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ALL IRVINE PRESS RELEASES

11/05/2009

DEATH INVESTIGATION

11/03/2009

TRAFFIC COLLISION RESULTS IN HOSPITALIZATION OF PEDESTRIAN

10/29/2009

IRVINE POLICE TEAM UP WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS

10/27/2009

GOVERNOR OFFERS $50,000 REWARD TO SOLVE FEBRUARY HOMICIDE

10/22/2009

HUNTINGTON BEACH MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH ARSON SERIES

10/19/2009

VISTA MAN ARRESTED ON BURGLARY CHARGES

10/19/2009

UPDATE: SUBJECT LOCATED

10/18/2009

POLICE ASK FOR PUBLIC'S HELP IN LOCATING MISSING WOMAN

10/06/2009

IRVINE POLICE RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY FOR EXCELLENCE IN VICTIM SERVICES

9/20/2009

TRAFFIC COLLISION RESULTS IN HOSPITALIZATION OF 26-YEAR-OLD BICYCLIST

9/17/2009

POLICE NEGOTIATE PEACEFUL SURRENDER OF MISSING PERSON WHO FIRED WEAPON

9/10/2009

UPDATE: POLICE INVESTIGATE DEATH OF WOMAN FOUND BURNED IN PARKING LOT

9/08/2009

UPDATE: POLICE INVESTIGATE DEATH OF WOMAN FOUND BURNED IN PARKING LOT

9/06/2009

SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT RESULTS

9/05/2009

LABOR DAY WEEKEND SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT IN IRVINE

9/05/2009

POLICE INVESTIGATE DEATH OF WOMAN FOUND BURNED IN PARKING LOT

8/28/2009

POLICE PARTNER IN NATIONAL DUI CRACKDOWN CAMPAIGN

8/21/2009

FATAL TRAFFIC COLLISION

8/17/2009

BANK ROBBERY

8/17/2009

FATAL TRAFFIC COLLISION

7/25/2009

FATAL TRAFFIC COLLISION

7/07/2009

IRVINE POLICE SUPPORT PURPLE RIBBON MONTH

6/25/2009

UPDATE – SUBJECT LOCATED: MISSING 12-YEAR-OLD

6/23/2009

IRVINE POLICE ARREST MISSION VIEJO MAN FOR RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY

6/21/2009

POLICE REQUEST PUBLIC’S ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING MISSING 12-YEAR-OLD

6/18/2009

PUBLIC DEMO OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS

6/18/2009

BANK ROBBERY INVESTIGATION

6/03/2009

IRVINE POLICE ARREST STANTON MAN FOR RESIDENTIAL ROBBERY

6/01/2009

Irvine “AMERICA’S SAFEST CITY”

5/29/2009

FATAL TRAFFIC COLLISION

5/14/2009

VISTA MAN ARRESTED FOR BANK ROBBERY

5/07/2009

IRVINE POLICE PROMOTE TEEN RESPONSIBILITY

05/07/2009

STEER CLEAR OF POLICE BY BUCKLING UP

5/01/2009

IRVINE POLICE ARREST TWO FOR THEFT FROM VEHICLES

4/30/2009

POLICE SEEK PUBLIC’S ASSISTANCE IN IDENTIFYING THEFT SUSPECT

4/27/2009

ONE ARRESTED AND ONE HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING EARLY MORNING FIGHT

4/23/2009

IRVINE POLICE PROMOTE TEEN RESPONSIBILITY

4/20/2009

BURGLARY RESULTS IN ARREST OF TWO COSTA MESA MEN

4/20/2009

SANTA ANA CARJACKED VEHICLE RECOVERED, TWO MEN ARRESTED

4/8/2009

IRVINE POLICE TEAM UP WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS

4/8/2009

IRVINE POLICE ARREST VEHICLE BURGLARY DUO

4/8/2009

IRVINE CELEBRATES POLICE DISPATCHERS

4/2/2009

IRVINE OFFICERS REWARD GOOD DEEDS

3/23/2009

MISSION VIEJO MEN ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES

3/23/2009

FREEDLAND NAMED DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF

3/20/2009

SEZDEH-BEDAR PERSIAN NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

3/18/2009

SANTA ANA MAN WANTED FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS FOUND HIDING IN FALSE CEILING OF BUSINESS

3/13/2009

LAGUNA NIGUEL MAN INJURED FALLING FROM BICYCLE HAS PASSED AWAY

3/12/2009

IRVINE POLICE TARGETING SEATBELT OFFENDERS

3/4/2009

IRVINE POLICE ARREST RESIDENTIAL BURGLARS

3/1/2009

PEDESTRIAN HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING COLLISION-UPDATE

