SANTA ANA, Calif. – Two Colorado men and a Long Beach man have been charged with human trafficking, pimping, and pandering a 17-year-old girl in Orange County. Jovon Andrew Williams, 20, and Jahsee Elan Brewster, 33, both of Denver, Colorado, and Clifton Haralson, 33, Long Beach, are each charged...

SAN FRANCISCO– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today filed a lawsuit against investment bank Morgan Stanley for misrepresentations about complex investments such as residential mortgage-backed securities, in which large pools of home loans were packaged together and sold to investors.  These mi...

A former assistant superintendent at the Palmdale Unified School District entered a no contest plea today to animal abuse charges after 19 pit bulls recovered from her home had to be euthanized, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Pauline Ruth Winbush, 53, and her live-in...

A 63-year-old man was charged today with stabbing his wife in their Monterey Park home last week, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Kam Hing Wong (dob 12/19/52) has been charged with three felony counts in case GA098540: attempted premeditated murder, injuring a spouse,...

LOS ANGELES– Paul Tanaka, who was the second in command of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, was found guilty today of two obstruction of justice charges for overseeing efforts to derail a federal investigation into corruption and civil rights violations by sheriff's deputies at two downtown ...

LOS ANGELES– A street gang member has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after being found guilty of two narcotics trafficking charges in relation to the sale of about two ounces of methamphetamine during an undercover investigation. Aaron “Droopy” Ramos, 31, a resident of the Florence-...

Blake Robert Johnston, 42, of Martinez, California, was sentenced to 30 years in prison late yesterday and ordered to serve a lifetime on supervised release for traveling across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual acts with a minor, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Brian Stretch and Spe...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Finance Services Manager for the City of Placentia (Placentia) was arrested last night for embezzling $4.3 million from the city. Michael Minh Nguyen, 34, Irvine, is charged with 17 felony counts of misappropriation of public funds with sentencing enhancements for aggravat...

LOS ANGELES – The operator of a Glendale tax preparation business was arrested this morning on charges that he defrauded customers of his tax preparation business by diverting their tax refunds into his own bank accounts. Michael Joseph Calalang Cabuhat, 40, a resident of the Hollywood Hills West...

RIVERSIDE, California– A Corona man who had a stolen, blue mail-collection box in his living room was arrested today on federal charges that allege he stole mail, “washed” checks that he found and cashed the checks using a stolen identity. Paul Wagner, 28, was arrested this morning without inci...