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Karren Kenney

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Orange County's Confessed Murderer Scott Dekraai is Judged Eligible for the D...

Scott Dekraai is eligible for the death penalty, a judge in Santa Ana recently ruled.  Dekraai admitted to shooting and killing eight people in and around a Seal Beach beauty salon in 2011. He and his ex-wife were allegedly involved in a c...
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Two Officer-Involved Shootings in Less than 6 Hours

The first occurred in Newport. The other just hours later in Anaheim.  In what may be an unprecedented occurrence in the county, Orange County experienced two officer-involved shootings in less than 6 hours.The Newport Beach Daily Pilot&n...
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Anaheim Man Arrested for Suspicion of DUI, Hit-and-Run and Vehicular Homicide

On June 1, 22-year-old Brandon Alvarez of Anaheim was arrested for suspicion of DUI. However, the DUI charges are the least of his worries. Police officials say he caused a minor traffic accident in Costa Mesa and fled the scene. While he w...
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Costa Mesa Man Sentenced After Pleading Guilty to Aggravated White Collar Crime

Despite being convicted, a Costa Mesa man was recently spared the most catastrophic penalties resulting from his conviction on aggravated white collar criminal charges.  The OC Weekly reports that John Thomas Windsor, 44, has been sentenc...
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Cypress DUI Checkpoint Scene of Crash, Suspect Apprehended after Attempting t...

On the night of Friday, May 2, law enforcement authorities in Cypress arrested at least one suspected drunk driver at their DUI checkpoint. The suspect allegedly crashed into two cars that were stopped at the checkpoint around 8:30 PM, acco...
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Orange County Shoppers Threatened by Man Wielding Swords

According to police, a man is in custody after threatening shoppers at a busy area in Orange County. News agencies reported that Hung Anh Nguyen was taken into custody after he shouted threats to bystanders at a shopping center. Apparently he w...
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Police in Huntington Beach get into Altercation with Armed Suspect

Police in the Huntington Beach area of Orange County got into an altercation with an armed suspect who seemed ready to commit a violent crime. In the morning on August 3, two men were stopped by police officers. The traffic stop happened near S...
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A Carefully Planned, "Cutting-Edge" Crime

Two years ago, on July 11, 2011, an Orange County woman by the name of Catherine Kieu, carefully plotted against her husband.  Kieu, age 50, states that her husband had sexually and verbally abused her.  This, along with problems she ...
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Pimp Arrested for Human Trafficking

A San Diego man, Harvey Rashad McKnight, will be in court this morning to face charges of Human Rafficking. He is facing three charges of pimping involving three women and another charge of sexual trafficking. McKnight is 29 years old and if co...
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Trial of Suspect in Murder of Urologist

On January 28th of this year, 52-year old Dr. Gilbert was gunned down outside his office at a Newport Beach medical facility. The suspect, 75-year old Stanwood Elkus, confessed to the crime of shooting the doctor multiple times but denied that ...
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