Garden Grove Police Department Archive

  • By Jim Tortolano/Garden Grove Journal Efforts by Garden Grove officials to reverse the flood of medicinal marijuana dispensaries appear to be mostly successful, although some “pot shop” operations remain in...

    Most GG pot shops close; some remain

    By Jim Tortolano/Garden Grove Journal Efforts by Garden Grove officials to reverse the flood of medicinal marijuana dispensaries appear to be mostly successful, although some “pot shop” operations remain in...

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  • The proliferation of medical marijuana dispensaries in Garden Grove went up in smoke Thursday. Or rather no smoke at all. Last week, city officials warned the owners of property housing...

    GG pot shops all snuffed out

    The proliferation of medical marijuana dispensaries in Garden Grove went up in smoke Thursday. Or rather no smoke at all. Last week, city officials warned the owners of property housing...

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  • A cement truck crashed into the garage of a home in Garden Grove Wednesday afternoon. According to police, the commercial vehicle was traveling north on Brookhurst Street approaching Brookside Avenue...

    Cement truck smashes walls, garage

    A cement truck crashed into the garage of a home in Garden Grove Wednesday afternoon. According to police, the commercial vehicle was traveling north on Brookhurst Street approaching Brookside Avenue...

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  • A mental patient whom Garden Grove police had declared “dangerous” was back at his treatment facility Saturday. According to Lt. John Keely of the Garden Grove Police Department, Norris Phuoc...

    Missing mental patient returns

    A mental patient whom Garden Grove police had declared “dangerous” was back at his treatment facility Saturday. According to Lt. John Keely of the Garden Grove Police Department, Norris Phuoc...

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  • Police and community members are on the lookout for an escaped mental patient who has reportedly vowed to harm children at an elementary school in Garden Grove. According to Lt....

    Escaped mental patient is sought

    Police and community members are on the lookout for an escaped mental patient who has reportedly vowed to harm children at an elementary school in Garden Grove. According to Lt....

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  • Police have arrested a suspect in a home invasion in Garden Grove that backfired and sent the accused to a hospital. According to Lt. Jeff Nightengale of the Garden Grove...

    GG home invasion suspect arrested in NB

    Police have arrested a suspect in a home invasion in Garden Grove that backfired and sent the accused to a hospital. According to Lt. Jeff Nightengale of the Garden Grove...

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  • A man is in the hospital after being shot by Garden Grove police Thursday night. According to Lt. Jeff Nightengale of the Garden Grove Police Department. the man was shot...

    Driver shot by Garden Grove police

    A man is in the hospital after being shot by Garden Grove police Thursday night. According to Lt. Jeff Nightengale of the Garden Grove Police Department. the man was shot...

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  • One woman is dead and two other persons hospitalized in the wake of an automobile accident early Sunday morning in Garden Grove. According to Garden Grove police, the incident took...

    Woman killed when car hits tree

    One woman is dead and two other persons hospitalized in the wake of an automobile accident early Sunday morning in Garden Grove. According to Garden Grove police, the incident took...

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  • A former Garden Grove police officer was sentenced Friday for conspiring in text messages and phone calls with an officer from a different agency to illegally dismiss a legitimate traffic...

    Ex-GGPF officer gets probation in ticket case

    A former Garden Grove police officer was sentenced Friday for conspiring in text messages and phone calls with an officer from a different agency to illegally dismiss a legitimate traffic...

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  • Six men were honored by Garden Grove police Thursday after their quick action helped foil a murder attempt. According to Sgt. Mike Martin of the GGPD, the incident occurred around...

    Six credited with stopping knife attack

    Six men were honored by Garden Grove police Thursday after their quick action helped foil a murder attempt. According to Sgt. Mike Martin of the GGPD, the incident occurred around...

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