02/21/2009

SUSPECT SHOOTS HOSTAGES IN IRVINE SWAT STANDOFF

02/13/2009

UPDATE-IRVINE POLICE SEEK WITNESSES TO DAYTIME HOMICIDE

02/12/2009

IRVINE POLICE SEEK WITNESSES TO DAYTIME HOMICIDE

02/02/2009

TEEN STEALS CHIHUAHUA PUPPY

02/01/2009

LAGUNA NIGUEL MAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER FALLING FROM HIS BICYCLE IN IRVINE

12/31/2008

IRVINE POLICE SEARCH FOR NEW YEARS EVE ROBBERY SUSPECT

12/19/2008

THE IRVINE POLICE DEPARTMENT DEPLOYS HOLIDAY SHOPPING CENTER TEAMS

12/12/2008

IRVINE POLICE SEEK MAN WHO CONFRONTED A 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL

12/1/2008

IRVINE AND ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES HAVE FOUR IN CUSTODY FOR A SERIES OF BURGLARIES AT OC ISLAMIC CENTERS

11/12/2008

3-YEAR-OLD DROWNS IN IRVINE POOL

11/12/2008

IRVINE TO PARTICIPATE IN DISASTER RESPONSE EXERCISE

11/12/2008

IRVINE ENFORCING SEAT BELTS DURING HOLIDAYS

10/29/2008

KHAKI BANDIT STRIKES IRVINE

10/28/2008

IRVINE MAN IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING HIT-AND-RUN COLLISIONS

10/23/2008

CRITICAL MISSING PERSON - FOUND

10/23/2008

IRVINE POLICE HAVE 2 MEN IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION WITH A SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERIES

9/29/2008

IRVINE POLICE HAVE AN IRVINE MAN IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION WITH AN OVERNIGHT ASSAULT

9/27/2008

IRVINE POLICE INVESTIGATING SEXUAL BATTERY

9/26/2008

IRVINE POLICE HAVE ONE MAN IN CUSTODY AND ARE SEEKING ANOTHER IN CONNECTION WITH A HATE CRIME

09/25/2008

IRVINE POLICE SEEK MAN WHO CONFRONTED A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL

09/15/2008

IRVINE – SAFEST BIG CITY IN AMERICA FOUR YEARS IN A ROW

09/03/2008

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INVESTIGATION RESULTS IN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING

8/27/2008

SOBRIETY/ DRIVER’S LICENSE CHECKPOINT

8/26/2008

IRVINE POLICE INVESTIGATING JEWELRY STORE ROBBERY

08/13/2008

DNA SOLVES COLD CASE CAR THEFT

08/01/2008

IRVINE POLICE SUPPORT PURPLE RIBBON MONTH

07/18/2008

IRVINE MAN IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION WITH A FRAUDULENT SCHEME OVER TORN TROUSERS

07/13/2008

SINGLE VEHICLE COLLISION WITH LIFE FLIGHT TRANSPORT

07/12/2008

CRITICAL INJURY TRAFFIC COLLISION

06/26/2008

DNA IDENTIFIES COLD CASE BURGLAR

06/20/2008

IRVINE INVESTIGATORS CRACK EVENT TICKET SCAM

06/18/2008

IRVINE POLICE ARREST NIGHTTIME CAR BURGLAR

6/17/2008

COMMUNITY MEMBER THWARTS WOULD-BE ROBBER

5/28/2008

IRVINE POLICE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A 15-YEAR-OLD NORTHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER

5/14/2008

IRVINE CELEBRATES THE FAMILY

5/12/2008

IRVINE CRACKING DOWN ON BUCKLING UP

5/1/2008

IRVINE POLICE TO ENGRAVE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS IN HOPES OF REDUCING THEFT

4/27/2008

COPPER WIRE THIEVES IN CUSTODY

4/23/2008

IRVINE AND NEWPORT BEACH POLICE INVESTIGATING AN OVERNIGHT PURSUIT AND TRAFFIC COLLISION

4/17/2008

Irvine Police Protect and "SERVE"

