Dimov could face up to 26 years in prison if he is convicted of all charges. Traffic Advisory: SB lanes on Newport Blvd at 17th Street blocked off for police and fire activity. Now 58, Dimov has been held in custody for six years, appearing regularly at competency hearings to determine whether he is fit to defend himself in court.Ī Costa Mesa Police Department spokesman said at the time of the murder investigators had not determined a motive for the crime or found any links between Avila and Dimov, who’d reportedly moved to Costa Mesa just a few days earlier.įollowing Avila’s slaying, a neighbor of Dimov’s said she had spoken often with the suspect and his wife about mental-health issues he’d reportedly suffered, indicating he had undergone some form of medical testing. Neighbors reported Dimov was married and had three children when the incident took place.
COSTA MESA POLICE BLOTTER TRIAL
In November 2017, Orange County Superior Court Judge Kazuharu Makino found Dimov mentally unfit to stand trial and suspended criminal proceedings against him.
COSTA MESA POLICE BLOTTER PROFESSIONAL
That December he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Costa Mesa Police Chief Ron Lawrence said Saturday the department’s Professional Standards Bureau has launched an investigation into a traffic stop deemed by the motorist to be racial. This blotter contains a sampling of calls received to the Costa Mesa. Orange County News May 22 Victims IDd In GardenWalk Double Homicide Near Disneyland Two men were fatally injured at Anaheim GardenWalk shopping District, and authorities sought the publics. 2:47 p.m., Vandalism, 2200 block Rutgers Drive. Ivan Chernov Dimov, then 51, was arrested and held on $1-million bail after officers discovered him near the body and tasered him as he attempted to flee the scene.ĭimov, whose occupation was listed as shop owner, faced a charge of murder and a felony enhancement for using a deadly weapon. A convicted drug offender registered their presence in Costa Mesa with police. She thought the man may have been trying to break the window, until she saw him dragging what looked like a bloodied body out of the Scion and called police. A hammer-hatchet police believed to have been used to strike Avila was found inside the car, the Daily Pilot reported at the time of the incident.Ī neighbor who witnessed the scene said she saw a man swinging an object inside the vehicle while he stood outside. Officers discovered the body of Kyle Boyd Avila, 53, and surmised he had been inside a Toyota Scion when he was beaten from outside the vehicle by another individual. 2, 2016, when Costa Mesa police officers responded to a report of an assault in a parking area near an apartment complex on the 2300 block of Vanguard Way, across from Vanguard University. It is an honor to serve this community and the amazing men and women of the La Mesa Police Department as your Police Chief. The incident took place shortly before 9 a.m. A Costa Mesa man held in custody on suspicion of murder after he allegedly clubbed another man to death with a hammer hatchet more than six years ago appeared in a hearing Tuesday to determine whether he was mentally fit to stand trial.
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