LOS ANGELES– A San Pedro man who responded to an Internet advertisement to have sex with a young girl and sent a photograph of his genitals has pleaded guilty to a federal obscenity charge. Joshua Paul Crouch, 28, pleaded guilty yesterday to attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor. A...

FULLERTON, Calif. – A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) deputy was convicted today of threatening and assaulting a woman including lighting her hair on fire. Alejandro Flores, 34, Buena Park, pleaded guilty today, Aug. 15, 2016, to three felony counts of domestic battery with corpora...

LOS ANGELES – The 16th and final defendant in a racketeering indictment that targeted the East Coast Crips (ECC) street gang, which claims a large swath of territory in South Los Angeles, pleaded guilty today in United States District Court to federal charges. Gregory Sutton Jr., 40, of South ...

SANTA ANA, California– A Santa Ana man who intentionally aimed a laser pointer at a law enforcement helicopter investigating a serious traffic accident was sentenced yesterday afternoon to 15 months in federal prison. Mario Deleon Lopez, 35, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Jud...

LOS ANGELES– The insurance carrier for a defunct, for-profit cosmetology school has paid the United States $8,631,000 to resolve civil allegations that the school obtained federal student loan funds for ineligible students who received bogus high school diplomas. B&H Education, Inc. (B&H), whic...

LOS ANGELES– A Riverside man who pleaded guilty to being a convicted felon in possession of a stolen handgun has been sentenced to four years in federal prison. Joseph Sanchez, 37, received the 48-month sentence at a hearing yesterday before United States District Judge Virginia A. Phillips. S...

LOS ANGELES– A Salvadoran national from Van Nuys has been sentenced to 145 months in federal prison after being convicted of using the Internet to distribute child pornography. Denis Aviles Salguero, 31, was sentenced on August 18 by United States District Judge Fernando M. Olguin. Following th...

LOS ANGELES– A Long Beach man has pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge related to a long-running mortgage rescue scheme that involved nearly $3 million in illegal fees charged to distressed homeowners and about 200 fraudulent bankruptcy petitions. Karl Robinson, 52, pleaded guilty Tuesday t...

A former FBI special agent was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for stealing over $136,000 in drug proceeds seized during the execution of search warrants in 2014, falsifying documents and tampering with a witness. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department's Cr...

A 53-year-old man was sentenced today to 95 years to life in state prison for kidnapping and robbing a 79-year-old woman, and burglarizing the home of another elderly woman, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On May 4, a jury found Alonzo Bernard Johnson guilty of three ...