Will Bruzzo’s Blog

Seat belt tickets are on the rise as more than 150 local law enforcement agencies throughout California focused on looking for “unbelted drivers” through June 6th as part of a “Click It or Ticket” campaign that began May 25th. The cost for a first-time violation has gone up from $132 to $142, and a first-time…

The City of Los Angeles has recently created gang intervention programs. While nonprofits and other organization work throughout the city providing the same services, the city is now adopting a gang prevention academy for those that want to work in that field. Classes train and educate people on gang issues, history and how to deal…

DNA evidence has solved a 36 year-old-case in Santa Ana. In 1974 the body of a woman was found without clothes and with traces of grease near a Cadillac dealership. The victim, Frances E. Esqueda, had been strangled with her slip. No arrest was made during the investigation. This year, cold case detectives submitted evidence…

Armando Escobar served as a sergeant in the U.S. army and spent a 9-month tour of duty in Iraq without ever experiencing a gun shot wound. But all that changed on May 11, 2007 in Orange County when Escobar was shot in the face while playing volleyball with his sister in his own front yard.…

A two-month-old English bulldog was taken from a 15-year-old boy in Los Angeles County on May 5, 2010. The man who committed the act is now being charged with second degree robbery in connection with the alleged “puppy-napping.” According to California Penal Code Section 211, robbery is the “felonious taking of personal property in the…

Several birds and blades were confiscated during a search at a residence and restaurant. According to the Orange County Register 827 birds were taken from a Fullerton resident at a property outside of Orange County. At his Anaheim restaurant blades were found which are tied to a rooster’s talons when fighting other birds. Also taken…

A Los Angeles County Judge issued an arrest warrant for Lindsay Lohan for her failure to appear in court on May 20th. Lohan, who was scheduled to appear for her probation hearing for a 2007 driving under the Influence conviction, failed to show up. Instead she was in Cannes, France, enjoying the famous yearly film…

James Neal of San Clemente, used to be a NASCAR driver but on May 18th, he was sentenced to one month in jail and three years probation for leading the police on a high-speed chase. Neal pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of evading while driving recklessly (California Vehicle Code 2800.1, 2800.2). Police attempted to…

The Westminster Police Department was called to investigate a robbery where a diamond courier was robbed by six armed assailants according to the Orange County Register. The owner of the jewelry business then filed a claim with the Westminster PD and his insurance company. The owner, Lior Bitton included in his claim that a 4.21…

29-year-old Jose Alonso Najera is currently on trial for a double murder. The victims are his parents, who were stabbed multiple times in their Garden Grove home on December 27, 1999. Najera’s friend, Gerald Thomas Johnson, was already convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole for the slayings after having left his DNA…