SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to 55 years to life in state prison for assaulting a 2-year-old child causing his death. Lae Thongphun, 34, Garden Grove, was found guilty by a jury Dec. 14, 2015, of one felony count of involuntary manslaughter and one felony count of assault on a ch...

LOS ANGELES– A federal judge has ordered that Evnol, Inc., which operates Palisades Pizza, and the company's owner, Christopher H. Bandt, timely file payroll tax returns and pay payroll taxes. In an order filed on Monday, United States District Judge Manuel L. Real entered a permanent injunctio...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Florida inmate was arraigned today on charges of assaulting, kidnapping, and sexually assaulting three women near a park in Westminster. Arnold Eduardo Martinez, 34, Blackwater Correctional Facility, Florida, is charged with one felony count of attempted kidnapping to commit...

WESTMINSTER, Calif. – A taxi cab driver is scheduled to face trial tomorrow for crashing into a pedestrian, resulting in the victim's death, and driving away from the scene. Ronald Aviles, 57, San Clemente, is charged with one felony count of hit and run with permanent injury or death. If convict...

Three men have been charged with a racially motivated attack on Hispanic victims at a Lake Los Angeles park, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Ian Justine Plankey (dob 12/7/95), Richard Lawrence Daulton (dob 10/1/96) and Kevin Matthew Stewart (dob 10/23/90) all fa...

A 32-year-old man pleaded no contest today to attacking his children's mother and his family member last month, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. At today's court appearance, Robert Allen Shirley (dob 4/18/83) of Pomona pleaded no contest to three felony counts in case ...

LOS ANGELES– An Oceanside man has pleaded guilty to launching repeated online attacks against a computer system operated by his former employer, a Rancho Dominguez-based manufacturer of precision laser and mechanical drilling equipment. Conrad Pearson, 64, pleaded guilty yesterday to one count ...

SANTA ANA, California– A Santa Ana man was arrested this morning on federal charges of intentionally aiming a laser pointer at a law enforcement helicopter. Mario Deleon Lopez, 35, was taken into custody without incident by special agents with the FBI, and he is expected to be arraigned this af...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Additional charges were filed today for three defendants previously charged with escaping from custody at the Orange County Men's Central Jail (OCJ). Bac Tien Duong, 43, Hossein Nayeri, 37, Newport Beach, and Jonathan Tieu, 20, Fountain Valley, are each charged with one felony...

A 45-year-old man was sentenced today to 25 years to life in state prison for fatally shooting his live-in girlfriend near the Porter Ranch house they shared, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Last week, Joseph Defalco pleaded no contest to one count of second-degree mu...