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Orange County is a prime destination for the “often invisible crime” of human trafficking, a predatory offense akin to “modern-day slavery,” according to authorities. The OC is a targeted location for this type of crime due to its “wealth and tourism,” said Orange County District...

Newport Beach residents heard from a different set of candidates this week during a community meeting. Speak Up Newport hosted the Orange County District Attorney candidates, incumbent Tony Rackauckas and OC Supervisor Todd Spitzer, during their monthly meeting on Wednesday. The...

A local doctor was accused of “sexting” two high school cheerleaders, authorities announced this week. David Lee Haller, 51, of Newport Beach was charged Monday with two counts of misdemeanor child annoyance. Arraignment scheduled for Tuesday. If convicted, he could serve two...

A Newport Beach man was charged with murder this week, authorities reported. Samuel Lincoln Woodward, 20, was charged Wednesday with one felony count of murder, with a sentencing enhancement of personal use of a knife, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s office....

The Newport Beach Police Department is seeking a possible witness for an aggravated assault investigation, authorities reported in a press release on Tuesday. A woman, reportedly a San Bernardino County deputy district attorney, was attacked while jogging near the intersection of...

News from around the city of Newport Beach. Newport Man Arraigned for Posing as Fire Marshal A Newport Beach man was arraigned this week for posing as a fire marshal and charging small businesses across Orange County for fraudulent inspections. Brian Lee Carsten, 36, is accused...

A Newport Beach man was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison for writing multiple bad checks totaling more than $200,000, the Orange County District Attorney’s office reported. Richard Scott Bloustine, 50, pleaded guilty to five felony counts of grand theft, 10 felony counts...

The driver who killed a bicyclist while high on heroin in Newport Beach in 2014 was sentenced last week, authorities reported. Neil Storm Stephany, 24, of Huntington Beach was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison on Jan. 15 for murdering a bicyclist in a hit-and-run crash,...

Newport Beach Police Department detectives have finished their investigation into the leaf blower scare at a Newport Beach theater last month and have turned it over to county authorities. The three juveniles were forwarded to Juvenile Probation and the adult was forwarded to the...

A Newport Beach man was sentenced last week to seven years in state prison for conspiracy to commit more than $16 million in real estate fraud, according to authorities. Dinesh Valjeebhai Shah, 65, was sentenced Oct. 17 for conspiring with three family members to commit the fraud...

About 50 people gathered in the Friend’s Room at the Newport Beach Public Library Thursday morning to listen to Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas speak. The event was the Chamber of Commerce’s monthly Wake Up! Newport meeting. Rackauckas spoke about DNA testing,...

A man was charged today with felony child abuse and endangerment and a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest after allegedly throwing his 7-year-old son off a moving tour boat in the Newport Beach harbor late last month. Sloan Steven Briles, 35, of Irvine is facing six years in...

Arraignment continued until June; Memorial fund set up for family of victims   Robert Allan Lehmann, 36, sent his current wife out to ice cream with his daughter and laid in wait with a firearm for his ex-wife and her father, according to an Orange County District Attorney’s...

A Costa Mesa man was arrested by Newport Beach police today and charged with stealing more than $280,000 from a blind and deaf 98-year-old woman who had dementia. John Thomas Windsor, 41, has 18 charges against him including first-degree residential burglary, caretaker theft from...

A Newport Coast woman has charged with manslaghter in the death of a bicyclist she allegedly struck while driving drunk and texting on Feb 21. The Orange County District Attorney’s office filed charges against Danae Marie Miller, 22, last week. She is charged with one felony...