A 27-year-old gang member pleaded not guilty today to fatally shooting a youth pastor in 2013, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Arvin Benson (dob 12/15/87) of Pomona was charged in case KA110610 with one count each of murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. The ...

SANTA ANA, California– A clerk at the California Department of Motor Vehicles office in El Monte and five others have been indicted on federal identity theft charges for allegedly using legitimate birth certificates and Social Security numbers obtained from Puerto Rico to create new identities th...

LOS ANGELES– An attorney who was indicted in September for allegedly stealing several million dollars from clients was named yesterday in a new indictment that adds additional wire fraud counts, as well as tax evasion and identity theft charges, to the case. Stephen Young Kang, 46, of Newport Bea...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Northern California woman was charged yesterday for stealing a vehicle and driving to Orange County to pimp and pander another woman. Courtney Charell Amos, 26, Pittsburg, is charged with one felony count of pimping, one felony count of pandering, one felony count of unlawfu...

LOS ANGELES– Authorities this morning arrested four defendants charged with federal fraud and identity theft charges for allegedly participating in a scheme that installed credit card “skimmers” inside gas pumps at gas stations across Southern California and Southern Nevada. A criminal complaint ...

LOS ANGELES– The architect of a fraudulent investment scheme that caused scores of victims to suffer losses of nearly $10 million was sentenced today to 151 months in federal prison for running a Ponzi scheme and lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Gordon Driver, 58, of Henderson, Ne...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A third-striker was arraigned today on charges of human trafficking, pimping, and pandering two women, and destroying or concealing evidence from law enforcement. Dagan Nkosi Weed, 31, Los Angeles, is charged with one felony count of human trafficking, two felony counts of pim...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – An insurance agent was convicted today of defrauding over $1.4 million through an advance commission scheme. Eric Lee, 65, Brea, pleaded guilty to a court offer to 10 felony counts each of grand theft and insurance fraud with sentencing enhancement allegations over $100,000, s...

A 68-year-old man was sentenced today to 24 years in state prison for sexually molesting three young girls, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On Sept. 28, Alfredo Aguilar (dob 4/16/47) of Huntington Park pleaded guilty to five felony counts in case VA135194: three count...

LOS ANGELES– A South Bay man who admitted lying to federal investigators about his conduct with a 16-year-old girl he met online and hired for commercial sex has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for obstructing a sex-trafficking probe being conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs E...