4/3/2008

IRVINE DETECTIVES BUST FRADULENT CREDIT CARD RING

3/24/2008

SEZDEH-BEDAR - PERSIAN NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

3/20/2008

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RELEASES PRELIMINARY CRIME STATISTICS FOR JANUARY-JUNE 2007

3/18/2008

IRVINE POLICE ARREST SUSPECTED DUI DRIVER AFTER BRIEF CHASE

3/15/2008

RAPE SUSPECT CAPTURED IN CHAOTIC EARLY MORNING CHASE

3/3/2008

Sezdeh-Bedar - Persian New Year Celebration

2/28/2008

Robbery Suspect Caught

2/27/2008

PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH DUI, HIT-AND-RUN, AND ASSAULT CHARGES

2/22/2008

Robbery Suspect Sought

2/20/2008

WHITE SUPREMACIST CHARGED WITH HATE CRIME ATTACK

2/5/2008

Irvine Detectives Arrest Fraudulent Art Dealer

1/17/2008

Bank Robbery Suspect Sought

01/17/2008

Suspected Fitness Club Burglar in Custody

01/10/2008

Irvine Police Arrest Caregiver for Theft

01/07/2008

FBI Releases Preliminary Crime Statistics for January-June 2007

01/06/2008

Police Search for Stolen Dog

01/05/2008

Bank Robber Caught

01/04/2008

Car Burglars Arrested

01/04/2008

Robbery Suspect Sought

12/31/2007

Bank Robber Sought

11/16/2007

IRVINE POLICE ARREST BURGLAR SUSPECTED OF OVER 23 COMMERCIAL BURGLARIES

10/18/2007

Irvine Police Arrest Vehicle Burglar

10/08/2007

Irvine man dies after falling from his bicycle

9/29/2007

Sobriety Check Point Results

9/28/2007

Sobriety Check Point

9/28/2007

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

9/13/2007

POLICE SEEK MAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO LURE A TEEN TOWARDS HIS CAR

8/28/2007

PEDESTRIAN DIES FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH BICYCLIST

8/23/2007

Amature Radio Celebrates 25 Years in Irvine

8/2/2007

IRVINE POLICE DEPARTMENT BRINGS “NATIONAL NIGHT OUT” TO IRVINE NEIGHBORHOODS

8/2/2007

IRVINE POLICE SUPPORT PURPLE RIBBON MONTH

7/16/2007

IRVINE POLICE WILL USE EMERGENCY RADIO WAVES TO TRY AND FIND HIT-AND-RUN WITNESS

7/16/2007

July Alarm Awareness Class

7/12/2007

IRVINE POLICE SEARCH FOR A HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER

7/5/2007

Domestic Violence

7/3/2007

Fatal Traffic Collision

6/4/2007

Irvine “AMERICA’S SAFEST CITY”

5/23/2007

Sobriety/Driver’s License Checkpoint

5/21/2007

Irvine “CALIFORNIA’S SAFEST CITY”

5/10/2007

IRVINE POLICE TARGET SEAT BELT VIOLATORS IN MAY AND JUNE

4/25/2007

Tip-A-Cop

4/24/2007:

Governor Offers $50k Reward to Solve 2005 Irvine Homicide

4/19/2007:

Suspected Copper Thief In Custody

4/09/2007:

Every 15 Minutes

4/09/2007:

Homicide

4/05/2007:

Coyotes

4/1/2007:

Fatal Traffic Collision

3/23/2007:

Family of found person located - Update

3/23/2007:

Found Elderly Adult

3/23/2007:

Suspect Arrests in Wallet Theft Crime Series

3/19/2007:

Child Pornography Investigation

3/18/2007:

DUI Checkpoint After Action Report

3/17/2007:

DUI Enforcement To Be Highly Visible On St. Patrick’s Day - Location

3/15/2007:

DUI Enforcement To Be Highly Visible On St. Patrick’s Day

3/15/2007:

Good Samaritans Wanted To Assist Police Officers, Firefighters, and Hospitals

3/15/2007:

Willful Cruelty To Child Arrest

3/15/2007:

Alarm Awareness Class

3/13/2007:

Copper Thief Sought

3/8/2007:

Laptop Thieves

3/5/2007:

Sezdeh-Bedar Persian New Year Celebration

2/26/2007:

"Return Home Registry" Forum

2/17/2007:

Irvine Shooting Victim Dies

2/15/2007:

Purse / Wallet Thief

2/15/2007:

Media Availability - Purse / Wallet Thief

2/13/2007:

Irvine Police Introduce Area Traffic Officers

2/9/2007:

Irvine Police Search For Suspect In Shooting
Update: Suspect In Custody

2/9/2007:

