Saturday, May 19, 2012
The Office of Protective Services patrols five centers for the developmentally disabled, including Fairview in Orange County.
Overtime pay for a small, state-run police force has soared in recent years, according to a California Watch investigation. Last year, the Office of Protective Services paid roughly $2 million in overtime to 80 of its officers, who patrol five centers for the developmentally disabled, including Orange County's Fairview Developmental Center in Costa Mesa. "An unusually high number of [OPS] officers ... have doubled their salaries with overtime, enabling some to earn more than $150,000 a year," California Watch reported, noting that the number of officers collecting overtime "far exceeds" other agencies. At Fairview, patrolman Daniel Butler "regularly collected more money from overtime than from his base pay" and "netted at least $60,000 a …
Friday, May 18, 2012
Eric Naposki and Nanette Ann Packard-McNeal were convicted in the 1994 murder of her former boyfriend, a Newport Beach millionaire. Victim's brother calls Packard-McNeal a "black widow" in court today while the prosecutor labels Naposki a coward.
An Orange County woman convicted of first-degree murder in the death of her millionaire boyfriend was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility parole today while her co-conspirator secret lover, former NFL linebacker Eric Naposki, had his sentencing delayed until Aug. 10. Nanette Ann Packard-McNeal, 46, received her punishment for the the Dec. 15, 1994, shooting of 55-year-old Bill McLaughlin this morning from Judge William Froeberg at the Orange County courthouse in Santa Ana. Authorities say Packard-McNeal was romantically involved with both McLaughlin and Naposki, 45, and the pair plotted to kill McLaughlin in order to reap the benefits of his savings account and $1-million life insurance policy. Naposki refused to appear in …
These are selected reports from the San Clemente Police Services dispatch log throughout the past few days.
At 1:06 a.m. Friday, a caller reported a drunk in public in the 600 block of Camino De Los Mares. According to the report, a 51-year-old woman ran out of San Clemente Hospital in a hospital gown and appeared to be intoxicated. She was reportedly being chased by hospital security and the staff needed her to return because she still had an IV in place. She was eventually taken back to the hospital. At 10:50 p.m. Thursday, a caller reported a firearm discharge in the 100 block of Avenida Adobe. According to the report, the informant heard a medium-caliber pistol fire ten shots in a canyon area. The informant was in the military and knew it was a firearm. At 9:35 p.m. Thursday, a caller reported a disturbance in the 2300 block of Calle …
San Clemente is looking at a $117-million budget. Despite losses to the state and the poor economy, things are looking pretty rosy, staffers say.
San Clemente officials say there isn't too much to worry about in 2013, at least, financially speaking. The city is planning to spend about $117 million, and they project that tax revenues will come in a little more than that, allowing San Clemente to have a balanced budget for fiscal year 2013. Mayor Jim Evert said at the Thursday budget workshop that he had faith in the staff's efforts to operate the city efficiently. "I'm very confident that the city staff are good stewards of the city's money," he said. San Clemente lost $2.3 million in a take-back from the state, forcing San Clemente to disband its redevelopment agency, but city manager George Scarborough said redevelopment projects still can be funded from the general fund. The …
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Sgt. Manuel Loggins' widow and children say the sheriff's deputy was negligent when he opened fire.
The family of Marine Sgt. Manuel Loggins has sued Orange County, a move that was widely expected after a sheriff's deputy shot and killed Loggins in February in front of his two young daughters. Brian T. Dunn of the Cochran Firm in Los Angeles had already filed a claim with the Orange County Sheriff's Department on behalf of the family, a precursor to litigation. The family alleges that Loggins was lawfully sitting in his car and making no threatening movements when Deputy Darren Sandberg opened fire Feb. 7. Earlier that moring, Loggins drove through a gate in the parking lot of San Clemente High School. According to the police narrative, he left the car and headed into the dark athletic fields making "irrational statements." The daughters…
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A beach-goer's children collected stones from the beach near Trestles, and the rocks apparently burst into flames, sending her to the hospital.
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Wednesday, May 16
Officials are investigating a bizarre injury caused by beach stones that apparently burst into flames in a woman's pockets, CNS reports. The 43-year-old woman's children, who were collecting stones along the beach near Trestles, gave their mother the seemingly unremarkable rocks to hold. At about 3:30 p.m., they burst into flames, leaving the mother hospitalized in Santa Ana with third-degree burns. CNS reports that the Orange County Health Care Agency was investigating the incident The woman had burns to her right thigh and knee, said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Marc Stone said. He said the victim "stopped, dropped and rolled'' in an effort to douse the flames, and her husband suffered second-degree burns to his hand as he tried to…
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
These are selected reports from the San Clemente Police Services dispatch log over the past few days.
At 3:41 p.m. Monday, dispatchers received a 911 hang up in the 100 block of Avenida Victoria. The report stated a local transient woman had called 911 from a pay phone near the Catalina Liquor store and was not making any sense. At 3:37 p.m. Monday, a caller reported a disturbance in the 200 block of Avenida La Pata. According to the report, there were subjects riding scooters at Ralph’s Skate park even though it is against the rules. At 2:04 p.m. Monday, a caller reported an assault with a deadly weapon in the 200 block of Avenida San Antonio. According to the report, a scraggly looking woman was walking around the Alessandro and Ola Vista area and swung a sharpened stick at the informant. At 9:43 a.m. Monday, a caller reported a …
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Those close to Christopher James Collins set up a makeshift memorial west of the Avenida Pico/Calle Amanecer intersection.
A 21-year-old man who was injured in an April crash along Avenida Pico has died, according to the coroner's office. A memorial with candles, crosses, photos and skateboards is set up against the tree that crash victim Christopher James Collins' vehicle splintered as it left the road and careened 25 feet down an embankment, landing on the asphalt bike trail. Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Marc Stone said the crash was reported at 9:38 p.m. April 19 along Pico, west of Calle Amanecer. Firefighters had to remove Collins from his vehicle -- which appeared to be a Subaru in crash debris -- by mechanical means and had him en route to Mission Hospital by 10 p.m. According to the Orange County coroner, Collins died at Mission on April 28, …
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Selected reports from the San Clemente Police Dispatch Services Log over the past few days.
At 6:41 a.m. Friday, a caller reported a vehicle burglary in the 100 block of Calle Amistad. According to the report, a black Honda CRV was burglarized at the Pinnacle Apartments in Talega. At 6:40 a.m. Friday, deputies were called to assist firefighters in the 200 block of Terramar. The caller said his 59-year-old-wife fell off their balcony. At 1:15 a.m. Friday, deputies arrested a 21-year-old man in the 1100 block of Calle Del Cerro. The man allegedly got into a fight with his roommate and caused facial injuries. The roommate did not want to press charges. At 12:24 a.m. Friday, deputies arrested a 32-year-old man in the 100 block of Avenida Pico. An intoxicated man allegedly assaulted his wife near the Ole Hanson pool. The woman was …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Marijuana is found in a spare tire, trunk and pleasure boat. Total value: nearly $320,000.
Nervous car and boat drivers led U.S. Border Patrol agents to uncover smuggled marijuana worth an estimated $317,595 over the last week, officials said. Here's a rundown on the three busts: The suspected smugglers and narcotics were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Homeland Security.
DON CATOZZA
6:46 am on Saturday, May 19, 2012
sounds like she is enjoying prison life (not).serves the person right .please keep her there forever and ever.elt 's hope they make a mistake in jail for the male and find him in the shower with 6 knife wounds to the chest. more ›