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January 14, 2007 | From Times Staff Reports
A 27-year-old Pomona man died Saturday when the motorcycle he was riding went down in the Orange Crush freeway interchange. Authorities did not release his name. The 10 a.m. accident occurred in the transition lanes of the southbound Orange Freeway to the westbound Garden Grove Freeway, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said. No other vehicles were involved, he said.
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December 7, 2006 | From Times Staff and Wire Reports
An Orange County judge has issued an arrest warrant for a piano teacher about to go on trial for alleged lewd conduct with an 8-year-old girl, authorities said Wednesday. Daniel Peter Gaudin, 57, failed to appear for a pretrial hearing Friday, said Deputy Dist. Atty. Aleta Bryant, who is prosecuting the case. Gaudin, of Orange, was free on $100,000 bail after being arrested in April. Though his trial is set to begin Jan.
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September 22, 2006 | From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A man has agreed to plead guilty to transporting child pornography after admitting to taking sexually explicit photos of a boy and posting them on a website, authorities said Thursday. Joseph Stoterau, 27, of Orange faces up to 20 years in federal prison for taking the digital pictures of the boy, who was younger than 16 at the time. The images were found on the hard drive of a computer seized at Stoterau's home in August, according to the U.S. attorney.
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June 3, 2006 | David Haldane, Times Staff Writer
For Tom Hall, 77, the disillusionment came during the 1970s when the Mormon Church wouldn't allow blacks to become priests. Carma Naylor, 64, says she began doubting the religion in which she had been raised after debating the meaning of the Bible with a Jewish friend who had been born again.
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May 31, 2006 | Tanya Caldwell, Times Staff Writer
The woman accused of killing an Orange councilman in a head-on collision last week had pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter 12 years ago in connection with the death of a woman she fought with after a traffic dispute. Sara Ward, then 18, was sentenced to 264 days in jail, fined $500 and given three years' probation because the judge believed she was remorseful for the crime. In the death of Councilman Steven F.
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April 10, 2006 | From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A police officer shot a man who threatened him and his partner Saturday night, according to an Orange Police Department spokesman. A resident in the 4500 block of East Via Lardo called 911 and said that Frank J. Guttierez, 47, was outside the home, violating a restraining order, Sgt. Fred Lopez said. Before officers arrived, Guttierez, of Orange, walked away from the house toward a vacant field while screaming, police said.