Man steals car in San Diego, drives it into ditch

A judge ordered four people convicted of insurance tax fraud to stay at an Orange County jail while they await sentencing on the charges. The four, ages 58 to 67, are former employees of Unity Outpatient Surgery Center in Buena Park who failed to report millions of dollars of income and filed false tax returns, Annenberg TV News reported. One of the employees, suspended attorney Roy Chester Dickson, was also accused of creating false documents to hide patients recruited to the hospital illegally, and he reportedly deposited a large amount of money into his personal account.

In all, the four …

To keep jail inmate populations down, Orange County correction officials say they have taken extra measures to ensure those out on probation do not commit crimes and end up back in custody. The Orange County Sheriff's Department stepped up probation services as a result of the prison realignment program in California that went into effect in October 2011 in an effort to decrease prison overcrowding.

The program has transferred low-risk or non-violent inmates to county jails and sent more criminals to be supervised by county officials instead of the state. However, as a result, counties in California have said they …

Santa Ana Police on November 20 arrested a 22-year-old woman suspected of car theft. She tried to escape from officers who reportedly caught her speeding near the Santa Ana Civic Center in the city's downtown area, the Orange County Register reported.

The article stated the woman refused to yield to the officer, which ignited a pursuit by the police as the officer followed her at speeds up to 65 miles per hour. The suspect also ran several red lights, according to reports. The woman was driving a Honda Accord that police suspect she stole right before the pursuit occurred. She …