ANAHEIM, Calif. (August 2, 2021) – Anaheim homicide detectives have identified the victim of an August 1, 2021 homicide as Tyrone Portis, a 43-year-old resident of Buena Park. On August 1, 2021, at about 9:30 p.m. Anaheim police officers responded to the area of Orange Avenue and Laxore Street regarding Read More
ANAHEIM, Calif. (June 2, 2021) – Anaheim PD homicide detectives have identified the deceased victim from a June 1, 2021 shooting, as 25-year-old Abel Saldana, of Garden Grove. On Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at about 7:40 pm, APD officers responded to the area of Catalpa Avenue and Euclid Street regarding Read More
ANAHEIM, Calif. (May 31, 2021) – Anaheim Police Homicide Detectives have arrested 30-year-old David Steven Abbott, a male resident of Anaheim for the beating death of a 70-year-old, male Anaheim resident Rahmatolah “Davey” Yaghoubi. On Monday, May 31, 2021, at about 12:20 pm, APD Officers responded to the intersection of Read More
ANAHEIM, Calif. (May 19, 2021) – Anaheim Police Detectives have arrested an Anaheim elementary school teacher for possession of child pornography. This morning, Anaheim PD Sexual Assault Detectives arrested 39-year-old Joseph Williams Page, an Anaheim resident and sixth grade school teacher, while he was at work at Guinn Elementary School Read More
ANAHEIM, Calif. (May 7, 2021) – The Anaheim Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint Friday, May 7, 2021 near Lincoln Avenue and Sunkist Street starting at 6:00 P.M. Checkpoint locations are chosen based on a history of DUI crashes and arrests. The primary purpose of Read More
ANAHEIM, CALIF, (September 29, 2021) – Anaheim PD SWAT personnel fatally shoot suspect after hours long standoff. On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at about 5 p.m., Anaheim Police Investigators observed an adult male suspect, wanted for armed robberies, driving a stolen vehicle in the City of Santa Ana. With the Read More
ANAHEIM, Calif. (April 30, 2021) – More than 41 years after 79-year-old Viola Hagenkord was found sexually assaulted and deceased in her Anaheim apartment, 64-year-old Andre William Lepere of Alamogordo, New Mexico, has been arrested and charged with her murder. On February 18, 1980, Anaheim police officers responded to Hagenkord’s Read More
ANAHEIM, Calif. (April 27, 2021) – Anaheim Police Investigators have located and arrested Fernando Garcia, 39, of Anaheim for the murder of 34-year-old Francisco Villagomez, also of Anaheim. On Sunday, April 25, at about 7 p.m., Anaheim Police Officers responded to a call of a shooting in the 200 block Read More
2022 Police Department News Posted on: December 23, 2021 Fatal Hit and Run Traffic Collision – Request for Public Assistance ANAHEIM, Calif. (December 23, 2021) – Anaheim Police Department traffic investigators are asking for the public’s assistance regarding a fatal hit and run collision. On Thursday, December 23, 2021, at Read More
ANAHEIM, Calif. (December 17, 2021) – The Anaheim Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint Friday, December 17, 2021 near Orange Avenue and Beach Boulevard starting at 6:00 P.M. Checkpoint locations are chosen based on a history of DUI crashes and arrests. The primary purpose of Read More
