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On the evening of December 16, 1912, Sheriff Charles E. Ruddock received a telephone call from the Irvine station, telling him that a young Irvine girl had been attacked by a drifter who had fled into the hills. Sheriff Ruddock immediately rounded up assistance and took off after the assailant. According to an account in […]

On the night of November 19, 1940, Deputies Ezra Stanley and Carl Pryor were patrolling along Pacific Coast Highway between Sunset Beach and Huntington Beach when their car was struck from behind. Ray Dolan, a Huntington Beach café operator, was driving the car. The car was knocked into a post that was part of a […]

On April 21, 1958, Deputy Sheriff Robert Shultz, 35, was shot and killed while on duty in Dana Point. Deputy Shultz and Deputy Ed Johnson were on patrol when they stopped an old converted school bus from Arizona, which allegedly contained a mentally disturbed father threatening his wife, daughter and two sons. After stopping the […]

Deputy Mark Tonkin, an eight-year veteran of the Sheriff-Coroner Department, lost his life in an evening helicopter crash on October 24, 1988. It happened while he was assigned to Operation Border Ranger, a multi-agency cooperative narcotic enforcement program. Mark was one of eight victims aboard a California National Guard UH-1H Huey Helicopter when it went […]

Darryn L. Robins was a seven-year veteran of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Darryn graduated from Sheriffs Academy Class 73 on May 27, 1986, and was assigned to the Central Jail where he worked for the next four years. Supervisors in the jail saw him as extremely competent and able to interact equally well with […]

“They Are Not Dead Who Live in the Lives They Leave Behind…” Bradley Riches was born in Canada. Because of his father’s occupation, his family lived in various countries including Holland, Singapore and Australia, before settling in Orange County. He graduated from Dana Hills High School in 1984. He then worked for the fire department […]

Deputy Steven Edward Parsons was born on February 1, 1964 in Pasadena, California and became much more than a man who tragically died at the age of 36. During his lifetime, Steve Parsons touched many lives – as a son, husband, father, friend and Deputy Sheriff. Steven acted as a role model for most who […]

Matthew R. Davis was born in Porterville, California on August 1, 1964. He grew up in Corona, California, and graduated from Corona High School in 1982. He attended Riverside Community College and graduated with an Associate of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice in 1984. Matt joined the Orange County Sheriff’s Department in 1986 as a […]

Ira Gabor Essoe, Jr. was born in Hungary on November 7, 1940. He moved with his family to the United States when he was eight years old. He attended the University of California Los Angeles and obtained both a Bachelor of Science and Master’s Degree in Management. Following a very successful career in systems analysis […]