A 52-year-old man was sentenced today to 16 years in state prison for having an improvised explosive device that he planned to detonate at his ex-girlfriend's home, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Steven Mac said Vernon Russell Smith (dob 7/11...

Update: Today, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Arnold Gerald Leto III with two counts of piloting a plane without a license. Leto was charged for flying a Cessna Citation turbojet aircraft from Santa Monica, California, to Phoenix, Arizona, on or about January 30, 2015, and ...

LOS ANGELES– A West Los Angeles man who masterminded a bank account ‘bustout' scheme that defrauded financial institutions such as Bank of America and Chase Bank and cumulatively caused more than $15 million in losses has been sentenced to serve 63 months in federal prison. Jae Ho Chung, 46, wh...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to seven years in state prison for assaulting an on-duty Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) officer by knocking the officer to the ground and repeatedly hitting and kicking him. Bryce Headrick, 23, Huntington Beach, pleaded guilty on March 17, ...

SANTA ANA, California– A former Orange County resident who oversaw a company that claimed to be developing oil and gas wells and bilked investors by, among other things, falsely claiming they would see 50 percent annual returns has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Jerry L. Aubrey, ...

A transient suspected of lighting two people on fire was charged today with two counts of attempted murder and other crimes, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Phillip Darryl Cole (dob 7/4/61) is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon in Department 30 at the Foltz Crim...

Update: A Pennsylvania man charged in relation to the ongoing “Celebgate” investigation pleaded guilty this morning in United States District Court in Harrisburg, Penn. The case against Ryan Collins was investigated by FBI agents based in Los Angeles, and the plea agreement was negotiated by pro...

A 39-year-old man pleaded not guilty yesterday to killing his girlfriend and dumping her body in Hacienda Heights, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Francisco Nila Rojas (dob 11/7/76) has been charged with one count of murder in case KA094021. The felony complaint inclu...

The United States has intervened in a lawsuit against Prime Healthcare Services Inc. (Prime); the company's founder and chief executive officer, Dr. Prem Reddy; and 14 Prime hospitals in California that alleges Emergency Departments at Prime facilities improperly admitted patients to the hospital...

A Woodland Hills man was sentenced to 45 years to life in state prison for the rape of two women, including a 61-year-old disabled woman, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Ammen Ra Shinti (dob 7/19/54) was convicted by a jury on March 21 of one count each of forcible or...