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Woman Sentenced for Killing Las Vegas Nail Salon Manager While Trying to Skip Out on $35 Manicure
A judge in Las Vegas on Friday sentenced a woman to 10 to 25 years in prison for killing a nail salon manager with a vehicle while trying to skip out on a $35 manicure. Krystal Whipple previously admitted she killed 51-year-old Nhu “Annie” Ngoc Nguyen, a mother of three from Garden Grove, California. Whipple’s guilty plea in December to...
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Transient Charged With Attempting to Rape, Kill Teen Girl He Met on Social Media App
Jonathan Lee Gregg was charged with a felony count of attempted murder with a sentencing enhancement for attempted premeditated murder and a felony count of assault of a minor with the intent to commit a sexual offense.
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Garden Grove Police Lieutenant, 59, Dies From COVID-19 Complications
Lt. John Reynolds, 59, had been battling the virus since the end of November.
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Man Fatally Shot at Hotel in Garden Grove
A man approximately 28 years old was fatally shot Sunday at a hotel in Garden Grove, police said.
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Convicted Terrorist Arrested in California on Meth Charges
A man who served years in prison for conspiracy to commit terrorism has been arrested in Southern California on suspicion of selling large quantities of methamphetamine. Ahmed Binyamin Alasiri faces two counts of distribution of meth. It wasn’t immediately known if the 44-year-old Garden Grove resident has an attorney. Alasiri was on supervised release following a 2009 conviction for conspiracy...
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Recently-Released Dangerous Sex Offender Leaves Santa Ana
Recently released sex offender Cary Jay Smith is the move again, with Santa Ana police announcing Wednesday he had left that city. Smith had been staying at a mental health facility in Santa Ana since Tuesday evening, but police said Wednesday afternoon he had left and found a new place to stay. His latest whereabouts were not immediately...
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Where is ‘Mr. Rape, Torture, Kill?' Recently Released Sex Offender Bounces Around SoCal
Garden Grove police said recently released sex offender Cary Jay Smith left that city Tuesday after being met with protests by residents, adding that local authorities “are continuing to monitor him” and will notify the public if he returns. Smith has bounced around the Southland for the past week after being met with repeated protests by residents during brief stays…
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Feared Sex Offender Moves Locations Again
Sex offender in Gargen grove has now moved, fear in the community arises. Vikki Vargas reports. July 21, 2020
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Convicted Child Sex Offender Who Calls Himself ‘Mr. Rape, Torture, Kill,' According to DA, Arrives in Garden Grove
Cary Jay Smith, the convicted sex offender recently released from a state psychiatric hospital, checked into a motel in Garden Grove Monday after earlier being reported in north San Diego County. The Garden Grove Police Department was notified that Smith checked into the motel and have set up a surveillance detail to monitor him, the department said Monday evening. The…
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Man Claiming to be Part of Black Lives Matter Charged With Attempting to Steal Police Car
Felony charges were filed Tuesday against an 18-year-old Garden Grove man who claimed he was part of the Black Lives Matter movement after allegedly attempting to steal a police squad car. Quincy Lunford is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on felony charges of resisting arrest and attempted vehicle theft, along with misdemeanor counts of resisting a peace officer and trespassing…
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Man In Garden Grove Allegedly Breaks Into Apartment Unit Close To His Own Home
A man was arrested on suspicion of burglary for allegedly breaking into an apartment unit in Garden Grove Sunday morning that was in close proximity to his own home. Officers dispatched at 1:16 a.m. to the 12200 block of Chapman Avenue, in response to a report of a residential burglary in progress, reported they were told that someone had broke…
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Garden Grove Church Prepares for Virtual Easter Services
Fr. Christopher Smith says the message of Easter takes on special meaning during the pandemic. Christine Kim reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. Friday, April 10, 2020.
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Orange County CEO Sounds Alarms on Hand Sanitizer Shortages
A Garden Grove-based hand sanitizer manufacturer has about two weeks of alcohol left to make the product because of heavy demand caused by the coronavirus outbreak, its CEO said Thursday. “No supplier in the U.S. even has 50 gallons of alcohol” to make hand sanitzer, said Rakesh Tammabattula, CEO of QYK Brands, owner of the Dr. J’s and Glow...
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One Dead in Police Shooting That Followed Stolen Car Crash in Garden Grove
Police opened fire after a confrontation with a man involved in a stolen car crash early Wednesday in Garden Grove The crash was reported at about 1:30 a.m. near the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and Trask Avenue. One of the people in the crash began fighting with a responding officer, police said. An officer opened fire, killing the man, police…
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Man Killed in Police Shooting After Garden Grove Crash
Shots were fired after a man struggled with an officer who was responding to a crash in Garden Grove. Darsha Philips reports for Today in LA on Wednesday Feb. 26, 2020.
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Couple Falls From 3rd-Story Window During Reported Fight, Woman Dies
A couple who reportedly were fighting fell through a third-story window of a Garden Grove home, killing the woman and critically injuring the man, authorities said Tuesday. Police were called at 9:21 p.m. Monday to a home in the 10800 block of Lotus Drive, Garden Grove police Lt. Rich Burillo said. The initial call was about a man and woman…
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Garden Grove Collision Kills 77-Year-Old Woman, Injures Man
A 77-year-old woman was killed and a 79-year-old man suffered multiple broken bones when they were struck by a van on a Garden Grove sidewalk, police said Thursday. The pair were struck just after 5 p.m. Wednesday at Westminster Avenue west of Brookhurst Street, Garden Grove police Lt. Carl Whitney said. The 45-year-old man behind the wheel of the van…
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Garden Grove Man Found Insane, Not Guilty for Stabbing Stepbrother
A 29-year-old Garden Grove man was found not guilty Thursday by reason of insanity for the fatal stabbing of his stepbrother. Orange County Superior Court Judge John Conley determined that Andres Adolfo Serrat committed second-degree murder in the Aug. 3, 2015, stabbing of 20-year-old Donte Barcalo, but he found the defendant was insane at the time due to multiple diagnoses…