# Hanh Minh Nguyen, 75, of Anaheim Charged With Felony Animal Cruelty After Video Shows Puppy Lured Under Van and Run Over on West Park Lane in Santa Ana > Hanh Minh Nguyen, 75, of Anaheim faces two felony animal cruelty counts (case 26CF4923) after prosecutors allege video captured her luring a puppy under her van and driving over it on West Park Lane in Santa Ana on Sept. 8, 2026. She was arrested Oct. 1, posted $20,000 bail, and is due for arraignment Nov. 2 in Dept. C55 at the Central Justice Center. - Canonical: https://ocint.app/situation/santa-ana-park-lane-puppy-cruelty-charges-2026-10-02 - Markdown: https://ocint.app/situation/santa-ana-park-lane-puppy-cruelty-charges-2026-10-02.md - JSON: https://ocint.app/api/situations/santa-ana-park-lane-puppy-cruelty-charges-2026-10-02 - Status: active - As of: 2026-10-04T08:54:48.669+00:00 - Started: 2026-09-08T16:15:00+00:00 - Cities: Santa Ana - Publisher: OCINT (https://ocint.app) ## Who / What / Where / When / Why **Who:** Defendant: Hanh Minh Nguyen, 75, of Anaheim. Investigating agency: Santa Ana Police Department. Charging agency: Orange County District Attorney. **What:** Two felony counts — animal cruelty and animal abuse by a caretaker — with a vehicle-use enhancement, filed Oct. 2 by the OCDA (case 26CF4923). **Where:** Alleged incident: West Park Lane near Lowell Street, Santa Ana. Arraignment: Central Justice Center, Dept. C55, Santa Ana. **When:** Alleged incident: Sept. 8, 2026, approx. 9:15 a.m. Arrest: Oct. 1, 2026. Charges filed: Oct. 2, 2026. Arraignment: Nov. 2, 2026. **Why:** Prosecutors allege the defendant intentionally used dog food to lure the animal under her vehicle and then drove over it; motive stated to police (per Register) was unwanted-pet abandonment. ## Narrative ## Current Status The case against Hanh Minh Nguyen, 75, of Anaheim remains in the pre-arraignment stage. She posted $20,000 bail following her Oct. 1 arrest and is scheduled to be arraigned **Nov. 2, 2026** in Department C55 at the Orange County Central Justice Center in Santa Ana. She is charged, not convicted. ## Charges The Orange County District Attorney filed two felony counts on Oct. 2 under case **26CF4923**: one count of animal cruelty and one count of animal abuse by a caretaker. Prosecutors added a personal-use enhancement alleging she used a vehicle as the instrument of killing. If convicted on the felony counts, she would face potential state prison exposure; however, sentencing exposure is not established in available evidence. ## Alleged Incident According to the OCDA charging release, video recorded on **Sept. 8, 2026, at approximately 9:15 a.m.** on **West Park Lane in Santa Ana** shows a woman using dog food to lure a black-and-white pit bull mix under a green Honda Odyssey, then driving forward so a rear tire crushed its head. The vehicle departed northbound on Lowell Street. The OCDA release describes the dog as **9 weeks old**; the OC Register, citing Santa Ana police, separately described the dog as **9 months old** and named it *Blackey* — this discrepancy is unresolved. Santa Ana police account, per the Register, indicates Nguyen told Officer Natalie Garcia she was abandoning the dog because a boyfriend was annoyed it chewed shoes, and did not acknowledge running it over during that conversation. ## Investigation and Arrest Santa Ana police identified the van through **automated license-plate readers** and arrested Nguyen in Anaheim on Oct. 1, 2026. Some early media coverage rendered her given name as *Hahn*; the OCDA spelling — *Hanh* — is used here. ## What to Watch The Nov. 2 arraignment is the next scheduled court event. No additional witnesses, surveillance footage releases, or supplemental charges have been reported in available evidence as of this update. ## Timeline - **2026-09-08T16:15:00Z:** About 9:15 a.m. Sept. 8: Video on West Park Lane allegedly shows a woman lure a puppy under a green Honda Odyssey with dog food and drive over it; she leaves northbound on Lowell Street. - **2026-10-01T18:00:00Z:** Oct. 1: Santa Ana police, having identified the van through license-plate readers, arrest Hanh Minh Nguyen, 75, in Anaheim; she posts $20,000 bail. - **2026-10-02T20:46:00Z:** Oct. 2: OCDA files two felony counts with a vehicle enhancement (case 26CF4923); arraignment set for Nov. 2 in Dept. C55. ## Primary sources 1. [OC DA: 75-Year-old Woman Charged with Running Over and Killing Her 9-Week-Old Puppy after Using Dog Food to Lure the Puppy Under Her Van](https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/press/75-year-old-woman-charged-with-running-over-and-killing-her-9-week-old-puppy-after-using-dog-food-to-lure-the-puppy-under-her-van/) (2026-10-02T20:46:04+00:00) 2. [ABC7: 75-year-old woman arrested accused of intentionally running over puppy in Santa Ana](https://abc7.com/post/75-year-old-woman-arrested-accused-intentionally-running-puppy-santa-ana/19899480/) (2026-10-02T05:46:08+00:00) 3. [OCDA charging release (Oct. 2), case 26CF4923](https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Press-Release-Dog-crushing-death-10.2.2026-1.pdf) 4. [Police account via the Register: 9-month-old 'Blackey'; abandonment explanation](https://www.ocregister.com/2026/10/01/woman-who-ran-over-puppy-with-minivan-arrested-santa-ana-police-say/) ## Factoids - **OCDA charging release (Oct. 2), case 26CF4923** (source_doc) ([source](https://ocdistrictattorney.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Press-Release-Dog-crushing-death-10.2.2026-1.pdf)): OCDA charged Hanh Minh Nguyen, 75, of Anaheim with one felony count of animal cruelty and one felony count of animal abuse by a caretaker, with a personal-use enhancement alleging she used a vehicle to kill the animal. The release says video shows her using dog food to lure a 9-week-old black-and-white pit bull mix under a green Honda Odyssey and driving forward so a rear tire crushed its head, on Sept. 8 at about 9:15 a.m.; Santa Ana police located the van using automated license-plate readers. She was arrested Oct. 1 and posted $20,000 bail; arraignment is Nov. 2, 2026 in Department C55, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. - **Police account via the Register: 9-month-old 'Blackey'; abandonment explanation** (source_doc) ([source](https://www.ocregister.com/2026/10/01/woman-who-ran-over-puppy-with-minivan-arrested-santa-ana-police-say/)): The Register's Oct. 1 story, citing Santa Ana police, described a 9-month-old pit bull named Blackey and said Nguyen told Officer Natalie Garcia she was abandoning the dog because a boyfriend was annoyed that it chewed shoes, and did not say she had run it over. The age and name conflict with the OCDA release is unresolved. Some headlines spelled her given name 'Hahn'; the OCDA spelling is used here. --- Independent civic-intelligence aggregator for Orange County, CA. Not affiliated with the Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center (OCIAC) or any government agency. Cite the canonical URL for OCINT's briefing. 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