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D.A.: Police officers not culpable in teen shooting
The Orange County district attorney's office has declared that four members of the Fountain Valley Police Department are not criminally culpable for the nonfatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy in 2010. A May 15 letter from Senior Deputy District...Tags: Prosecution, Shootings, Justice System, Punishment, Witnesses
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H.B. man found guilty in beating death of veteran
A Huntington Beach man was found guilty Monday of beating and causing the death of a World War II veteran during a robbery on Veterans Day in 2003. A jury found John Kirk McKinney, 30, guilty of the second-degree murder of Cecil Warren, 77, according...Tags: Prosecution, Prisons, World War II (1939-1945), Justice System, Punishment
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PTO president accused of embezzlement
A Huntington Beach woman is scheduled to be arraigned June 29 for allegedly embezzling thousands of dollars from school fundraisers while serving as a parent-teacher organization president. Gail Diane Panella-Monestere, 52, is accused of stealing more...Tags: Embezzlement, Trials, Corporate Crime, Justice System, Punishment
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Decision could lead to lawsuit, budget hole
The state Department of Finance is refusing to pay back millions of dollars Huntington Beach once loaned to its now-disbanded redevelopment agency, a decision that may lead to litigation and leave a large hole in the city's general budget. Following a...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Justice System, Judges, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance
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Judge orders release of grand jury testimony
An Orange County judge on Friday ordered the release of portions of grand jury testimony in the case against a former tugboat crewman accused of fatally shooting eight people in a two-minute burst of violence last October at a Seal Beach hair salon....Tags: Prosecution, Trials, Scott Evans Dekraai, Murder, Shootings
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Fountain Valley eyes sex offender ban
Fountain Valley may soon join the handful of cities throughout Orange County that have banned registered sex offenders from entering city parks. The City Council on April 17 directed staff to consult with other cities' laws and come up with an...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Man charged with rape of 7-year-old
The trial of a Huntington Beach man accused of sexually assaulting a developmentally disabled 7-year-old girl is underway. Daniel Vlas Flores, 30, is charged with a felony count each for kidnapping to commit a sexual offense, sexual penetration, sexual...Tags: Prosecution, Sex Crimes, Trials, Justice System, Sexual Assault
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Former coach pleads not guilty to sexual relations with student
A former high school basketball coach charged with having an ongoing unlawful sexual relationship with a student pleaded not guilty Thursday. Fountain Valley resident John Tran Nguyen, 21, pleaded not guilty to one felony count of unlawful sexual...Tags: Sports, Prosecution, Crimes, Sex Crimes, Trials
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Police seek charges against vandalism suspects
The Huntington Beach Police Department is seeking charges against two Occupy Orange County members suspected of vandalizing a Chase bank, sources with knowledge of the investigation said. Police Chief Ken Small said the man and woman who walked into...Tags: Trials, Justice System, Judges, Facebook, Crime, Law and Justice
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Homeless man convicted of hate crime
A white homeless Huntington Beach man was convicted Thursday of committing a hate crime against a Hispanic woman and sentenced to three years of formal probation and 180 days in county jail, according to the Orange County district attorney's office....Tags: Prosecution, Prisons, Crimes, Trials, Court Preliminary
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Man pleads not guilty to hit-and-run
A Huntington Beach man pleaded not guilty last week to charges that he drove on a suspended license and hit another driver, causing him severe brain injuries, then left the scene, according to the Orange County district attorney's office. Oscar Paz, 31,...Tags: Prosecution, Trials, Justice System, Punishment, Highway Transportation
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Man arrested after grand theft investigation
A Huntington Beach man was arrested Tuesday following a conspiracy and grand theft investigation by California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris. Curtis Melone, 37, who also goes by Curtis Kubat, along with Christopher Fox, 37, of Laguna Niguel allegedly...Tags: Orange County Superior Court, Justice System, Theft, Kamala D. Harris, Crime, Law and Justice
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