A 27-year-old man was charged today with trafficking a minor for sex and sexually abusing the teenage girl for nearly a month, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Patrick Lamont Harris (dob 10/22/88) has been charged with seven felony counts in case NA103753: four counts ...

A 42-year-old man was sentenced today to 31 years to life in state prison for planning to kill his wife's mother in her Long Beach home, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On Dec. 1, 2015, a jury convicted Frank Haverly of three felony counts: conspiracy to commit murder...

A Sylmar woman was sentenced today to five years in state prison for forcing a young girl smuggled from El Salvador to work for her for two years, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office announced. Dora Alicia Valle, 52, pleaded no contest last July to one felony count each of human tra...