Aaron Parsons, of Costa Mesa was charged with one misdemeanor count of unlawful use of an electronic tracking device. Parsons, a police officer for the city of Costa Mesa allegedly placed a GPS tracking device inside a vehicle owned by a woman he had a prior relationship with.
The victim became suspicious after several run-ins with Parsons. She checked her car and found the device which is property of Costa Mesa Police Department.
Sean Delacerda, of Fullerton was charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend with his handgun. Initially, Delacerda placed the firearm in his mouth and pulled the trigger then turned the gun on his ex.
Delacerda, faces a felony count of PC 245, Assault with a Firearm, PC 207, Kidnapping, PC 236, False Imprisonment by violence and a misdemeanor count of PC 242, Domestic Battery.
Delacerda allegedly entered the Fullerton home of the victim, who he had dated for only two months when she was not home and without permission. When she arrived, Delacerda pulled out the gun and loaded one bullet into the cylinder and forced her to show him her emails.
While he was reading the emails, the victim tried to escape but Delacerda tackled the woman and covered her mouth so she couldn’t scream. If convicted, Delacerda faces up to 18 years in state prison.
Orange County Deputy District Attorney Tony Ferrentino hails a young dance student as a hero for confiscating a video camera hidden in the Aliso Viejo bathroom of her dance teacher. The child found the camera while using the dance instructo,r Jason Marian’s restroom and wrapped it in her towel and took it home to show her parents.
Marian is accused of placing the camera under the sink and taping the dance students age 12-14 who were at his house for a pool party. Marian allegedly encouraged the children to use the restroom to change out of their wet bathing suits. As a result of the investigation, authorities also learned of potential sexual assaults of a 16-year-old female.
Marian is currently charged with ten felonies including using a minor for sex acts, unlawful sex acts with a minor, possession of child pornography and a misdemeanor secretly taping another with intent to arouse. If convicted, Marian faces up to nine years in prison.
Michael Martinez, of Long Beach plead guilty to one felony count of Medicare fraud. Martinez, was accused of recruiting gang members to act as straw owners of a medical supply company who fraudulently submitted $11.2 million dollars in claims.
Martinez was one of twenty defendants charged with insurance fraud relating to the power wheelchair claims. Martinez faces up to 10 years in prison,
David Jeffrey McKee a hockey player for Allen American hockey team in Texas has plead not guilty to rape of an unconscious person and is out on his own recognizance.
Orange County prosecutors re-filed a felony charge of rape of an unconscious person after O.C. Superior Court Judge Patrick Donahue dismissed an early case with the same allegations. Judge Donahue stated he was dismissing the case due to inconsistent statements made by the alleged victim over whether she was drunk or unconscious at the time of the assault.
McKee and the alleged victim met at a bar on July 12, 2006 when he was in town attending a NHL event. After the bar closed, McKee and his friends went to the beach house of the alleged victim where she accuses McKee of sneaking into her room and raping her while she was unconscious.
McKee is due back in court May 4, 2010.
Former war veteran and current Westminster Police Sex Crimes Detective, Anthony Orban, 30 and California Department of Corrections Officer Jeff Jelinek were formally charged with rape and carjacking in the April 3, 2010 attack at the Ontario Mills.
Both Orban and Jelinek who are childhood friends, were hanging out at the Ontario Mills when the alleged victim was returning to her car after finishing her shift at a local restaurant. According to reports, Orban approached the victim’s vehicle, brandished his service revolver, entered her vehicle and demanded she drive away.
According to the Ontario Police Department, Orban had the victim drive to a secure location in Fontana, and then brutally raped her inside her own vehicle. During the assault, Orban snapped photographs on his cell phone which he sent to Jelinek.
San Bernardino County Deputy District Attorney Debbie Ploghaus, a seasoned veteran and highly skilled trial attorney is prosecuting the case. If convicted, both men face life in prison.