Irvine Police Search For Suspect In Shooting

2/7/2007:

Irvine Detectives Name A Suspect In The Thanksgiving Day Murder Of Brandi Mares

1/30/2007:

Irvine Police Investigating Homicide

1/11/2007:

Carjacking Suspects In Custody

12/16/2006:

DUI Checkpoint After Action Report

12/13/2006:

Sobriety/ Driver’s License Checkpoint

12/7/2006:

Carjacking Suspect in Custody

12/4/2006:

Carjacking - Update

12/3/2006:

Carjacking

11/30/2006:

Holiday Safety Reminders

11/27/2006:

Homicide Update – $10,000 Reward Offered

11/23/2006:

Homicide

11/13/2006:

Private Property Fatal Traffic Collision

11/2/2006:

Missing Person - Located

11/1/2006:

Missing Person - MOHAMMAD TAGHI NAGHIPOUR

10/30/2006:

Irvine Remains among the safest cities in America

10/29/2006:

Sobriety/ Driver’s License Checkpoint

10/27/2006:

Bank Robbery - Wells Fargo Bank

10/23/2006:

Sexual Assault Suspect in Custody

10/18/2006:

Irvine Police Recognized Internationally for Investigation Tactics

10/18/2006:

Man in Custody for Relationship with a Minor

10/17/2006:

Security Guards Exchange Gunfire in Irvine

9/18/2006:

Indecent Exposure

9/1/2006:

Fatal Traffic Collilsion

8/28/2006:

Coyote Involved Event

8/23/2006:

Double Homicide Update

8/22/2006:

Double Homicide

8/19/2006:

Hate Crime Investigation

8/3/2006:

Fatal Traffic Collision

7/20/2006:

Cargo Robbery

7/3/2006:

Accident - Vehicle vs. Train

6/12/2006:

Irvine Disaster Communications “Field Day” Demonstration

6/1/2006:

Child Annoyance

5/25/2006:

Community Alert - **** UPDATE ****

5/24/2006:

Community Alert

5/08/2006:

“Click It or Ticket” Campaign

3/20/2006:

National Telecommunicator's Week

3/30/2006:

Assault with a Deadly Weapon

3/27/2006:

Fatal Traffic Collision

3/24/2006:

Arrest For Sexual Molestation

3/22/2006:

Property Showing – Possible Stolen Construction Equipment - Updated Address Correction

3/16/2006:

Property Showing – Possible Stolen Construction Equipment

3/1/2006:

2006 Persian New Year Celebration

2/24/2006:

Homicide Arrests

2/21/2006:

Major Traffic Collision

2/6/2006:

Homicide Investigation

1/23/2006:

Child Car Seat Inspection Event

1/4/2006:

Missing Adult - LOCATED

1/03/2006:

Critical Missing Adult

12/29/2005:

Sexual Battery

12/20/2005:

Sobriety/Driver’s License Checkpoint Statistics

12/16/2005:

Arrest of Grand Theft Suspects

12/15/2005:

SOBRIETY/ DRIVER’S LICENSE CHECKPOINT

12/6/2005:

Fatal Traffic Collision - UPDATE

12/1/2005:

Major Burglary Property Display

11/30/2005:

Major Traffic Collision

11/4/2005:

PRESS CONFERENCE/PROPERTY - Major Burglary Arrest and Clearance

10/25/2005:

Fatal Traffic Collision

10/22/2005:

Animal Services Advisory

9/28/2005:

Fatal Traffic Collision

9/16/2005:

Citywide “LemonAID” Stand Fundraising Event for Hurricane Relief

9/16/2005:

IRVINE VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT
IN EMERGENCIES -- Irvine Disaster Emergency Communications “IDEC”

9/12/2005:

Fatal Traffic Collision

9/3/2005:

Armed Robberies

9/3/2005:

Sobriety Driver's License Checkpoint Results

8/31/2005:

Sobriety Driver's License Checkpoint

8/31/2005:

Significant Sports Injury - UPDATE

8/20/2005:

Missing Person - LOCATED

8/19/2005:

Missing Person - Adult

8/17/2005:

Fatal Traffic Collision

8/4/2005:

Suspicious Infant Death

7/15/2005:

Indecent Exposure / Child Annoyance

6/17/2005:

Irvine Disaster Communications “Field Day” Demonstration

6/11/2005:

Police Pursuit and Arrest

6/2/2005:

Missing Person Found

6/2/2005:

Every 15 Minutes Program and Traffic Closure

5/27/2005:

