SANTA ANA, Ca. (May 14, 2021): May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and the Sheriff’s Department reminds drivers to check twice for motorcycles. During May’s Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month,…

Santa Ana, Ca. (May 18, 2021): Orange County Sheriff’s investigators arrested a 26-year-old man as part of a larger Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigation targeting drug dealers selling…

San Clemente, Ca. (June 15, 2021) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on Friday, June 18, from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. at an undisclosed location in…

SANTA ANA (May 27, 2021) The Orange County Sheriff’s Department is partnering with the California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to invite business owners and their employees to participate in a…

SANTA ANA, Ca. (June 1, 2021) –A 32-year-old male inmate housed at the Intake Release Center in Santa Ana died the evening of May 30, 2021 of a suspected suicide. The inmate, Robert Martin of…

SANTA ANA, Ca. (June 10, 2021) – The Orange County Superior Court on Thursday, June 10, ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU)…

The windows were too dark to see in, but K-9 Remi knew what she was looking for was inside. The floppy-eared bloodhound sniffed the silver car then stopped, her nose pressed against the door. Her…

ORANGE, Ca. (December 18, 2020) –A 68-year-old male inmate housed at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange died this morning at 5 a.m. of medical complications after testing positive for COVID-19. The…

Two off-duty Sheriff’s Deputies’ quick actions helped save the life of a truck driver trapped in the cab of his vehicle after a roll-over crash.  Sgt. Phil Cruz and K-9 Handler Deputy Adam…

Statement from Sheriff Barnes on the passing of former Sheriff Sandra Hutchens  SANTA ANA, Ca. (January 4, 2021): Please see the statement below from Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes.   “…