Investigators said Wednesday they are seeking a pair of alleged con artists suspected of targeting elderly people in Paramount, Anaheim and Norwalk, where an 80-year-old woman was tricked into giving them $4,000 in cash for a fake gold brick. Surveillance footage of the suspects was released on Wednesday, Jan. 8. The most recent incident happened…
A 41-year-old convicted robber was charged Wednesday, Jan. 8, on suspicion of trying to sexually assault a housekeeper while she was working at a Garden Grove hotel on Monday. Melvin Pope Jr. was charged with assault with the intent to commit a sex offense and bringing a controlled substance into a jail, both felonies. He…
Staff at a storage facility in Fullerton found human remains Wednesday, Jan. 8, inside a box truck that had been rented and later abandoned in Anaheim, prompting a suspicious death investigation. Fullerton Police were dispatched to the U-Haul Moving & Storage facility at 2260 E. Orangethorpe Ave., at about 1 p.m., after employees made the…
A former welding instructor at Santa Ana College has been arrested and charged with molesting a 15-year-old who was taking his class, authorities said Wednesday. George Moreno, 59, of Cherry Valley was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 7 at Alessandro High School in Hemet where he was employed again as a welding instructor, according to the Orange…
INDUSTRY — A big rig and a vehicle crashed early Wednesday on the westbound 60 Freeway, and three lanes of the roadway were blocked until at least 5:30 a.m. The crash was reported near the Fullerton Road exit about 1:15 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. A large amount of debris, transmission and radiator…
The MillerCoors brewery in Irwindale is set to close by September, wiping out 470 jobs. Pabst Brewing has an option to rescue it.
An officer fell ill following exposure to an unknown substance at the West Orange County Probation Office in Westminster and about 20 people inside were evacuated Tuesday, Jan. 7. A probation officer was searching a parolee and came into contact with something that caused unspecified symptoms at about 2:45 p.m., Orange County Chief Probation Officer…
A man and woman are suspected of shooting and killing a small dog in an industrial area of La Mirada over the weekend, authorities said. A warehouse worker cleaning forklifts on Sunday at 12:43 p.m. saw a white Jeep Grand Cherokee with black rims drive up in front of a building on 16450 Phoebe Avenue,…
BEVERLY HILLS — Andrew Burkle, the 27-year-old son of billionaire businessman Ronald Burkle, was found dead in his Beverly Hills home, it was reported Tuesday. Police and fire personnel were sent to the 100 block of Spalding Drive about 7:25 p.m. Monday on a report of an unconscious male inside a residence, and that person…
ANAHEIM — The driver of a Kia Forte suspected of crashing into a Honda Civic that was parking on a street in Anaheim, then hitting two other parked vehicles and overturning her Kia, was hospitalized Tuesday morning. Police were called to the 2700 block of West Broadway, between Dale and Magnolia avenues, about 11:10 p.m….
