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A 52-year-old Mission Viejo woman has been arrested and charged with defrauding the Orange County Social Services Agency of nearly $150,000. According to a news report by The Orange County Breeze, she faces one felony count each for medical insurance fraud and misappropriation of public funds, with sentencing enhancements for aggravated white collar crime over $100,000,…

A 43-year-old man has been charged with committing the largest charter school theft in California history. According to a news report in The Orange County Breeze, the man has been charged with 13 felony counts of money laundering,  two felony counts of misappropriation of public funds, and one felony count of conflict of interest in a…

A 27-year-old Santa Ana woman is the second woman arrested in connection with the brutal beating death of a 23-year-old Westminster woman. According to an Associated Press news report, the 23-year-old woman was found unconscious on the sidewalk near The Crosby nightclub in Santa Ana during the early morning hours of January 22. Officials say the woman…

The murder trial of a transient man suspected of bludgeoning his victim to death in a Costa Mesa driveway is on hold as the court determines if he is mentally competent to stand trial. Daily Pilot reports that the 34-year-old man has been behind bars since Sept. 11 when Costa Mesa police arrested him on suspicion of…

A former stockbroker from Newport Beach has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for his role in an investment scheme that was designed to defraud an investor of $1 billion. According to a news report in The Daily Pilot, in 2006, the 71-year-old man and his co-conspirators promoted a bogus plan they claimed was regulated…

An Anaheim man has been sentenced to 50 years to life in prison for shooting and killing his estranged wife to death outside a preschool in the Turtle Rock area of Irvine. Daily Pilot reports that a jury convicted the 37-year-old man of following his estranged wife to the school where she worked and waiting outside with…

A second man is facing a murder charge in connection with the death of a 28-year-old Santa Ana woman whose body was found under the Newport Bay Bridge in Newport Beach. According to a news report in the Daily Pilot, the Orange County district attorney’s office named the man a co-defendant in the woman’s killing. The victim had…

A 40-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 28-year-old Santa Ana woman whose body was found in Newport Beach. According to a news report in The Daily Pilot, he did not enter a plea, and his arraignment has been delayed until the end of the month. Officials have not released information regarding the…

The FBI has arrested a 28-year-old Westminster police officer on suspicion of loan-sharking. According to an official release by the Westminster Police Department, the officer was arrested along with a 38-year-old Fountain Valley man. Officials say the FBI made the arrests after conducting an investigation into allegations of loan-sharking at two Westminster businesses. The WPD…

A 28-year-old man is facing special circumstances murder charges for the rape, torture and murder of an 84-year-old woman. According to a news report in The OC Breeze, the opening statements for the murder case began on August 26 in Santa Ana. Officials say that on January 10, 2010, the Los Angeles Man broke into the…