LOS ANGELES– The former president and CEO of the Sherman Oaks-based Morgan Peabody, Inc. brokerage and investment firm was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for federal wire fraud charges stemming from an investment scam in which defendant misappropriated nearly $6 million from more than...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was charged and arraigned yesterday for assaulting and attempting to murder a school police officer by gouging his eye and choking him. Enrique Martinez, 28, Santa Ana, is charged with one felony count of attempted murder on a peace officer, one felony count of attempted...

LOS ANGELES –United States Attorney Eileen M. Decker announced today the launch of a new community outreach program to address the growing epidemic of heroin and prescription opioid abuse. Because of the public health crisis stemming from the abuse of prescription drugs such as OxyContin and Vi...