Santa Ana - Woman robbed in own driveway at gunpoint

A woman was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday night while she was in her car outside her home, police said.

The incident occurred at 8 p.m. in the 200 block of West Richland Street, near Sycamore Street, as the woman and her husband returned home after doing some Christmas shopping, said Santa Ana police Cmdr. Stephen Colon.

The couple parked in their driveway and the husband went inside the house to drop off some packages while the woman waited in the car, Colon said. That’s when she noticed a man walking on the sidewalk and locked the car doors.

The man walked back, approached the passenger’s window and pointed a gun at the woman while he ordered her to open the door. The woman complied and the man reached in and grabbed her purse, Colon said.

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When Seconds Count: Stopping Active Killers

There have been so many school shootings over the last 40 years that researchers have been able to develop a profile of the typical mass murderer. They’re called “active shooters” or “active killers” and their crimes play out in a matter of minutes.

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Lake Forest - Dry cleaner shuts down after multiple robberies

After 2 holdups and 1 attempt within a week, owner of Lake Forest business says he’s closing down.

After only two months in business at Will’s Dry Cleaning, after using money that was meant for his retirement to open a small corner business in a safe and quiet neighborhood, Fairweather said he’s shutting down. The fear is too much.

Since Dec. 10, his small business at the end of a shopping center in the 21900 block of El Toro Road has been robbed twice by someone Fairweather believes is the same man.

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Supervisor Bates issues CCW Policy Update

This email just went out from the office of Supervisor Pat Bates, who has been very supportive of our goal of reforming CCW policies in Orange County.

Dear Concerned Citizen:

At Tuesday’s meeting, the Board received an update from County Counsel on their ongoing discussions with the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding how a CCW permit revocation is recorded onto an individual’s DOJ record. As you will recall, my office received hundreds of emails and phone calls from Orange County residents passionately expressing their objections to the arbitrary revocation of CCW permits based solely on the new Sheriff’s interpretation “good cause.” This raised significant concern that such revocations would be recorded on an individual’s DOJ record without proper explanation as to why. This could leave law enforcement and any other reviewing agency with the wrong impression that the license had been revoked for criminal misconduct or any other wrongdoing.

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Fullerton - Jewelry courier stabbed, robbed

A jewelry courier was stabbed multiple times Wednesday during a robbery outside a jewelry mart, police said.

The robbery occurred just after 5 p.m. at the Fullerton Jewelry Mart at 1475 S. Harbor Blvd., near Orangefair Mall, said Fullerton police Sgt. Mike MacDonald.

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Garden Grove: boy stabbed multiple times in critical condition

Police are looking for a person suspected of stabbing a 15-year-old boy multiple times in what officials believe is a gang-related attempted homicide, Lt. William Eriksen said Sunday.

At 11:54 p.m. Saturday, police were dispatched to the 10300 block of Westminster Boulevard after receiving a call about a 15-year-old stabbing victim, officials reported.

The teen, whose identity was not released because he’s a juvenile, is in critical condition after suffering multiple stab wounds to his left leg, shoulder and back, police reported.

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San Juan Capistrano: Home Invasion Robbery

Police are searching for armed men who invaded and robbed an apartment in the Villas complex in San Juan Capistrano.

Sheriff’s Lt. Dan Dwyer said today that four to six men posing as potential tenants knocked on an apartment door about 1 p.m. Monday at the complex in the 30800 block of Avenida De La Vista. The strangers tied three men and two women with duct tape. A young girl was kept with one of the women, Dwyer said.

One woman was hit with fists and possibly a baseball bat, Dwyer said. She was treated at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo.

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Santa Ana: Shooting on Harbor Blvd

A man was shot multiple times in the 100 block of Harbor Boulevard this morning.

The victim, a 22-year-old Anaheim man, was transported to UCI Medical Center in Orange, where he is conscious and being interviewed by police.

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South County: Robber flashes gun, holds up two South County banks

A man lifted his shirt, flashed a gun, and robbed two South County banks within 30 minutes today, authorities said.

Authorities said the man walked into a bank in San Juan Capistrano this afternoon and walked away with an undisclosed amount of cash. About 30 minutes later, the same man is believed to have walked into an Aliso Viejo bank and robbed it in an almost identical way, said Lt. Ted Boyne of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

The man was reported to be wearing a black baseball cap, a tan shirt and eyeglasses, Boyne said. He was described as a Caucasian man in his 30s of medium build.

The first robbery occurred at a Citibank branch at the 31800 block of Del Obispo Street. Just before 2 p.m., the man reportedly lifted his shirt and showed the gun to the bank teller, Boyne said.

As deputies were investigating that robbery, a man matching the same description was reported to have walked into a Downey Savings, 26901 Aliso Creek Road, and robbed the bank in a similar fashion.

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South County: Officials: After 2 failures, bank robber scores

LAGUNA NIGUEL – The first two times, authorities say, that he unsuccessfully attempted to rob two South County banks, he handed a demand note to the teller but ran off before getting any cash.

In about a week’s time, authorities said, the same man has attempted to rob three South County banks in Mission Viejo, Aliso Viejo and Laguna Niguel. Twice he ran off without any cash, a sign that he may have been working with another person and may have been tipped off that something was going awry, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

Authorities are hoping that surveillance video released from the third robbery will help identify the man, who is described as in his late 30s or early 40s, 5 feet 11 inches tall and about 200 pounds.

The same man is also believed to have tried to rob a Bank of America branch in Aliso Viejo, where he also ran out of the branch after handing over a demand note.

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