Garden Grove: Domestic Violence escalates to murder
February 28, 2009 by OCCCWS Editor · Leave a Comment
Garden Grove police investigating a domestic violence call early this morning found one man lying face down without a pulse on the floor of a bedroom and another man covered in blood.
Paramedics were called and determined that the victim, whose name is being withheld pending notification of his family, was dead. He appeared to have been beaten or strangled to death.
Officers heard yelling and the sounds of a fight in an upstairs bedroom when they arrived at the home in the 1100 block of Sungrove Circle at about 2:30 a.m., according to a police report.
As they approached the bedroom, they heard a woman yelling at someone to stop, according to the report. But before officers could open the closed bedroom door, Isidro opened it from the inside. He was covered in blood.
Original article at OC Register
Westminster: 3 tied up as robbers ransack home
February 27, 2009 by Crassroots · Leave a Comment
By JON CASSIDY
WESTMINSTER – Three people were tied up while bandits ransacked their house Wednesday in a home-invasion robbery.
Around 9:45 a.m., three middle-aged men knocked on the door of a house in the 15400 block of Summerwood Street, and then forced their way in, police said. They tied up the resident who opened the door, and then restrained the other two people living there, while they searched the house for money, jewelry and a safe, said Det. Dave Ferronato of the Westminster police.
The three victims did not know the three men who robbed them, but could identify two of them if they are caught, Ferronato said
[Original Story OCRegister.com]
Stanton: Home-invasion robbery
February 27, 2009 by OCCCWS Editor · Leave a Comment
A man who targeted a grandmother in a home-invasion robbery in Stanton may have committed five other home robberies in Orange County over the past two months or so, a sheriff’s spokesman said Thursday.
The man entered a home on the 7300 block of Cerritos Avenue through a garage door apparently left open and pointed a chrome-plated handgun at the head of a 58-year-old woman, grabbed her by the hair and pushed her into a rear bedroom, said Jim Amormino of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
The suspect may be the same man who has carried out five other similar robberies in surrounding cities in the past two months or so, Amormino said.
from K-ABC TV News
Illinois Sheriff’s Association Supporting Shall Issue in their State.
February 25, 2009 by Crassroots · Leave a Comment
The Illinois Sheriffs’ Association at their Winter Training Conference passed a resolution in support of concealed carry in Illinois with specific limitations.
After much discussion and concerns about the final language of the legislation the sheriffs, present and voting, unanimously approved the resolution. There were sixty of the one hundred and two sheriffs registered for the training conference.
OCCCWS Demands Release of Video Footage from January 13th Board of Supervisors Meeting
February 24, 2009 by OCCCWS Editor · 1 Comment
In letters sent today, OCCCWS, acting through counsel, demanded the release of the security camera footage of the January 13th Board of Supervisors meeting under the California Public Records Act.
Letter to the OC Board of Supervisors
Letter to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Ladera Ranch: Attempted Kidnapping of 10-year-old boy
February 23, 2009 by OCCCWS Editor · Leave a Comment
A man in his 30s tried to lure a 10-year-old boy into his SUV by inviting him to go to a party on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
The boy talked briefly with the man, then became frightened and ran to his house and his parents, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
This morning, authorities released a sketch of the man who tried to lure the boy in the 30 block of Downing Street. He was described as in his 30s, with blond or light brown hair and a goatee, wearing a black T-shirt with the word “Quiksilver” on it and an earring in his right ear.
Authorities said the man might have been spotted in the area the day before the attempted abduction and that he may be living in or familiar with the area.
Full article at OC Register
No CCW Policy under Sheriff Carona? We beg to differ.
February 23, 2009 by OCCCWS Editor · Leave a Comment
There have been claims from officials that no CCW policy existed under former Sheriff Mike Carona. That simply is false. Linked below are screenshots of the pages from the OCSD website at the time when former Sheriff Carona was in office.
This policy was unchanged from 1999 to 2008.
Santa Ana: Shooting at MainPlace Mall
February 20, 2009 by OCCCWS Editor · 7 Comments
A man has been hospitalized after being shot and crashing into a parking lot tree at outside the MainPlace mall.
The man was driving an older model white Cadillac and had apparently already been shot before arriving at the MainPlace mall parking lot around 12:30 p.m.
He crashed into a tree and the Cadillac had to be cut out so he could be removed.
[From OCRegister.com]
Santa Ana: 3 people shot in separate attacks in less than 24 hours
February 19, 2009 by OCCCWS Editor · Leave a Comment
Police are investigating three separate shootings that left three people injured in less than 24 hours.
The first shooting occurred at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 1700 block of South Evergreen Street as a 19-year-old man was driving down an alley approaching Occidental Street, said Santa Ana police Cmdr. Stephen Colon.
The Santa Ana man told police he was turning east onto Occidental Street when he heard shots being fired and realized he had been struck, Colon said.
The second shooting occurred at 8 p.m. in an alley in the 1400 block of South Townsend Street near Raitt Street and Edinger Avenue, Colon said.
Officers were sent to the area near Gerald P. Carr Intermediate School after reports of shots being fired, but did not find a victim. A short time later, hospital staff called police about a young man who had arrived suffering from gunshot wounds to the lower body, Colon said.
The 15-year-old victim told police he was walking to the east alley of Townsend Street with friends when a man got out of a vehicle and shot him for no apparent reason, Colon said.
The third shooting occurred shortly before 11 p.m. at Occidental and Evergreen streets, near the site of the first shooting.
Officers went to the area after reports of shots being fired and a man down on the sidewalk, Colon said. They found a 27-year-old Santa Ana man suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
[Full article and more details at OCRegister.com]
The Sheriff, a gun and a gang attack
February 18, 2009 by Crassroots · Leave a Comment
This was posted over at Redcounty.com
The Sheriff, a gun and a gang attack
Last week Willie Holmes, the African American pastor of a Fullerton church, was attacked by several Latino members of a notorious Fullerton street gang. The gang members threw beer bottles, rocks and bricks at a church member’s car and followed Pastor Willie Holmes, his children and two church members to the church where they threw rocks and bricks through the glass doors of the office, shattering two windows and hitting Pastor Holmes.
This violent crime should bring enhanced hate crime charges as well as gang enhancements, but it also points out a flaw in the “may issue” for “cause” policies in place at the OCSD under Sheriff Hutchins. Under Sheriff Hutchins CCW policy, Pastor Willie Holmes would most likely be denied a CCW permit.
Despite being physically attacked for what may very well be racially motivated reasons, Pastor Willie Holmes is left powerless to protect himself or his family. I guess reasons like “I’m a free citizen of the United States” and the protection of self and family don’t fly with Sheriff Hutchins.
Sheriff Hutchins would rather limit the right of law-abiding citizens to own and carry guns, if they so choose, than to uphold the United States Constitution.
Posted by: Thomas Anthony Gordon
[original article]
