SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man previously convicted of the shaking abuse of his girlfriend's 11-month-old daughter in 2005 was charged yesterday with murder after the victim died as a result of the injuries she sustained 10 years ago. Christopher Edward Byrd, 39, La Habra, is charged with one felony c...

LOS ANGELES– A former resident of the San Gabriel Valley who was a major distributor of counterfeit cigarettes in the Los Angeles area has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for trafficking in counterfeit goods. Su Qin Yang, who also used the names “Lily” and “Anita Chang,” was...

LOS ANGELES– A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty late yesterday afternoon to conspiring to use stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service that sought more than $2.6 million in false tax refunds. Heber Cotton, 39, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty to one count of ...