Today the Justice Department has reached asettlement agreementwith Riverside County, California, resolving claims alleging that the county violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).  The complaint, filed on Sept. 28, 2015, alleges that the county discriminated in its employment practices...

Two Orange County men who were indicted in June 2015 for conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have been indicted for additional charges involving bank fraud and financial aid fraud. Nader Elhuzayel, 25, and Muhanad Badawi, 24, both of Anaheim, ...

A California man was indicted today for his role in a mass mailing scam targeting holders of U.S. trademarks. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Decker of the Central District of California, Inspector in Charge Robe...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man who was driving under the influence of heroin is scheduled to face trial Tuesday for killing a bicyclist in a hit-and-run crash in Newport Beach. Neil Storm Stephany, 24, Huntington Beach, is charged with one felony count of murder. If convicted, he faces a maximum sente...

WESTMINSTER, Calif. – A man was sentenced to six years in state prison today for trafficking an 18-year-old woman and physically assaulting her, including burning her leg with a blow torch, and attempting to force her to work as a prostitute for his benefit. Richard Jordan Sandoval, 24, Garden Gr...

LOS ANGELES – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a settlement with Houzz Inc., an online platform for home remodeling and design, to resolve allegations that the company violated California privacy laws by recording incoming and outgoing telephone calls without notifying all partie...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) and the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) are seeking the public's help identifying potential additional victims of a former Santa Ana High School (SAHS) science teacher charged with having sex with an underage female studen...

A film director and an insurance agent have been charged in a 72-count complaint for allegedly bilking more than $21 million from people investing in the 2009 movie “Not Forgotten,” the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Dror Soref (dob 7/23/50) and Michelle Seward (dob 10/4...

LOS ANGELES– A former officer with the Transportation Security Administration was indicted today by a federal grand jury on narcotics and bribery charges for allegedly accepting payment to allow checked bags filled with marijuana to be cleared through screening checkpoints at Los Angeles Internat...

LOS ANGELES– A Paso Robles man has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for misappropriating millions of dollars that victims invested in Central Coast real estate projects and for helping a real estate developer defraud a bank. James Hurst Miller Jr., 67, the former president of the Ata...