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9 crime & courts stories from Santa Ana. Straight from the Juice feed, newest first.
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Thieves took two pallets of graded trading cards from a FedEx truck outside PSA's Santa Ana office on Oct. 13. Police put the loss at $963,000, and no arrests had been reported as of Oct. 21.
Santa Ana · Crime & Courts
Omar Flores Sanchez, 35, was shot on a West Myrtle Street sidewalk Oct. 17. Santa Ana police say officers found a truck matching witness descriptions within minutes, and a later search turned up the gun they believe was used.
Santa Ana · Crime & Courts
Prosecutors dropped the case from the Oct. 1 arrest of Florentino Lopez, 28, but are now pursuing a probation violation against him. Santa Ana police have opened an internal investigation into the officers' actions.
Santa Ana · Crime & Courts
A video of Santa Ana officers taking Florentino Lopez to the ground outside his family's home set off a police review. Prosecutors later dropped the case from that arrest and are pursuing an alleged probation violation instead.
Santa Ana · Crime & Courts
Santa Ana police say license plate readers led them to the minivan seen in a Sept. 8 surveillance video of a pit bull mix puppy being lured with food and run over near West Park Lane. The woman now faces felony counts in Orange County and a federal animal crushing charge.
Santa Ana · Crime & Courts
Santa Ana police asked the public to help find the driver they say ran over a 9-month-old pit bull mix on West Park Lane. License plate readers led them to her a day later, and she now faces state and federal charges.
Santa Ana · Crime & Courts
Santa Ana police say two men used an electric cutting tool to free the statue from its base at Christ Our Savior Catholic Church, then dragged it toward Segerstrom High School. No arrests have been announced.
Santa Ana · Crime & Courts
Police say a man abandoned his car, hid in a pickup truck bed and allegedly tossed a gun as officers closed in, and at least one shot was fired. He was taken to a hospital, and it was not clear where the shot came from.
Santa Ana · Crime & Courts
A woman on her way to work in Santa Ana fought back and escaped after a man tried to force her into the back of a van. Police were searching for a man in a dark blue van with white lettering.
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