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Thief Who Sexually Assaulted, Robbed Lyft Driver In OC Convicted
The 27-year-old man with a lengthy rap sheet has been convicted of sexually assaulting and robbing a Lyft driver in Anaheim.

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The 27-year-old man with a lengthy rap sheet has been convicted of sexually assaulting and robbing a Lyft driver in Anaheim.

County courts ruled Monday in favor of the defendant's bid to have the conviction tossed based on a new state law that redefined murder.
Jury deliberations are set to begin Tuesday in the trial of a fertility doctor charged with killing his wife in their San Clemente home.
Alan Hostetter, a COVID-19 restrictions critic and activist, will be sentenced for his role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The Tustin man was sentenced Monday to time in federal prison for his part in the overdose death that killed a 40-year-old man in 2021.
The Newport Beach hand surgeon was originally accused — along with his girlfriend — of drugging and sexually assaulting multiple women.
The defendant's attorney said the San Clemente doctor had no part in the incident and characterized her death as a "horrible accident."
A 26-year-old man was charged Tuesday with a hit-and- run, allegedly alcohol-fueled collision that killed two pedestrians in Orange.
The Irvine man was found guilty Thursday of taking more than $3 million in bribes from a South Korean parts supplier.
The man was suspected of repeatedly contacting students and inappropriately touching several of them where he formerly taught high school.
The four-year-old gelding is the 13th horse to die from a racing or training injury at the track.
Schools remained closed Monday while officials assess the environmental impact from a fire that destroyed a historic blimp hangar.
A 50-year-old Huntington Beach woman pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzling more than $121,000 from a Yorba Linda-based design-build company.
The woman was accidentally locked in overnight at the Theo Lacy Jail lobby, a sheriff's spokeswoman said Thursday.
The Long Beach man is awaiting sentencing for planting a homemade bomb that killed his ex-girlfriend and injured two others in 2018.
A rug merchant from Laguna Niguel was convicted Monday of sexually assaulting two women in his store more than a decade ago.
A Laguna Beach rug merchant was convicted Monday of sexually assaulting two women in his store more than a decade ago.
The woman received nearly 15 years to life in prison for torturing her 10-year-old stepdaughter and abusing three other kids in the home.
The Long Beach man was awaiting sentencing for planting a homemade bomb in an Aliso Viejo day spa when he agreed to plead guilty to fraud.
A "Real Housewives of Orange County" cast member pleaded no contest to DUI driving in a plea bargain that dismissed a hit-and-run charge.