When then-Placentia Police Officer Sarah Shirvany pulled up to the intersection at Orangethorpe and Miller on February 2, 2008, the scene was utter chaos. Metal scraps and debris filled the dark street. Being in an industrial area of the neighboring city of Anaheim, she assumed this was nothing more than a traffic hazard. A closer examination showed her initial reaction was wrong. Looking around, Shirvany had the terrible realization that this was a traffic accident. There was no discernable part of a car left, but there was no doubt these scraps were the decimated remains of a vehicle. Just south…