Tuesday, May 22, 2012
These are selected reports from the San Juan Police Dispatch Services Log throughout the past few days.
The calls represent what was told to a sheriff's deputy in the field by the radio dispatcher. The true nature of an incident often differs from what is initially reported. No presumption of criminal guilt or affiliation should be drawn from the information provided. At 9:59 a.m. Sunday, a caller reported a disturbance in the 31700 block of Avenida Avilla. According to the report, the informant reportedly kicked his son out of his home and proceded to have a heated, verbal argument. There was no report of an arrest. At 10:31 p.m. Saturday, a caller reported a burglary in the 33800 block of Via Cascada. The informant reportedly witnessed an unknown subject attempting to open her front door. At 7:49 p.m. Saturday, a caller reported an …
As the number for U.S. Border and Customs Enforcement agents has grown, so has the poundage of drugs seized and number of human smugglers potentially deterred.
Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series examining drug smuggling, human smuggling and human trafficking in the San Diego and Orange County area, and how federal and local law enforcement agencies are grappling with the problem. Under the affluent veneer of Orange and San Diego counties, thousands risk death, ransom and modern slavery to enter the country without documentation. Others use muddy border tunnels, rickety fishing boats and secret compartments to haul tons of cocaine, methamphetamines and marijuana along the I-5 and other highway corridors, or through beach landings. Just this week off Dana Point, the Border Patrol recovered hundreds of bales of marijuana worth more than $3 million on the street. Law enforcement …
Monday, May 21, 2012
Itzcoatl Ocampo, the ex-Marine from Yorba Linda is accused of killing a mother and
her adult son last October, then fatally stabbing four homeless men between
December and January.
Orange County prosecutors announced today they will seek the death penalty for a former Marine accused of killing six people. Itzcoatl Ocampo, 24, of Yorba Linda, is accused of killing a mother and her adult son last October, then fatally stabbing four homeless men between December and January in what prosecutors called thrill killings. He remains jailed without bail and is tentatively scheduled to go on trial Sept. 10. Ocampo is charged with the Oct. 25 slayings of Raquel Estrada, 53, and her son, Juan Herrera, 34, and the fatal stabbings of four homeless men starting Dec. 20. The first homeless victim was 53-year-old James McGillivray, who was attacked as he slept outside a Placentia shopping center on Dec. 20. Eight days later, …
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Orange County sheriff's deputies were called to assist Border Patrol agents and the Coast Guard on Sunday afternoon.
U.S. Border Patrol Agents recovered hundreds of bales of marijuana Sunday with a street value of more than $3 million off the Orange County coast, a sheriff's lieutenant said. The bales were found floating by a boater about noon Sunday, approximately 13 miles off Dana Point, Orange County Sheriff's Department Lt. Joe Balicki said. "It kind of makes you wonder how it got there," Balicki said. "We didn't have any reports of vessels in distress." The 160 bales weighed about 7,000 to 8,000 pounds, Balicki said. Seizing the narcotics is the result of the joint effort between federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities working within one regional coordinating group to stop illegal maritime activity along the Southern California …
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Eric Naposki and Nanette Ann Packard-McNeal were convicted in the 1994 murder of her former boyfriend, a Newport Beach millionaire. Victim's brother calls Packard-McNeal a "black widow" in court today while the prosecutor labels Naposki a coward.
An Orange County woman convicted of first-degree murder in the death of her millionaire boyfriend was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility parole today while her co-conspirator secret lover, former NFL linebacker Eric Naposki, had his sentencing delayed until Aug. 10. Nanette Ann Packard-McNeal, 46, received her punishment for the the Dec. 15, 1994, shooting of 55-year-old Bill McLaughlin this morning from Judge William Froeberg at the Orange County courthouse in Santa Ana. Authorities say Packard-McNeal was romantically involved with both McLaughlin and Naposki, 45, and the pair plotted to kill McLaughlin in order to reap the benefits of his savings account and $1-million life insurance policy. Naposki refused to appear in …
The Office of Protective Services patrols five centers for the developmentally disabled, including Fairview in Orange County.
