Behind the Badge
GGPD goes back to find killer of gang member in 1993, and the outcome is surprising
0Back in the early 1990s, gang warfare had turned many neighborhoods in Garden Grove — as well as other O.C. cities — into a modern-day version of the Wild, Wild West. And so it was on Aug. 12, 1993, when two members of the Lil’ Hood street gang showed up, for a second day in a row, in a neighborhood that no longer exists at Yucca Avenue and Sage Street (it’s now a parking lot). According to Garden Grove PD Det. Michael Farley, the two gang members, Ricky Lopez, 17, and Rudy Espinoza, 18, both of Garden Grove, were attempting…
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As the new public information officer for the Garden Grove PD, Lt. Bob Bogue spends a fair amount of time…
Behind the Badge OC spent time with the Garden Grove PD at a DUI checkpoint on Feb. 13. To view…
No long walks to the podium. No speeches cut short by a live orchestra. No political statements or bloated musical…