GARDEN GROVE (CBSLA) — Garden Grove Police Department officers Sunday arrested Gustavo Pablo Munguia for stabbing his roommate in their front yard on Saturday morning. Gustavo Pablo Munguia (Source: Garden Grove Police Department) The stabbing was first reported at 10:10 a.m. Saturday on Safford Street in Garden Grove. Upon investigation, it was revealed that the two men involved were roommates at a sober living home. When authorities arrived they located a 36-year-old man suffering from at least one critical stab wound in the front yard of the residence. He was able to make his way into the ..read more

GARDEN GROVE (CBSLA) – Detectives with the Garden Grove Police Department on Saturday were investigating the death of a Garden Grove man, who had a history of domestic violence. The shooting occurred on Friday afternoon at around 11 a.m., on Sycamore Lane in Garden Grove. This came following a Sunday, December 12 incident, where the man broke into the residence at 1 p.m. and threatened his ex-girlfriend’s current boyfriend. The threatening turned into an assault with a deadly weapon, when he stabbed the boyfriend in the chest several times. The boyfriend was able to escape and receive med ..read more

SANTA ANA (CBSLA) – Criminal charges have been filed against the mother of a 15-year-old girl who sucker-punched an opponent during a youth basketball game last month in Garden Grove. Nov. 7, 2021. (Courtesy video) Latira Shonty Hunt, 44, of La Puente, is accused of provoking her daughter to punch the opponent, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office reported Thursday. She has been charged with one count each of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and battery, both misdemeanors. “It is unconscionable that a parent would encourage her child to engage in violence during a sporting ..read more

GARDEN GROVE (CBSLA) – About 40 guns were stolen from a Garden Grove store in a break-in early Thursday morning. Dec. 9, 2021. (OnScene.TV) The burglary was reported at 12:15 a.m. at Whitten Sales, located in the 12800 block of Valley View Street. The owner watched the break-in take place on live surveillance video, Garden Grove police said. Officers arrived on scene to find the front windows shattered. The suspects sped away in two BMWs prior to officers arriving on scene, police said. The owner then discovered that 40 guns were stolen from a safe inside the store, police said. Anyone with ..read more

GARDEN GROVE (CBSLA) — The Garden Grove home where one person was killed and two others were injured in a fire did not have working smoke alarms, fire officials said Monday. Firefighters were called out to a home in the 13000 block of Jefferson Street at about 8 p.m. Sunday on the report of a fire. At the scene, they were told as many as three people were trapped on the second floor, so firefighters immediately began searching the home, while working to keep the fire confined to one upstairs bedroom. At approx 8 p.m. tonight in the 13000 blk of Jefferson St in @CityGardenGrove, FF’s were told ..read more

GARDEN GROVE (CBSLA) – An Orange County woman who became Cedar Sinai’s first COVID-19 lung transplant patient awoke after five months in a coma to learn that the surgery gave her the gift of life and of motherhood. Amy Yamaguchi was nine months pregnant when she was intubated as result of contracting the coronavirus. Two days later, doctors performed a C-section, delivering her daughter, who is now 11-month-old daughter. She was then flown to Cedar Sinai for more advanced care and, ultimately, a double lung transplant. After five months in a coma, she woke with no memory of being married. “…a ..read more

Screenshot of footage from the November 7 incident, which shows Lauryn Ham on the floor following a sucker punch from an unnamed teenager – known to be the daughter of former NBA player Corey Benjamin. GARDEN GROVE (CBSLA) – New reports indicate that a teenager involved in a violent incident during a girl’s basketball tournament last week has committed a similar offense on at least one other occasion. The girl, who cannot be named as she is a minor, can be seen charging and hitting players on opposing teams in multiple videos from different basketball tournaments. She plays for the Dream Aca ..read more

GARDEN GROVE (CBSLA) – Moments before 15-year-old Lauryn Ham was clotheslined by another girl during a youth club basketball tournament Sunday in Garden Grove, her mother believes that the girl who punched Ham was provoked by her mom. Alice Ham told CBSLA Reporter Laurie Perez that parents who were at the game heard the mother of the girl who threw the punch yell, “go and hit her.” “It’s on the video, you can hear it plain and simple (and) the ref that was there also heard it and is willing to give testament,” Alice Ham said. The video, which has more the 40,000 views, is hard to watch. Just b ..read more

WESTMINSTER (CBSLA) – A dangerous Orange County pursuit early Friday morning came to an end in Westminster, but not before causing a crash on the 22 Freeway. (CBSLA) The incident began at around 12:40 a.m., when Seal Beach police began pursuing the vehicle, according to California Highway Patrol. What sparked the chase and exactly where it started was unclear. During the pursuit, there was a crash on the westbound 22 Freeway at Goldenwest Street in Garden Grove. The circumstances of the crash were unclear. It appears that after the collision, the suspect continued on before finally coming to ..read more

GARDEN GROVE (CBSLA) – Police arrested a man Friday night who is accused of attempting to carjack a vehicle with two men and a 9-year-old child inside. According to authorities, 27-year-old Caesar Ceferino Cruz of Hemet attempted to take the vehicle just after 9 p.m. in a motel parking lot on Harbor Boulevard near Lampson Avenue. Police spotted Cruz about an hour later near Palm and Garden Grove Boulevard. Cruz initially tried to run from police and dropped a 9mm semi-automatic “ghost gun,’ a firearm assembled from a kit with no serial numbers. After he jumped a fence in a residential neighbor ..read more