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Woman, 75, Charged With Animal Cruelty For Running Over Puppy In OC, Police Say
A 75-year-old woman was charged Friday with intentionally running over and killing a puppy in Santa Ana.

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A 75-year-old woman was charged Friday with intentionally running over and killing a puppy in Santa Ana.

An Orange County mayor was accused of having a drinking problem and using racist and homophobic slurs toward her employees.
A 43-year-old man was convicted Tuesday of sexually assaulting three girls, including one he impregnated in San Juan Capistrano.
The 64-year-old man pleaded guilty to seven counts of sexual assault with a minor in Orange County just as his trial was about to begin.
Residents were warned Wednesday after health officials announced the county's first human deaths associated with West Nile virus this year.
Police Monday released the identity of a woman killed in a single-vehicle crash in Garden Grove Saturday.
Glen R. Sprowl Jr., 53, was named Monday as a posthumous recipient of the Carnegie Medal for heroism.
The track has now had nine horses suffer racing or training deaths in 2026.
The 58-year-old Texas man was charged Monday with the incident, which happened Thursday in Newport Beach.
Two men were charged in the 2022 shooting, which took the life of one man and injured two others.
The man was initially being escorted out of the establishment for disturbing patrons, police said.
The 22-year-old woman is accused of killing 60-year-old Stanley Isaacs of Costa Mesa on Aug. 11, 2022.
Three people were exposed to some kind of possible hazardous substance at the commercial building near residential neighborhoods.
The Tustin man was originally convicted July 6 of two counts of sexual penetration of an intoxicated victim.
Brennan Kyle Meskell, 35, was convicted of a felony count of hit-and-run with death for the death of Margarita Ramos.
The 23-year-old man pleaded guilty Wednesday to an armed robbery spree in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
The 38-year-old man was acquitted of second-degree murder Wednesday for the fatal 2021 crash.
Jim Christopher Rosado is charged with second-degree murder and driving under the influence of a drug causing injury, both felonies.
An Orange County jeweler admitted to stealing nearly $1.7 million through fraudulent Rolex sales to SoCal victims.
The former Orange County Superior Court judge was sentenced Thursday to one year of probation for workers' compensation fraud.