a Fullerton police officer

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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE

Case # 13NF0945

Date: March 16, 2017

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PAROLEE CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER OF FULLERTON POLICE OFFICER IN POINT-BLANK SHOOTING DURING TRAFFIC STOP

*Defendant was acquitted two weeks prior in another gang-related attempted murder case

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A parolee gang member, who was acquitted by a jury two weeks prior to these charges in a gang-related attempted murder and carjacking case, was convicted yesterday of attempting to murder a Fullerton Police Department (FPD) officer by shooting him several times at close range during a traffic stop. Marcos Allen Bush, 33, was found guilty by a jury on March 15, 2017, of one felony count each of attempted murder, shooting from a motor vehicle, assault with a semiautomatic firearm on a peace officer, and possession of a firearm by a felon, three felony counts of shooting at a residence, and sentencing enhancements and allegations for the personal discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury, the personal use of a firearm, causing great bodily injury, and a prior strike conviction for criminal threats from 2008. He faces a maximum sentence of 60 years to life in state prison at his sentencing on May 19, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. in Department C-42, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading→

Fullerton police officer charged with filing a false police report

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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE

Case # 17CF0642

Date: March 15, 2017

FULLERTON POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH FILING A FALSE POLICE REPORT

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Fullerton police officer was charged today with filing a false police report. Miguel Siliceo, 51, Anaheim, is charged with one felony count of false report by a peace officer. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) also gave notice to the court and the defense that the OCDA may seek to introduce evidence regarding the defendant’s conduct in filing a fraudulent insurance claim back in 1999. If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum sentence of three years in county jail. Siliceo is scheduled to be arraigned on April 5, 2017, at 8:30 a.m. in Department C-55, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading→

Former Fullerton City Manager charged with an election night DUI and hit and run

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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE

Case # 17NM03367

Date: March 3, 2017

FORMER FULLERTON CITY MANAGER CHARGED WITH DUI AND HIT AND RUN ON ELECTION NIGHT

FULLERTON, Calif. – The former city manager of Fullerton was charged today with driving under the influence and hit and run on election night. Joseph Burt Felz, 58, Fullerton, is charged with one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol and one misdemeanor count of hit and run with property damage. If convicted, Felz faces a maximum sentence of one year in county jail. The defendant is scheduled to be arraigned on April 3, 2017, at 8:30 a.m. in Department N-8, North Justice Center, Fullerton. Continue reading→

Woman charged with setting multiple fires at Fullerton apartments

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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE

Case # 17NF0485

Date: February 22, 2017

SERIAL ARSONIST ARRAIGNED FOR SETTING MULTIPLE FIRES AT APARTMENT COMPLEX IN FULLERTON

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A serial arsonist was arraigned today for setting multiple fires at an apartment complex in Fullerton. Esther Eunjung Cha, 24, Fullerton, is charged with four felony counts of arson of another’s property, two felony counts of attempted arson, one misdemeanor count of possession of a controlled substance, and one misdemeanor count of possession of controlled substance paraphernalia. If convicted, Cha faces a maximum of eight years in state prison and is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on March 2, 2017. The time and location are to be determined. Continue reading→

Woman arrested on suspicion of setting 28 fires in Fullerton

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24-year-old Eun “Esther” Cha has been arrested as a suspect in the setting of up to 28 fires in Fullerton since September, according to the O.C. Register.

Local authorities have been asking for tips from the public after discovering fires in public places including garbage bins, mailboxes, bushes and even an automobile. Continue reading→

The City of Fullerton is giving their police $50K a year to promote themselves

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By Disillusioned Ex-Hippy

Lost in plain sight…FFFF has been busy detailing the ridiculous waste of public money that is poured into a PR outlet pretending journalism called Behind the Badge. This on-line enterprise provides happy, pro-cop stories that are meant to put the police in a good light by sharing feel good stories of philanthropy, charity, empathy, blah, blah blah. The editor, Bill Rams, says his business is necessary because the innocent and naive cops are just so doggone rotten at tooting their own horns. So we pay to have our own force shoved back at us as veritable paragons of virtue. Is there a single person in Fullerton taken in by this claptrap?

Anyway, a few weeks ago I posted a letter that had been sent to our mayor, Bruce Whitaker, about the Back the Badge contract, an irresponsible, staff-driven, no-bid, fixed-fee arrangement that has no intelligible scope of work, no way to measure effectiveness, and the management of which had been badly bungled by former City Manager Wild Ride Joe Felz. Continue reading→

The Fullerton Police have modified their tracking and enforcement of sex registrants

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Subject: Fullerton PD’s Tracking and Enforcement of Sex Registrants

Date: February 8, 2017

Contact: Sergeant Jon Radus jradus@fullertonpd.org

On February 7th, 2017, the Fullerton City Council repealed Fullerton’s Municipal Code section which set forth certain sex offender residency restrictions within the City of Fullerton due to pending litigation that found the Municipal Code section to be unconstitutional.

That said, California Penal Code Section 3003.5, which sets forth residency restrictions and prohibits sex offenders from residing within 2,000 feet of any public or private school, or park where children regularly gather, remains steadfastly in place. Continue reading→

Fullerton man convicted of trying to pimp and pander on social media

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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE

February 7, 2017

Case # 16NF1968

MAN CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR ATTEMPTING TO PIMP AND PANDER MINOR ON SOCIAL MEDIA

FULLERTON, Calif. – A man was convicted and sentenced to four years in state prison yesterday for attempting to pimp and pander and undercover police officer, whom he believed to be a minor, on a social media site. Daniel Negrete Herrera, 29, Fullerton, pleaded guilty on Feb. 6, 2017, to one felony count of attempted pimping and one felony count of pandering by procuring.

Circumstances of the Case Continue reading→

A Buena Park man suspected of two sexual assaults at Fullerton College has been arrested

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Aris Hyung Yoon, 34, of Buena Park has been identified as the man arrested in connection with two sexual assaults at Fullerton College, according to the O.C. Register.

Yoon was arrested by the Fullerton Police on Feb. 1 but they didn’t released his name because the police officers were still investigating the assaults. The police had revealed at the time that a male suspect was believed to have grabbed two female students in the crotch. Continue reading→

Homeless woman arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a Fullerton carport

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Maria Angel Dejesus Rios, a 33-year-old  homeless woman, was arrested on Saturday at 6:15 p.m., on suspicion of setting fires that destroyed five cars in a carport and damaged several others in Fullerton, according to the O.C. Register.

DeJesus was arrested at a homeless encampment in Buena Park, near the 5 and 91 freeways, according to the Fullerton police. Continue reading→