LOS ANGELES– Two former deputies with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department were ordered today to serve time in federal prison for violating the civil rights of a mentally ill jail inmate who was beaten, kicked and pepper sprayed after showing disrespect to a jail employee at the Twin Towers Corr...

A Gardena man was ordered to stand trial today for the alleged rape and murder of a woman and the rape of three other women, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Kevon Takashi Ross (dob 11/25/84) was held to answer on 25 felony counts: one count each of murder, sodomy of a...

LOS ANGELES– As the result of a seven-month investigation by special agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and officers with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), federal grand juries have issued nine indictments that charge a total of 13 defendants with fi...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Five family members were convicted yesterday of defrauding over $100,000 in government subsidies by falsifying information to receive housing assistance. Charges Dong Hong Phan, 75, Fountain Valley, pleaded guilty on Nov. 1, 2016, to one felony count of aid by misrepresentatio...

A man was charged today with fatally stabbing a 3-year-old girl at a clothing factory in downtown Los Angeles earlier this week, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Ricardo Utuy (dob 6/7/82) was charged in case BA451497 with one count each of murder and attempted murder a...

SACRAMENTO– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced felony charges against former attorney Mary Brooks for defrauding immigrant clients seeking citizenship. According to the complaint filed in San Joaquin County Superior Court, Brooks stole over $100,000 from at least 14 different clien...

SANTA ANA, California– The lead defendant in an indictment that outlined a wide-reaching conspiracy to smuggle, manufacture and distribute more than $12 million worth of synthetic, or analogue, drugs has pleaded guilty in federal court. Sean Libbert, 41, of Newport Beach, pleaded guilty yesterd...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to be arraigned today for manufacturing an explosive device in his mobile home in Anaheim while streaming on Facebook Live. Jeff Edward Reece, 34, was charged on Nov. 1, 2016, with one felony count of possession of an explosive, one felony count of possessio...

A 35-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man each pleaded no contest for failure to care for an animal after authorities discovered a group of neglected animals including a pregnant pitbull mix, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Martha Salmeron and Pedro Espana Cruz gave t...

LOS ANGELES– A Long Beach-based lobbyist, whose clients included illegal marijuana stores in Long Beach, was sentenced today to one year and one day in federal prison for failing to report to the IRS more than $750,000 in income he received over a six-year period. Carl A. Kemp, 43, of Long Beac...