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Case # 18NF0496
DRUNKEN DRIVER CHARGED WITH MURDER FOR KILLING 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL PLAYING ON THE SIDEWALK IN FULLERTON
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A drunken driver was charged today with murder for killing a 6-year-old girl who was playing on a residential sidewalk in Fullerton when the defendant crashed into her.
Defendant: Maximino Lagunas Delgado, 53, Anaheim
Charged today with the following felony counts: Continue reading
Jorge Esteban Lunas Martinez
Raul Quezada, Chief of Police
NEWS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Released by: Sgt. Daron Wyatt, Contact: 714-497-5633
SUBJECT: 18 YEAR OLD ARRESTED FOR MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER FATAL CRASH
ANAHEIM, CALIF (July 30, 2017) – An 18 year old Anaheim man has been arrested for Gross Vehicular Manslaughter While Intoxicated, Felony DUI, and Unlicensed Driver following a fatal crash earlier this morning.
At 3:15 am Sunday morning, Anaheim Police and Anaheim Fire & Rescue personnel responded to a roll-over traffic collision in the 1500 block of W. Ball Road. Continue reading
Shortly before 1:00 a.m. on Saturday morning, Anaheim Police Officers were called to the 1200 block of E. Lincoln Ave. on an unknown trouble call. Upon arrival they found a female suffering from multiple injuries to her arms, legs, torso, and head. She was being cradled by a male, later identified as her husband, Eduardo Ayala, a 25 year old Anaheim resident.
Preliminary investigation revealed Eduardo was reversing his 2002 Chevrolet truck in a carport and struck his wife with the vehicle. The woman was transported to the hospital in critical condition with potentially life threatening injuries. Eduardo was found to be under the influence of alcohol and was arrested for felony Driving Under the Influence causing injury. Continue reading
A 17-year-old Anaheim male was arrested this morning on charges of felony driving under the influence and felony hit and run after he allegedly drove his car into a 33-year-old bicyclist at the intersection of West Sycamore and North Clementine Streets, in Anaheim, according to the O.C. Register.
Police have a suspect in custody in connection with a hit-and-run Sunday morning that left a 33-year-old bicyclist with head trauma and leg injuries. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE
Case # 12NF0309
Date: March 6, 2015
SANTA ANA – A drunken driver was sentenced today to 15 years to life in state prison for murdering one and injuring two others in a head-on crash after driving the wrong way into oncoming traffic on two separate Orange County freeways. Ruben Gurrola, 26, Pomona, was found guilty by a jury on Nov. 14, 2014, of one felony count each of murder, driving under the influence causing bodily injury, driving with a blood alcohol level .08 percent or more causing injury, and a sentencing enhancement for causing great bodily injury.
Late on the night of Jan. 28, 2012, Gurrola left a Newport Beach bar with his then 24-year-old girlfriend Allison Poon after several hours of drinking alcohol with friends. The defendant took a cab with Poon to a friend’s house. After arriving at the home, Gurrola got into the driver’s seat of a Honda sedan and drove away with Poon in the passenger seat. At approximately 1:40 a.m., the defendant drove under the influence of alcohol on the wrong side of the freeway into oncoming traffic, heading northbound in the southbound lanes of the 241 toll road. Several motorists called 911 and had to swerve to avoid being hit by the defendant. Continue reading
Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release: October 16, 2014
Case # 12NF0439
SANTA ANA – A drunken driver was convicted and sentenced today to nine years and four months in state prison for killing two friends by crashing into a light pole after losing control of his vehicle. Ryan Manuel Hernandez, 24, Anaheim, was found guilty in a court trial of two felony counts of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated without gross negligence.
At approximately 2:00 a.m. on Feb. 10, 2012, Ryan Hernandez drove under the influence of alcohol after a night of drinking at a bar in Fullerton to celebrate friend Jose Zuniga’s 24th birthday. He drove while impaired on La Mirada Boulevard in Buena Park with Jose Zuniga in the front passenger seat and 22-year-olds Everado Zuniga and Jose Hernandez in the back seat. Continue reading
NEWS, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Lt. Jeff Hallock, 714.904.7042, JHallock@ocsd.org; Emily Osterberg, 714.647.1840, EOsterberg@ocsd.org
Summer/Labor Day AVOID DUI Campaign Update
DUI Arrests Up & No DUI Fatalities
SANTA ANA, Calif. (August 25, 2014) – The Summer/Labor Day National Anti-DUI mobilization has resulted in DUI arrests from local routine traffic enforcement and special ‘Avoid the 38’ DUI deployments in Orange County.
From 12:01 AM Friday, August 15, 2014 through Midnight Sunday, August 24, 2014 officers and deputies representing 38 Orange County law enforcement agencies have arrested 483 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. In 2013, 374 DUI arrests occurred during the same 10 day time period. There were no DUI related deaths during this time (**NOTE: These numbers are only provisional with some agencies yet to report**). Continue reading
Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release, Case # 09NF1691: May 2, 2014
WESTMINSTER – A fleeing parolee driving under the influence of alcohol was sentenced today to 27 years and eight months to life in state prison for killing an innocent driver and causing great bodily injury to two people while recklessly running from the police. Oscar Javier de la Torre Villalobos, 27, Menifee, was found guilty by a jury Feb. 27, 2014, of one felony count each of second degree murder, driving under the influence and causing bodily injury, driving under the influence with a blood alcohol level of over .08 percent causing bodily injury, and evading the police while driving recklessly and causing serious bodily injury and death. The sentencing enhancement allegations for personally inflicting great bodily injury on non-accomplice victims, driving with a blood alcohol content over .20 percent, and two prior prison convictions of possessing a firearm as a felon and felony domestic violence were found true.
At approximately 7:40 p.m. on June 15, 2009, Villalobos was driving a red 1999 Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck in Anaheim. His passenger, 22-year-old Alejandro Serrano, exited the truck and got into a verbal and shoving dispute with a man on the sidewalk. Following the dispute, Villalobos and Serrano drove to a nearby Home Depot parking lot. Continue reading
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Summer / Labor Day Holiday “Avoid the 38” DUI Campaign – Monday Update
SANTA ANA, California – (August 19, 2013) – The Summer/Labor Day National Anti-DUI crackdown has resulted in a significant number of DUI arrests from routine traffic enforcement and special “Avoid the 38” Task Force DUI deployments.
During the enforcement period of Friday, August 16, 2013 at 12:01 a.m. through Sunday August 18, 2013 at 11:59 a.m., officers representing 38 county law enforcement agencies have arrested 149 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. No DUI fatalities were reported. In 2012, 153 DUI arrests occurred during the same three (3) day time period. Continue reading
Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release, Case # 10NF4137: April 18, 2013
DRUNKEN TEEN DRIVER CONVICTED OF MURDERING FATHER AND SON IN HIGH-SPEED EARLY-MORNING CRASH
SANTA ANA – A drunken teenage driver was convicted today of murdering a father and son in an early-morning high-speed crash. Rafael Lopez, 20, Anaheim, was found guilty by a jury of two felony counts of murder and faces a maximum sentence of 30 years to life in state prison at his sentencing June 7, 2013, in Department C-35, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. The time is to be determined. Continue reading