On Thursday, March 8, 2012, MADD Orange County held their 25th Annual Law Enforcement and Prosecutor Recognition Luncheon at the Richard M. Nixon Library in Yorba Linda. The following Department members were honored: Deputy of the Year- Deputy Wayne Di... »
Basic Academy Class 199 graduated from the Orange County Sheriff's Regional Training Academy on March 7, 2012. There were 34 recruits that graduated out of a starting class of 43. The graduates represented the Orange County Sheriff's Department, Downey... »
By ERIKA I. RITCHIE / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER LAKE FOREST – When Howard Larnard learned about a Lake Forest couple's struggle to bring their critically injured son home, he knew his family had to help. Larnard, 80, of Mission Viejo was touched when ... »
A non-profit organization promises anonymity and one telephone number for anyone who wants to provide a tip to law enforcement in Orange County. By SALVADOR HERNANDEZ / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Two men had tied up a 90-year-old woman at gunpoint and ... »
On Sunday, January 22, 2012, a travel team of amputee war veterans hit the softball field in Mission Viejo. The Wounded Warrior softball team travels the country taking on able-bodied challengers to show how injured war veterans return to normal life. ... »
“Irvine Blades” Girls’ Soccer Coach Charged With Coercing 13-Year Old into Sending Him Pornographic Videos The Orange County District Attorney’s Office put out a press release today regarding the arrest of Robert Vincent PEACE; a girls’ recreational s... »
Some of the calls have been edited or removed for reasons of....cooth. OC's Bizarre Minor Crimes of 2011 From gesturing pandas to yelling naked on strangers' porches, the Orange County Sheriff's dispatch log didn't fail to disappoint in 2011. January... »
The escape of inmate worker William Scott Woodin from the Theo Lacy Facility on Tuesday evening was followed by an intensive search and ultimate capture of the non-violent thief by Sheriff's investigators. Captured escapee William Scott Woodin The Oran... »
Last year the Orange County Sheriff's Department placed 3rd among public safety agencies in Southern California competing in the Red Cross Battle of the Badges Blood Drive. The Department came in 3rd with 122 donors being presented, just six fewer tha... »
Joseph D. Carruth, president of the Orange County Sheriff's Advisory Council led a groundbreaking ceremony last Friday at the site where the new Orange County Peace Officer Memorial will be constructed. The site is on the grounds of the Orange County S... »
Photos by Video Producer Robert Smith Basic Academy Class 200 mustered for First Inspection on Monday for a tradition that many Academy graduates have come to call "Black Monday." The latest Academy Class has 53 recruits from nine different agencies ... »
On the evening of December 16, 1912 Sheriff Ruddock received a telephone call from the Irvine station, telling him that a young Irvine girl had been attacked by a drifter who had fled into the hills. Sheriff Ruddock immediately rounded up assistance a... »
Royal Canadian Mounted Police in scarlet uniforms, and off-duty Sheriff's personnel in white pullovers, accompanied a planeload of critically ill and disabled children from the rural Kelowna Region of British Colombia for a day at Disneyland. The excur... »
With a big smile on her face, Sheriff Sandra Hutchens stood before the near overflow crowd at the Orange County Sheriff’s Regional Training Academy to deliver the keynote address for the graduation of Basic Academy Class 198. “Excuse my big smile,” She... »
Systems Program Analyst Ken Vu Ken began his career with the County working as a Systems/Programmer Analyst I for Court Operations (previous Marshal’s Department). Ken provided desktop, network support, and was very involved with several key proje... »
