So much for crime going down in Santa Ana. I was out walking precincts today when I got the call that a robbery had taken place at a 7-11 located at Flower St. and 17th St. I got there and was able to interview a number of local residents. They said that an unknown quantity of money was stolen from the 7-11 by a fellow with a bandanna covering his face.
Apparently the miscreant took off down the street when a police officer responded to the scene – I am told that the clerk somehow had notified the police. Two shots were fired, according to the witnesses I spoke to. The O.C. Register is reporting that the suspect was shot. I did not see any visible evidence of that, but it was hard to see as the entire portion of Flower from 15th to 17th was closed to the public by the police.
Two crime scene investigations rolled up just as Channel 7’s news van drove up. I spoke briefly to the cameraman. When I told him we have just one public library he was incredulous. That’s the reaction I get from most people!
Another violence filled day in Santa Ana. Remember this when Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido and his bogus “leadership” team knock on your door. They are failing in every way. The criminals have become so brazen that they are now robbing stores in broad daylight that are mere miles from our police department – and not far from Pulido’s own house in Floral Park.
Incidentally, I picked up quite a few votes talking to the folks at the scene. And all of them said they were voting for Michele Martinez for Mayor. They were all fans of Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez too. I was asked many times if I know her. I was glad to be able to say I just saw her last night at the ECCO dinner.
Somebody told me that there was a police chase down Greenleaf Street a couple of weeks ago it happened about 2:00am in the morning and it was a escalade how come this wasn’t in the newspaper? Greenleaf ends at Pulido’s property, well I’m figuring that the injunction was put in the wrong area of Santa Ana.