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Man charged with causing fire that burned over 80 acres from Fullerton to La Habra

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Paul Munoz, 56, Fullerton

Paul Munoz, 56, Fullerton

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 15NF2465

Date: September 11, 2015

MAN CHARGED FOR CAUSING FIRE THAT SPREAD OVER 80 ACRES FROM FULLERTON TO LA HABRA

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was charged for causing a fire that burned over 80 acres that spread from Fullerton to La Habra. Paul Munoz, 56, Fullerton, is charged with one felony count of unlawfully causing fire of a structure or forest, and one misdemeanor count of trespassing on private property. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of three years in state prison. He is being held on $25,000 bail and is scheduled for pre-trial on Sept. 18, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. in Department N-3, North Justice Center, Fullerton.

At approximately 3:45 p.m. on Sept. 8, 2015, Munoz is accused of trespassing and illegally being in the area of West Coyote Hills near Gilbert Street and Castlewood Drive in Fullerton. He is accused of causing a fire in a transient encampment which spread to approximately 80 acres toward South Idaho Street and West Risner Way in La Habra. Continue reading→

Multiple murderer convicted after Fullerton P.D. used DNA evidence to solve a cold case

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Frank “Bart” Marshall

Frank “Bart” Marshall

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 13CF0461

Date: September 4, 2015

MAN LINKED THROUGH DNA SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR 1982 COLD CASE MURDER OF FRIEND TO HIDE PREVIOUS MURDER

FULLERTON, Calif. – A man linked through DNA has been sentenced to seven years to life in state prison today for the 1982 murder of his friend after fearing that the victim had discovered a previous murder committed by the defendant, per the sentencing laws in existence in 1982. David Richard Campbell, 70, pleaded guilty to one felony count of murder with a sentencing enhancement the personal use of a firearm. Campbell is currently in custody in Orange County Jail.

Prior to January 1982, Campbell murdered his friend, William Raber. Continue reading→

L.A. Deputy Sheriff to be charged with assaulting an O.C. woman and setting her hair on fire

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Alejandro Flores

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # TBA

Date: July 6, 2015

LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR THREATENING AND ASSAULTING WOMAN INCLUDING LIGHTING HER HAIR ON FIRE

FULLERTON – A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) deputy is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow for threatening and assaulting a woman including lighting her hair on fire. Alejandro Flores, 33, Buena Park, is charged with three felony counts of domestic battery with corporal injury, two felony counts of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, one felony count of aggravated assault, one felony count of criminal threats, one felony count of dissuading a witness by force or threat, and one felony count of false imprisonment by menace or violence with sentencing enhancement allegations for great bodily injury inflicted during domestic violence and the personal use of a firearm. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 25 years and eight months in state prison. He is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow, July 7, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. in Department N-3, North Justice Center, Fullerton.

At the time of the crime the defendant was a LASD deputy and was in a romantic relationship with Jane Doe. The defendant lived with the victim and a child relative under two years old in Buena Park. Continue reading→

The OCDA seeks additional victims of Yorba Linda man charged with fraud of more than $100K

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Angello Castello

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Date: July 6, 2015

Case # 15NF1783

LAW ENFORCEMENT SEEKS POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL VICTIMS OF MAN CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING MORE THAN $100,000 FROM NEIGHBORS AND ACQUAINTANCES THROUGH FALSE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

SANTA ANA – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) are seeking the public’s help identifying potential additional victims of a defendant charged with defrauding more than $100,000 from neighbors and acquaintances through false investment opportunities. Angelo Castelo, 60, Yorba Linda, is charged with six felony counts of fraudulently defrauding another, one felony count of first degree burglary, one felony count of first degree robbery, one felony count of criminal threats, two felony counts of extortion by force or threat, one felony count of criminal threats, and one felony count of theft with one prior conviction, the defendant was previously convicted of grand theft of personal property in 1997 in San Diego County. The defendant also faces sentencing enhancement allegations for being a non-accomplice present during a residential burglary, committing a crime against a vulnerable victim, crime-bail-crime, aggravated white collar crime over $100,000, and property damage or loss over $65,000. If convicted, Castello faces a maximum sentence of 17 years and four months in state prison. He is being held on $250,000 bail and must prove the money is from a legal and legitimate source before posting bond. Castello was arraigned today and is scheduled for pre-trial on July 14, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. in Department N-3, North Justice Center, Fullerton. Continue reading→

OCDA to oppose the parole of gangbanger who murdered a teen at a La Habra house party

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OCDA Seal

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Date: July 6, 2015

OCDA TO OPPOSE PAROLE OF INMATE WHO STABBED AND MURDERED UNARMED TEEN AT HOUSE PARTY IN 1991

SANTA ANA – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) is opposing the parole of an inmate who stabbed and murdered a teenager after getting into an argument with him at a house party in 1991. Robert Aguirre Jr., 42, is currently being held at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano. Aguirre was found guilty at a court trial on May 24, 1993, of second degree murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a knife. He was sentenced on July 22, 1993, to sixteen years to life in state prison. Aguirre is scheduled for a parole hearing tomorrow, July 7, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. at the prison before the Board of Parole Hearings (Panel), California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. This case was originally prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Mark Sevigny.

