Will Bruzzo’s Blog

The Los Angeles Times reports that four Marina High School students suffered serious injuries after their vehicle collided with a parked car at 12:30 am on Sunday, June 6. The students had departed the Disneyland Hotel where the prom had taken place and collided with a parked car in Garden Grove. They were taken to…

Pastor Phil Aguilar runs a Christian ministry; he also provides shelter and assistance to people looking to get sober. His organization is Set Free Worldwide Ministries. He is also the leader of Set Free Soldiers a Christian motorcycle club that rides on Saturdays and has Bible service on Sundays. Aguilar became a follower of Christianity…

In April, Arizona passed one of the nation’s toughest illegal immigration bills, SB 1070—a bill which President Obama strongly criticized. The law, whose aim it is to identify, prosecute and deport illegal immigrants, sparked uproar not only in Arizona, but in California as well. In Orange County, eight people chained themselves together outside the federal…

The trial for Andrew Thomas Gallo set for July 26 will not be postponed. Mr. Gallo killed Angel’s pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others on April 10, 2009, while driving intoxicated. The judge presiding over the trial, Richard F. Toohey, declined to hear the motion to postpone the trial and discussed this with the attorneys…

According to the Los Angeles Times a police raid in Garden Grove revealed the presence of two pipe bombs and a grenade. The Orange County Sheriff conducted the raid and later the Sheriff’s bomb squad was sent into recover the items which were apparently sitting in the backyard of the home in a box. No…

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…