SANTA ANA, California– A registered sex offender from Canyon Country has been sentenced to a decade in federal prison and ordered to serve 40 years of supervised release for his conviction pleading guilty to one count of possession of child pornography. Paul Frederick Kampmeyer Jr., 45, was sen...

A Los Angeles man allegedly posing as an Uber driver who lured a woman into his vehicle was charged today with kidnapping and sexually assaulting her, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Dartanyun Lamar Smith (dob 5/10/76) is scheduled to be arraigned after 1:30 p.m. toda...

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today that energy drink-maker Neurobrands LLC will pay $500,000 to settle a civil lawsuit over allegations the company falsely touted health benefits with its products. The agreement was approved earlier this week by Los Angeles County S...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today for placing pipe bombs near public places in Anaheim and possessing materials to construct additional pipe bombs. Donald Paul Busteed, 45, Anaheim, pleaded guilty today, April 15, 2016, to a court offer of three felony counts of possession of a destru...

FULLERTON, Calif. – A man was sentenced to four years and four months in state prison today for sexually assaulting a friend's 15-year-old daughter for a decade. Isidro Medrano Garcia, 42, Bell Gardens, was found guilty by a jury on March 4, 2016, of three felony counts of lewd acts on a minor. G...

LOS ANGELES – A businessman who prosecutors believe defrauded more than 300 investors in a precious metal investment scam has pleaded guilty to federal fraud and money laundering offenses in a case that caused victims to lose nearly $11 million. Bruce R. Sands Jr., 54, of Valencia, pleaded guilty...

LOS ANGELES– Federal authorities have charged a total of 22 defendants with defrauding the Social Security Administration by illegally receiving cash benefits and causing a cumulative loss of $2.6 million. Most of the defendants are charged with taking Social Security benefits for relatives afte...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – An unemployed Navy deserter was convicted and sentenced today to life in state prison without the possibility of parole for the Valentine's Day shooting-murder of a woman and her live-in boyfriend after posing as a potential car buyer. Pasqual Raul Loera, 38, Redlands, pleaded...

LOS ANGELES– A man who resided in Carpinteria has pleaded not guilty after being named in a federal grand jury indictment that charges him with producing, receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography in 2015 – crimes he allegedly committed soon after completing a state prison term as...

LOS ANGELES– A man who was found guilty of assaulting a Deputy U.S. Marshal by trying to run him over with a minivan has been sentenced to 96 months in federal prison. Keith Leon Smith, 47, of Carson, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner, who said the defendan...