LAKE FOREST, Ca. (Nov. 17, 2022): Distracted driving is a dangerous and illegal behavior the Sheriff’s Department is working to deter drivers from doing. On Friday, Nov. 18, deputies will focus…

MISSION VIEJO, Ca. (Nov. 21, 2022): Distracted driving is a dangerous and illegal behavior the Sheriff’s Department is working to deter drivers from doing. On Wednesday, Nov. 23, deputies will…

The Orange County Sheriff’s Department on Nov. 4 hosted the first countywide effort to rally the community in the fight against fentanyl.  More than 500 people attended the Fighting Fentanyl…

MISSION VIEJO, Ca. (Nov. 21, 2022): Proactive enforcement efforts in response to an increase in retail theft activity has resulted in the arrest of 14 suspects responsible for stealing nearly $43,000…

SANTA ANA, Ca. (Nov. 23, 2022): OC Sheriff Special Victims Detail investigators arrested a local high school teacher after finding a series of lewd text messages with an individual he believed was a…

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Ca. (Dec. 19, 2022): San Juan Capistrano Police Services and Sheriff’s Department Investigations are attempting to locate Shirley “Jean” Airth, 94, who was last seen leaving her…

Santa Ana, Ca. (Dec. 24, 2022) – On Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, an inmate housed at the Intake Release Center in Santa Ana died at the hospital. The decedent is Sean Conroy Whiting, 35, who was booked…

SANTA ANA, Ca. (December 29, 2022): Investigators are looking to identify a person of interest in the 1993 homicide of 61-year-old Alan Jay Schwalbe. On Wednesday, August 11, 1993, deputies from…

  STANTON, Ca. (January 7, 2023): On Saturday, January 7, 2023, at around 12:45 a.m., deputies were called to the 7000 block of Katella Avenue in the city of Stanton regarding an assault…

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. (Jan. 9, 2022): The city of Laguna Niguel has selected Captain Isaac Flores to serve as the new Chief of Police Services. “I am honored to have been selected to lead an…