Critical Missing Person

5/16/2005:

Fatal Traffic Collision

5/10/2005:

Coyotes: What You Should Know

5/5/2005:

Preliminary Crime Statistics for 2004

4/27/2005:

Homicide Investigation Toll Free Tip Number

4/25/2005:

Special Olympic “Tip-A-Cop”

4/25/2005:

Homicide Investigation Update

4/23/2005:

Homicide Investigation

4/6/2005:

Commercial Burglary Arrest
3/30/2005: CRITICAL MISSING ADULT
3/28/2005: CHILD CAR SEAT INSPECTION EVENT
3/25/2005: Persian New Year Celebration
3/17/2005: Results of Sobriety/Driver's License Checkpoint
3/17/2005: SOBRIETY/ DRIVER’S LICENSE CHECKPOINT
3/11/2005: Local real estate broker arrested for series of residential burglaries
3/1/2005: Multi Agency Commercial Burglary Investigation
2/28/2005: Joint Agency Press Conference

12/18/2004:

SOBRIETY/ DRIVER’S LICENSE CHECKPOINT

12/1/2004:

Murder Investigation and Arrest - UPDATED INFORMATION

11/30/2004:

Murder Investigation and Arrest

11/28/2004:

Injury Traffic Collision

11/24/2004:

Arrest of Shooting Suspect

11/24/2004:

YOU DRINK & DRIVE. YOU LOSE

11/15/2004:

Commercial Burglary
11/1/2004: Fatal Traffic Collision

10/14/2004:

Office Of Traffic Safety (OTS) Grant

10/11/2004:

Arrest Of Commercial Burglary Suspect
10/4/2004: Arrest For Graffiti “Tagging”
10/4/2004: Irvine Police & Private Security Partnership
10/1/2004: Bank Robbery
9/22/2004: Alarm User Awareness Class
9/12/2004: Sobriety/ Driver’s License Checkpoint
9/3/2004: TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY - Beginning Of School Traffic Safety
8/26/2004: YOU DRINK & DRIVE. YOU LOSE
8/14/2004: Missing Person Found
8/13/2004: Fatal Traffic Collision
8/6/2004: Arrests For Burglary
7/28/2004: Update on Irvine Baby Food Tampering Investigation and Request for the Public’s Help in Finding a Person of Interest
7/27/2004: Heroes Wear Helmets Campaign
7/21/2004: Bank Robbery
7/20/2004: Arrest - Child Neglect/Abuse
7/8/2004: HIT AND RUN FATAL COLLISION
7/2/2004: Aspirin found in neighborhood park, 2nd Occurrence
7/1/2004: Aspirin found in neighborhood park
6/18/2004: Homicide Victim Found
6/17/2004: Food Tampering Case
6/10/2004: CRIME WARNING: ATM Bank Scam
6/10/2004: Arrests for Arson Crime Series
6/8/2004: Fatal Traffic Collision: Arrest
6/1/2004: Food Tampering Case
5/25/2004: Emergency Communications Drill
5/25/2004: Possible Mountain Lion Sighting
5/24/2004: Fatal Traffic Collision
5/22/2004: Arrest for Attempted Murder
5/18/2004: Arrest for Commercial Burglary
5/12/2004: Arrest for Assault
5/6/2004: NEW CHILD SAFETY PROGRAM - SAFE ESCAPE
5/4/2004: Every 15 Minutes Program and Traffic Closure
5/4/2004: Food Contamination Investigation
4/28/2004: Attorney General’s Preliminary Crime Statistics
4/26/2004: Special Olympic “Tip-A-Cop”
4/21/2004: Take Over Bank Robbery
4/6/2004: Identity Theft Arrest
3/31/2004: Runaway Juveniles – Returned Home
3/31/2004: Critical Missing Children
3/29/2004: Residential Burglary
3/24/04 Burglary/Prowling Arrest
3/24/2004: Persian New Year
3/19/2004: Kidnapping/Battery on a Cohabitant/Dating Partner
3/16/2004: Vehicular Pursuit/Arrest
3/16/2004: DUI Traffic Collision
3/3/2004: Tainted Easter Eggs at Neighborhood Park
3/2/2004: Robbery/Homicide
2/13/2004: Officer of the Year Awards Banquet
2/11/2004: Narcotics Investigation – Methamphetamine Laboratory (Update)
2/3/2004: Vehicle Emblem Thefts
1/25/2004: Incident involving “Airsoft” pellet guns
1/11/2004: Train Incident

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