Today, the Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California approved Digital First Media as the purchaser of Freedom Communications Inc., publisher of theRegisterin Orange County and thePress-Enterprisein Riverside County, California.  After Tribune Publishing Company, publisher of theLos ...

The highest-ranking official charged in a massive Navy bribery scandal was sentenced in federal court today to 46 months in prison for giving classified information to a foreign defense contractor in exchange for prostitutes, luxury travel and other gifts. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Cal...

Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, 23, of Sacramento, California, was indicted today in the Northern District of Illinois for attempting to provide material support to acts of violence overseas. The indictment was announced byAssistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attor...

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has permanently barred Stacy John Sanchez of Orange County, California, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction order prohibits Sanchez from acting as a federal tax r...

The suspect who had been hospitalized following a wrong-way chase and police shootout in January is awaiting arraignment today on more than two dozen charges, including capital murder, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Artyom Gasparyan (dob 11/30/83) is scheduled to be ...

LOS ANGELES– An attorney who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion charges – and who prosecutors say defrauded a dozen clients out of at least $8 million in an investment fraud scheme – was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison. Stephen Young Kang, 46, of Newport Beach, was sent...

SANTA ANA, California– The owner and CEO of a now-defunct Southern California real estate investment firm was sentenced today to 168 months in prison for perpetrating a scheme that ended with the bankruptcy of the company and hundreds of investors collectively losing as much as $169 million. M...

LOS ANGELES– A former supervisor with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) who conspired with his ex-wife to smuggle goods into the United States in exchange for bribes has been sentenced to serve 45 months in prison. Sam Herbert Allen Jr., 54, of San Juan Capistrano (formerly of Diamond Ba...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A gang member who worked as a federal informant was sentenced today to 21 years in state prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm in public. Fernando Jose Perez, also known as Inmate F, 34, Theo Lacy Jail, was found guilty by a jury on March 9, 2009, of one felony c...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A drunken driver was sentenced today to four years in state prison for causing a rollover crash that killed a bicyclist. Dominic Devin Carratt, 20, Dana Point, pleaded guilty on Feb. 9, 2016, to one felony count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence while intoxicated...