Helaman Hansen, 63, of Elk Grove, California, was arrested today after a federal grand jury returned a 13-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, 11 counts of mail fraud and one count of wire fraud for operating a fraudulent adult-adoption program that t...

WESTMINSTER, Calif. – A man was convicted and sentenced today to three years in state prison for pimping a woman and soliciting commercial sex through advertisements on the Internet. Jayson Jeray Johnson, 29, pleaded guilty today to one felony count of pimping with a sentencing enhancement for cr...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to be arraigned today for attempting to carjack a restaurant employee and assaulting an officer to escape. Steiner Pese Faupusa, 35, Anaheim, is charged with one felony count of attempted carjacking, one felony count of aggravated assault on a custodial offi...

FULLERTON, Calif. – A man is scheduled to face trial today for kidnapping a friend's 15-year-old daughter for a decade and sexually assaulting her. Isidro Medrano Garcia, 42, Bell Gardens, is charged with one felony count of forcible rape, three felony counts of lewd acts on a minor, and one felo...

SANTA BARBARA– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that the California Department of Justice and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department have completed a two-day sweep to remove firearms from individuals legally barred from possessing them, including persons determined to be m...

LOS ANGELES – A former Las Vegas resident who was incarcerated in the federal prison in Victorville while he oversaw a scheme to obtain and cash stolen checks has been sentenced to another 110 months in prison for conspiring to commit bank fraud. Kingsley Osemwengie, 30, was sentenced Monday by...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A father and his son are scheduled to be arraigned today for assaulting an on-duty Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) officer by knocking him to the ground and repeatedly hitting and kicking him. Darryl Headrick, 58, and Bryce Headrick, 23, both of Huntington Beach, are...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to be arraigned today for pummeling a 71-year-old man with a baseball bat in a gas station parking lot. Samuel Elijah Alvarez, 18, Santa Ana, is charged with one felony count of attempted murder with premeditation and deliberation, one felony count of aggrav...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, of forcibly raping two women with whom he was acquainted. Babak Azadgilani, 28, Laguna Niguel, was found guilty by a jury of two felony counts of forcible rape, and forcible oral copulation, with sentencing enhancements and allegati...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A San Jose man and woman are scheduled to be arraigned today for the human trafficking, pimping, and pandering of a 15-year-old girl and three additional women using a firearm, intimidation, and/or drugs. Ariel Guizar, 35, and Araceli Mendoza Alvarez, 23, both of San Jose, are...