Overtime pay for a small, state-run police force has soared in recent years, according to a California Watch investigation. Last year, the Office of Protective Services paid roughly $2 million in overtime to 80 of its officers, who patrol five centers for the developmentally disabled, including Orange County's Fairview Developmental Center in Costa Mesa. "An unusually high number of [OPS] officers ... have doubled their salaries with overtime, enabling some to earn more than $150,000 a year," California Watch reported, noting that the number of officers collecting overtime "far exceeds" other agencies. At Fairview, patrolman Daniel Butler "regularly collected more money from overtime than from his base pay" and "netted at least $60,000 a …
Friday, May 18, 2012
Police say three men armed with pistols and a stun gun tied up a Mission Viejo couple, beat them and stole their valuables.
Police continued the search Friday for two men suspected of helping tie up, beat, shock and rob a young Mission Viejo couple inside their Promenade Apartments home. On Thursday Michael Vincent Ginger, 23, of Laguna Niguel, pled not guilty to 22 felonies related to the attack, which was the result of "a deal gone bad," Police Sgt. Sandra Kirsch said. Here's what happened according to police. Three men in their early 20s carrying pistols and a stun gun entered a couple's unlocked apartment around 1 a.m. Tuesday, Kirsch said. Police do not release the names of victims of violent crimes. Once inside the three men tied up the couple with electrical cord and shoe laces, shocked the boyfriend and hit him in the back of the head with the butt of a…
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Sgt. Manuel Loggins' widow and children say the sheriff's deputy was negligent when he opened fire.
The family of Marine Sgt. Manuel Loggins has sued Orange County, a move that was widely expected after a sheriff's deputy shot and killed Loggins in February in front of his two young daughters. Brian T. Dunn of the Cochran Firm in Los Angeles had already filed a claim with the Orange County Sheriff's Department on behalf of the family, a precursor to litigation. The family alleges that Loggins was lawfully sitting in his car and making no threatening movements when Deputy Darren Sandberg opened fire Feb. 7. Earlier that moring, Loggins drove through a gate in the parking lot of San Clemente High School. According to the police narrative, he left the car and headed into the dark athletic fields making "irrational statements." The daughters…
These are selected reports from the San Juan Police dispatch services log throughout the past few days.
The calls represent what was told to a sheriff's deputy in the field by the radio dispatcher. The true nature of an incident often differs from what is initially reported. No presumption of criminal guilt or affiliation should be drawn from the information provided. At 12:58 p.m. Tuesday, a caller reported a hit-and-run misdemeanor in the 32400 block of Paseo Adelanto. According to the report, a black Honda Civic was hit by a driver near San Juan Capistrano City Hall. There was no description of the vehicle that hit the Civic. At 7:52 a.m. Tuesday, a caller reported a suspicious circumstance in the 31200 block of Calle Del Campo. The informant was concerned about a woman who was digging through trash cans with a small child in a stroller…
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
These are selected reports from the San Juan Capistrano Police Dispatch Log throughout the past few days.
The calls represent what was told to a sheriff's deputy in the field by the radio dispatcher. The true nature of an incident often differs from what is initially reported. No presumption of criminal guilt or affiliation should be drawn from the information provided. At 8:55 p.m. Sunday, a caller reported a disturbance near the Del Obispo-Alipaz streets intersection. According to the report, the informant was disturbed by a loud and out-of-control party which had been in progress since 1 p.m. At 8:09 p.m. Sunday, deputies arrested an 18-year-old man near the Trabuco Creek-Village Road intersection. According to the report, deputies conducted a vehicle search and detained two subjects. The man taken into custody has since been released on …
Marc Schroeder
7:24 am on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
All a waste of time and $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Legalize and open the borders. Anything else is insanity. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. more ›