LOS ANGELES — A former teacher from Orange County who was previously convicted in state court of sexually assaulting a teenage boy pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge for traveling to China to have sex with a 16-year-old youth. Ezequiel Christopher Barragan, previously a Spanish teacher at Dana Hills High School and a youth…
SANTA ANA — Former mixed martial arts fighter Jason “Mayhem” Miller was facing a newly filed felony vandalism charge Tuesday, leaving him vulnerable to a state prison term for violating probation if he’s convicted. Miller, 37, was arrested Friday and was being held without bail, according to jail records. Michele Van Der Linden of the…
ORANGE — A hit-and-run driver struck and fatally injured a pedestrian Tuesday in Orange. The 58-year-old victim was in a crosswalk at Glassell Street and Katella Avenue when she was struck by a white pickup truck about 6:30 a.m., said Sgt. Rob Thorsen of the Orange Police Department. Officers are on scene, investigating a hit-and-run…
By Claudia S. Alaniz Louise Deser Siskel, a San Marino resident and a senior at Sequoyah High in Pasadena, is the 2019 Rose Queen. Princess Louise Deser Siskel is crowned by Tournament president Gerald Freeny during the announcement and Coronation of the 101st Rose Queen at the Pasadena Playhouse on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 in Pasadena,…
Firefighters, civic leaders and residents in Garden Grove celebrated the completion of a new community center and fire station with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 23. The new facility at 12232 West St. replaces the original Fire Station No. 6 at 12111 Chapman Ave., which was constructed in 1971. The newer 7,680-square-foot building…
An immigrant arrested by immigration authorities – possibly on an anonymous tip from a revengeful relative accused of molesting the man’s daughter – called his wife Tuesday and told her he is being deported. Anaheim resident Marcos Villanueva expects to arrive in Honduras Wednesday afternoon, his wife, Jenie Villalvir, said tearfully. Villanueva was transferred from an…
A search warrant carried out earlier this year against a Newport Beach surgeon and his girlfriend, both of whom are accused of drugging and raping several women, has become the center of a political debate over whether the pair should have been arrested months sooner. Carried out in January, the warrant and supporting affidavit written…
A judge on Tuesday reversed an order that had prohibited reporters from publishing details contained in a search warrant in a sexual assault case against a high-profile Newport Beach surgeon and his girlfriend, siding with media outlets, including the Orange County Register, whose attorney claimed the move was unconstitutional. Superior Court Judge Gregory Jones said he…
A former UC Riverside vice chancellor sexually harassed two women he supervised with unwanted touching, intimate texts and persistent invitations to private dinners and drinks, a University of California investigation has found. James Sandoval singled out at least four women in low-level positions…
A Long Beach man, currently employed as a teacher at a Huntington Beach high school, was arrested by police Tuesday, Oct. 23, on suspicion of sexually assaulting a minor, authorities said. Andrew Bueno Potts, 43, of Long Beach. (Courtesy of Long Beach Police Department) Long Beach police believe there may be additional victims. Andrew Bueno…
