An Anaheim woman has been charged with deceptive record keeping in a $1.4 million embezzlement plot that included two law firms. Investigators say Shawna Berretto paid her personal credit cards with money from the firms’ accounts while employed as a bookkeeper and manager for the law firms. She allegedly opened new credit cards in the

The family of David Raya won a civil suit against the City of Anaheim after the fatal shooting of their son during a neighborhood search for the man. Police showed up at Raya’s girlfriend’s house to serve a warrant on Raya, who was on parole. Raya had previously served four years for felony assault with

A man who stabbed his wife in the neck at a busy Garden Grove intersection in July of 2013 has been sentenced to 8 years in state prison for attempted murder. Tai Trieu attacked his wife at 3:52 p.m. on July 7, 2013, at the intersection of Beach and Garden Boulevards. He fled the scene

Police are searching for a man who robbed a Garden Grove Pizza Hut at gunpoint. Employees of the store said a white man in his twenties entered the store at around 8:30 p.m. on April 8. He pointed a gun at the clerk and demanded the money from the register. Then, the suspect demanded money

An Irvine businessman who exchanged gunfire with SWAT team members and held a bank employee hostage has been convicted on all counts except attempted murder. Myung Jae Kim, a 56-year-old water purification plant owner, claimed that in 2007, more than $200,000 was stolen from his safety deposit box at Hanmi Bank in Buena Park. Kim

A woman accused of killing a 23-year-old while texting and driving on the 405 Freeway may get a new trial. Police say 29-year-old Jorene Nicolas was distracted while she was driving—so much so that she didn’t realize the car in front of her had stopped, and plowed into it going 80 miles per hour. Investigators

Three teenage boys were arrested in late April for trying to break into the Tustin Ranch Elementary School. Police were called to the scene by school security guards, who spotted the boys on the roof. They were attempting to gain access to the school through the skylights. They also attempted to set a fire on

A suspected drunk driver caused a wrong-way collision on the Garden Grove freeway late in the evening of April 22. Highway patrol received several calls about a car going the wrong way down the freeway. The suspect finally crashed into a Mercedes after just missing two other vehicles. Both drivers sustained only minor to moderate

A Fullerton flower shop caught fire after a car slammed into the building and ruptured the gas line. Police say the car crashed into King’s Flower around 1 a.m. on April 27. The crash damaged a gas pipeline, causing the shop and a store next door to catch fire. The driver and passenger of the

A 13-year-old boy is in Orange County juvenile hall after bringing a handgun and loaded magazine to school. Police say they responded to Jordan Elementary School after receiving reports that a student had a gun. They found a loaded magazine on the student, as well as a .38 caliber handgun in his backpack. The gun