Community Policing Bureau - Garden Grove

and intentionally tried to run over the officers, but could provide no explanation as to why. Officers Coughran, Brown andKunkel did a great job safely stopping the suspect and taking him into custody, preventing him from further endangeringthe safety of innocent people nearby.After analyzing relevant data, Crime Analyst Elsousou discovered that 11 stolen Hondas had been recovered in theresidential neighborhood bordered by Haster/Lampson/Harbor/Chapman, and immediately relayed her findings to EastDivision personnel. None of the Hondas had been stripped and they were all still drivable. The suspects, therefore, weremost likely stealing the cars just to get home, which was probably near where the stolen vehicles were found. One knowncar thief who lived in the area became a person of interest. Although he was arrested on unrelated charges, he identifiedthe subject responsible for the car thefts. Further investigation revealed that the suspect had also broken into two homesat night while people were asleep inside. Their cars were stolen from inside their garages after the suspect found their keyson a living room table.The Career Criminal Apprehension Team (CCAT) assisted patrol officers with the investigation. CCAT spent two weeksfollowing the suspect, whom they observed looking inside cars and watching houses every night. Due to his suspiciousactivity, CCAT was able to obtain search warrants for two residences associated with the suspect, both of which were verywell know to our Gang Suppression Unit (GSU). Stolen property from several residential burglaries was recovered and eightpeople, including the primary suspect, were arrested for a variety of charges. Both stolen vehicles taken in the nighttimeresidential burglaries were recovered. DNA evidence collected from the stolen vehicles matched that of the suspect, andthe District Attorney’s Office filed numerous felony charges that could lead to the suspect’s long-term incarceration.In April, officers were dispatched to Doig Intermediate School regarding a tagging in progress. Once on scene, officersobserved three subjects tagging school property, and all three suspects were detained after a brief foot pursuit. Damageto the school was estimated to be approximately $20,000. In total, 66 separate incidents of tagging were documented;tagging was found on windows, doors, sidewalks, and walls of six different buildings.Late one evening in July, officers were dispatched to the 12900 block of Newhope to investigate a burglary that had justoccurred. The victim was sleeping in her residence and awoke to a suspect inside her room. The Communications Divisionreceived several calls from witnesses who heard screams and reported that neighbors were possibly chasing the suspect,who was last seen in the back yard of a residence in the 12800 block of 7th Street. Responding units set up a perimeter anda helicopter was called in from a neighboring agency to assist in the search. Several officers, including Officer Helms withK-9 Lazlo, conducted a yard-to-yard search with the assistance of the air support unit. The victim and other witnesses allpositively identified the suspect, who was found hiding inside a vehicle in the 11300 block of Acacia. The victim’s purseand a pair of diamond earrings where located inside the vehicle with the suspect, who is a well known career criminal fromGarden Grove.