Amin al-Baroudi, 50, a Syrian-born naturalized U.S. citizen, formerly of Irvine, California, was sentenced today to 32 months in prison for conspiring to export U.S.-origin goods from the United States to Syria in violation of sanctions imposed on Syria by the U.S. government. The sentence was an...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) today turned over to the court a complete copy of the newly obtained Special Handling Log (SH Log) from the Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD), and filed briefs to seal privileged data and request a court hearing to turn over d...

LOS ANGELES – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced that as part of an ongoing criminal investigation, the L.A. IMPACT task force, led by the California Department of Justice, today seized 83 kilograms of cocaine, worth an estimated street value of $10 million, from a bus traveling across t...

The Justice Department reached a settlement agreement today with Villa Rancho Bernardo Care Center (VRB), a skilled nursing facility in San Diego.  The agreement resolves the department's investigation of VRB for discrimination against work-authorized non-U.S. citizens in violation of the Immigra...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was arraigned today on charges of sexually assaulting five girls under the age of 14 in his Huntington Beach residence. Martin Rodriguez Garcia, 49, Huntington Beach, is charged with one felony count of sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child 10 years or younger, one f...

A former actor was convicted today of gunning down his wife at their Los Angeles home in front of the couple's two young sons, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. A jury of six women and six men deliberated about two hours before finding Michael Andrew Jace, 53, guilty of...

LOS ANGELES– Federal prosecutors today filed a civil asset forfeiture lawsuit and an application that, if approved, would allow the seizure of the proceeds of two life insurance policies worth a total of $275,000 held by San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, announced U.S. Attorney Eileen M....

LOS ANGELES– The chief executive officer and owner of a Westwood-based mortgage brokerage company that falsely promised to help distressed homeowners avoid foreclosure – but instead stole the equity in the homes and served as the homeowners' impostor landlord – was sentenced this afternoon to 94...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow for defrauding approximately $2 million from 380 troubled homeowners through a loan modification scheme. Kevin Frank Rasher, 44, Coto de Caza, is charged with one felony count of second degree burglary, 46 felony counts of grand thef...

A former counselor at Vista Middle School was arraigned today on charges of sexually abusing a boy over a four-year period, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. William Webb (dob 12/26/64) of Van Nuys pleaded not guilty to one felony count each of lewd act upon a child 14 ...