Deputy District Attorney Janine Madera of the Gangs Unit is attending the hearing to oppose Aguirre’s parole. Continue reading→

Off-duty O.C. Sheriff’s Deputy charged with using fraud to obtain prescription pills

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Orange County Drug Arrest

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 15CF0925

Date: May 1, 2015

OFF-DUTY OCSD DEPUTY ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF ILLEGALLY OBTAINING PRESCRIPTION PILLS BY FRAUD

SANTA ANA – An off-duty Orange County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested today on charges of illegally obtaining prescription pills by lying to doctors about what prescription pills he was already taking. Mark Wayne Hewlett, 35, Yorba Linda, is charged with five felony counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, subterfuge, and/or concealment. If convicted, he faces a sentence ranging from probation to a maximum sentence of five years and eight months in jail. Hewlett is in custody on $20,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., in Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana. If the defendant bails out, the arraignment date and time is subject to change.

On five occasions between Sept. 9, 2013, and Nov. 15, 2013, Hewlett is accused of going to four different doctors to obtain a prescription for the controlled substance hydrocodone, more commonly known as Norco or Vicodin. When at a doctor’s office, Hewlett is accused of fraudulently omitting that he was recently prescribed and currently taking hydrocodone in order to illegally obtain an additional prescription of the same drug. Continue reading→

Fullerton Special Ed teacher charged with molesting two students who didn’t go to her school

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Shauna Marie Sims

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 15NF1164

Date: May 1, 2015

OCDA SEEKS PUBLIC’S HELP IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL VICTIMS OF FORMER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER CHARGED WITH MOLESTING TWO MINOR STUDENTS

FULLERTON – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) is seeking the public’s help identifying potential additional victims of a former junior high school special education teacher who was arraigned today for molesting two students under the age of 18. Shauna Marie Sims, 35, Brea, is charged with three felony counts of performing lewd acts upon a child between the ages of 14 and 15, one felony count of unlawful sexual intercourse, and one misdemeanor count of child annoyance. If convicted, she faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and one year in jail as well as mandatory lifetime sex offender registration. Sims is out of custody on $30,000 bail and her arraignment was continued today to June 19, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. in Department N-12, North Justice Center, Fullerton.

Between June and Sept. 2014, Sims was a special education teacher at Parks Junior High School (PJHS) in Fullerton. On at least three separate occasions during that time, the defendant is accused of performing lewd acts on 14-year-old John Doe 1. Continue reading→

Bomb scare shuts down Fullerton train station but no bomb was found

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Picture courtesy of the O.C. Sheriff's Department

Picture courtesy of the O.C. Sheriff’s Department

Police evacuated an Amtrak train in Fullerton Sunday evening in response to a bomb threat, according to ABC News.

The train was evacuated at the Fullerton Station at 120 E. Santa Fe Ave. because Amtrak said a suspicious device was also found on board, according to CBS News. Continue reading→

Man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend, who was a CSUF student

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Samuel Agustin Lopez

ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 07NF2414

Date: March 3, 2015

MAN CONVICTED OF 1994 STABBING MURDER OF EX-GIRLFRIEND AND LOCKING HER BODY IN TRUNK OF HER CAR

SANTA ANA – A man was convicted today of stabbing and murdering his ex-girlfriend and locking her body in the trunk of her car in 1994. Samuel Agustin Lopez, 43, Placentia, was convicted by a jury of one felony count of murder and a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a deadly weapon. He faces a maximum sentence of 26 years to life in state prison at his sentencing on May 1, 2015, at 9:00a.m., inDepartment C-34, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana.

Samuel Lopez’s cousin, Xavier Francisco Lopez, 43, Anaheim, is charged with one felony count of special circumstances murder involving the infliction of torture. He faces a maximum sentence of life in state prison without the possibility of parole and is scheduled for jury trial on March 20, 2015, in Department C-34, Central Justice Center. Continue reading→

Fullerton man who was a high school coach arrested for sexual misconduct

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Dwayne Jordan Richardson

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Contacts: Lt. Jeff Hallock, 714.904.7042, JHallock@ocsd.org; Emily Osterberg, 714.647.1840, EOsterberg@ocsd.org

Villa Park High School Coach Arrested for Sexual Misconduct with Students

SANTA ANA, Calif. – (February 26, 2015) – On Wednesday, February 25, 2015, Orange County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Unit (SVU) investigators arrested Dwayne Jordan Richardson, 19, Fullerton, following allegations he engaged in sexual misconduct with two female minor high school students. Richardson is a “walk-on” girls’ basketball coach at Villa Park High School and does not teach at the school.

On Thursday, February 25, 2015, the Villa Park High School Resource Officer obtained information about the alleged sexual misconduct. The Sheriff’s Department’s SVU responded and assumed responsibility for the investigation. Following the preliminary investigation, it is believed Richardson engaged in sexual misconduct with a female minor student who attends Villa Park High School and a student at El Dorado High School in the city of Placentia. Based on information obtained during the investigation, investigators suspect Richardson has engaged in sexual misconduct with at least one of the minor students since June 2014. Continue reading→