Orange County Jail
Coverage of Orange County Jail in the Nexus archive.
- Grandmother's missed pickup leads to grim discovery in church parking lot
A California grandmother vanished after failing to pick up her grandchild, leading to a search that ended with her body found in her car at a church parking lot. Her son, Emmanuel Wesley, is charged with murder after prosecutors allege he shot her twice in the back and moved her body before driving away.
- Orange County jail inmate charged with criminal threats dies after medical emergency
A 61-year-old Orange County jail inmate, Manuel Moreno, died after suffering a medical emergency and being hospitalized. He was being held at the Theo Lacy Facility on suspicion of criminal threats and other offenses.
- Orange County police officer accused of 'inappropriate interaction' with underage Explorer
Roberto Machuca, 32, of the Garden Grove Police Department was arrested for an inappropriate interaction with an underage Explorer and booked into Orange County Jail.
- Orange County police officer accused of 'inappropriate interaction' with underage Explorer
Roberto Machuca, a 32-year-old officer from the Garden Grove Police Department, was arrested and booked into Orange County Jail following accusations of an inappropriate interaction with an underage Explorer.
- ‘Lego bandit’ accused in bizarre $34K scheme replacing minifigures with pasta
Jarrelle Augustine, a 28-year-old man from Paramount, California, is accused of stealing LEGO sets from Target, removing valuable minifigures, and replacing them with dried pasta in a $34,000 scheme. Irvine police linked him to 70 thefts nationwide and arrested him on grand theft charges.