{"id":131949,"date":"2026-01-13T18:53:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/131949\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:53:06","slug":"30-arrests-made-after-vandals-leave-oc-mall-almost-unrecognizable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/131949\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Arrests Made After Vandals Leave OC Mall &#8216;Almost Unrecognizable&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WESTMINSTER, CA \u2014 The Westminster Police Department has been hard at work after numerous calls were made to the department regarding vandals at a recently-shuttered Orange County mall. <\/p>\n<p>The once-bustling Orange County mall is &#8220;almost unrecognizable&#8221; after being vandalized several times since its closure, NBC Los Angeles reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Westminster Mall is now the site of graffiti, according to video captured by the broadcast publication.<\/p>\n<p>A man, identified only by the pseudonym &#8220;Same1,&#8221; told NBC that he was at the empty plaza overnight Wednesday when he say about 60 people inside.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Westminster Police Department reported that officers had partnered up with property owners and onsite security to target trespassing and vandalism inside the mall. <\/p>\n<p>The effort resulted in 30 arrests being made, according to the department. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Westminster Mall is closed and no persons are allowed inside,&#8221; the WPD said in a statement. &#8220;The Westminster Police Department will be conducting full enforcement for any criminal activity committed at the mall.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WESTMINSTER, CA \u2014 The Westminster Police Department has been hard at work after numerous calls were made to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-131949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}