SANTA ANA — A 35-year-old man was charged Tuesday with attacking a police officer in Orange. Khleoum Tong was charged with assault with a weapon on a police officer and resisting arrest, both felonies. He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of assault on a peace officer and a misdemeanor count of being under…
FULLERTON — Police Tuesday sought the public’s help in locating a 13-year-old girl last seen in Fullerton. Imajanai Nicole Hunter (Photo courtesy Fullerton Police Department) Imajanai Nicole Hunter was last seen about 8:20 a.m. Monday, according to Fullerton Police Department Lt. Jon Radus. The girl has possibly run away and foul play is not…
A man wanted on suspicion of domestic violence was taken into custody by a SWAT team after leading officers on a brief chase and then barricading himself in the patio area of an Anaheim apartment for about two hours. The suspect was taken into custody about 7:55 p.m. in the area of Kodiak Street and…
A 23-year-old woman was almost kidnapped while walking along the street in Stanton on Monday night, and a sketch was released of the man suspected in the attempted kidnapping. The woman was walking near the 7000 block of Syracuse Avenue at around 7:30 p.m. when the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said a man grabbed her…
A man remained hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday evening after his motorcycle collided with an SUV in Costa Mesa, authorities said. The man rode his motorcycle north on South Coast Drive when a Toyota 4-Runner SUV traveling the opposite way on the road turned left into Carmel Drive, said Costa Mesa police Lt. Victor Bakkila….
A few hundred customers remained without electricity Tuesday, Dec. 3, in the Crestline-Lake Arrowhead area of the San Bernardino Mountains as utility crews worked to reach customers tucked into areas where last week’s snowstorm brought down power lines. Southern California Edison said that by 5 p.m. the number of customers without power was 423, down…
Authorities on Tuesday temporarily locked down Brookhurst Junior High School’s campus after a student was spotted with what turned out to be a replica handgun. Officers at around 10:30 a.m. responded to the campus, at 601 N. Brookhurst St., after receiving reports of an “armed subject” at the school, according to an Anaheim Police Department…
Residents in Southern California may again want to have umbrellas handy as more rain was set to hit Tuesday night into Wednesday, forecasters with the National Weather Service said. This storm wasn’t expected to be as intense or cause road closures through the Grapevine or the Cajon Pass like last week’s, said Tom Fisher, a…
A fire damaged a home in the unincorporated Rossmoor area, near Los Alamitos, early Tuesday, with one person treated for a breathing problem. Firefighters went to the home in the 3200 block of Brimhall Drive at about 1:50 a.m., according to the Orange County Fire Authority. They were able to put out the blaze in…
Costa Mesa police arrested a man and a girl Tuesday morning after authorities were alerted to social-media posts that they say involved a possible threat to Estancia High School. Authorities were alerted at about 11:10 p.m. Monday to the post, which showed a person holding what looked like a rifle with a caption reading, “Don’t…
