SANTA ANA, California– A former member of the Planning Commission for the City of Westminster is scheduled to be arraigned today on charges of soliciting and receiving a $15,000 bribe to help a person obtain a liquor license. Dave Phuong Dinh Vo, 42, of Westminster, is expected to surrender and...

SANTA ANA, California– A Garden Grove man who worked for the United States Postal Service for more than two decades appeared in federal court this morning after agreeing to plead guilty to stealing from the mail and selling at least 6,240 credit cards. Chinh Vuong, 48, was summonsed into federa...

A man has been charged with sexually assaulting and trying to kill an 80-year-old woman in her Hollywood apartment last month, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Marcus Datwione Peete (dob 11/12/82) was charged in case BA448034 with one count each of attempted murder, as...

A 19-year-old alleged gang member was arraigned today on charges of killing a man and injuring another at a gas station in Redondo Beach, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Erik Martinez (dob 2/15/97) of Long Beach faces one count each murder and attempted murder in case...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to face trial today for murdering his childhood friend, who was on vacation visiting from South Korea, execution-style in the back of the head. Beong Kwun Cho, 56, Cerritos, was indicted by the Orange County Grand Jury on June 16, 2011, with one felony count...

LOS ANGELES– A man who formerly resided in Glendale has been sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for his role of providing “technical support” to a credit card fraud ring that caused an estimated loss of more than $3,000,000 during his participation and for applying for a passport ...

Seven Los Angeles men were charged in a 10-count indictment unsealed today with participating in the 2014 firebombing of residences of African Americans living in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles.  The defendants were also charged for their roles in a racketeering enterprise that used vio...

A former college football player was sentenced today to six years in state prison after pleading no contest for a series of robberies in South Los Angeles earlier this year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Trey Lealaimatafao, 19, a former defensive lineman at Louisian...

LOS ANGELES – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that the Bureau of Children's Justice and False Claims Unit of the California Department of Justice has reached a settlement agreement with K12 Inc., a for-profit online charter school operator, and the 14 affiliated non-profit schoo...

SAN FRANCISCO– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that, in addition to the historic $14.7 billion settlement with Volkswagen announced last week, the company will also pay California an additional $86 million in civil penalties as part of a second partial settlement over the compan...