Dog stolen in home invasion robbery reunited with family

Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino brought the dog home. (KTLA-TV)

Police are looking for an armed home invasion robber who terrorized a grandfather in Orange County, before stealing some electronics and the family’s dog.

It happened Wednesday morning at a home in the 10400 block of Brookhurst Street, near Cerritos Avenue, in an unincorporated area of the county.

The 59-year-old victim, who spoke to KTLA, said he saw a man come into his backyard and try to steal his cockatoos.

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Brothers arrested with cache of weapons, including AK-47

(Courtesy Santa Ana Police Department)

Two brothers were arrested in Santa Ana Tuesday, after detectives serving a search warrant at their home found a large cache of weapons and ammunition, including an AK-47.

The suspects, 32-year-old Esteban Muniz and 24-year-old Jose Muniz, were booked at the Santa Ana City Jail.

Police say three juveniles between the ages of 10 and 16 also lived at the home in the 200 block of Chantilly Street.

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Alleged homeless killer may be linked to murders of mother, son

Detectives are investigating a possible link between the fatal stabbings of a Yorba Linda woman and her son in October and the slayings of four homeless men.

Itzcoatl ‘Izzy’ Ocampo, 23, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder plus the special circumstances of multiple victims and murder by lying-in-wait, making him eligible for the death penalty.

Now the OC Register is reporting that the 4 homeless men may not be Ocampo’s only victims.

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Police search for missing Fullerton woman who needs medication

Hongyuan Li, 72

Police are using bloodhounds to search for a 72 year-old woman who disappeared from her daughter’s home sometime Tuesday morning.

Fullerton Police Sgt. Andrew Goodrich said that Hongyuan Li was last seen at the home in the 600 block of W. Valencia Mesa Drive.

It is thought she left the home sometime between 10 a.m. and 12:30pm.

Li has been in the United States for about a month, and only speaks Mandarin Chinese.

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Radiation from San Onofre ‘could have’ escaped outside

(Mark Boster, Los Angeles Times)

A small amount of radiation at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station “could have” escaped outside, regulators revealed  Wednesday.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman Victor Dricks said a small amount of radioactive gas “could have” escaped the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station on the northern San Diego County coast.

The potential leak was reported about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in one of the steam generator tubes of Unit 3, according to a news release from Southern California Edison.

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Heisman ring stolen from former Penn State star’s Laguna Niguel home

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Former Penn State running back John Cappelletti is pleading with the public to help find his stolen college and NFL memorabilia.

Investigators believe burglars broke into the Heisman Trophy winner’s Laguna Niguel home Jan. 20.

They say the thieves took $50,000 worth of jewelry and sports memorabilia, including a 25-year anniversary Heisman ring.

Cappelletti won Penn State’s only Heisman Trophy in 1973, and played under the late Joe Paterno.

He donated the trophy to the university’s “All Sports Museum.”

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San Onofre Nuclear Plant shut down in precautionary measure

(Mark Boster, Los Angeles Times)

A reactor at the San Onofre Nuclear Plant remained shut down Wednesday morning because of a possible leak.

The potential leak was reported about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in one of the steam generator tubes of Unit 3, according to a news release from Southern California Edison.

Edison Spokesman Gil Alexander said the sensors detected a leak of water from a closed loop used as part of the overall generator.

“The potential leak poses no imminent danger to the public or plant workers,” the utility company said in its statement. “There has been no release to the atmosphere.”

Unit No. 2 at San Onofre was already offline for maintenance and refueling, but Edison said the shutdown of No. 3 would not affect the supply of electricity to customers.

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World War II vet has bike, mementos stolen

World War II veteran Bob Laher is fighting mad.

When the 86 year-old Navy vet rode his bicycle to get his hair cut, someone stole Laher’s bicycle, along with a commemorative jacket and cap from the submarine he served on during World War II.

Laher suffers from the early stages of Alzheimer’s and cannot drive, so his four children bought him a bicycle on Father’s Day last year to help him get around town.

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Suspects Ransack Home While Mother, Kids Inside

Police are searching for two armed men who broke into a Santa Ana apartment where a mother and two children were sleeping inside.

The robbery happened at 4:15 a.m. Wednesday at an apartment complex in the 300 block of N. Euclid Street, near 1st Street.

Police say the armed men demanded money from the 38-year-old woman and then ransacked the apartment before leaving with computer equipment, a cellphone and cash.

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School bus driver accused of child molestation due in court

Shane Norman Crawford (Courtesy Orange County Sheriff's Department)

A school bus driver accused of molesting three children younger than 14 was set to be arraigned Friday morning.

Shane Norman Crawford, 37, worked as a bus driver for 12 years, most recently for First Student Transportation Services, driving buses for several schools in Orange County, according to Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jim Amormino.

The crimes allegedly took place at his apartment on the 2500 block of Stockport Street.

The victims were described as a boy and a girl younger than 14 years old and a 3-year-old child.

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