LOS ANGELES– A North Hollywood man was sentenced this morning on federal charges related to the attempted illegal exportation from the United States to Taiwan of protected African elephant ivory. Cesar Ernesto Gutierrez, 75, was sentenced by United States District Judge John F. Walter to two ye...

LOS ANGELES– A Sun Valley man who admitted a host of criminal charges related to a 2013 shooting spree at Los Angeles International Airport in which he murdered Transportation Security Administration Officer Gerardo Hernandez was sentenced today to spend the rest of his life in federal prison. ...

An Arvin, California, man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for child pornography offenses related to the online sextortion of female minors, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department's Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert o...

LOS ANGELES– An independent film producer was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for interstate transportation of stolen property related to the theft of nearly $1.5 million that should have gone to his partner in a film production deal. Julio Caro, 57, of Calabasas, was sentenced t...

Calum McSwiggan, known for online posts and videos, has pleaded guilty to vandalizing a car in a case in which he claimed to have been the victim of a hate crime in West Hollywood, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. McSwiggan, 26, entered the guilty plea yesterday ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – An Uber driver was charged yesterday with raping an unconscious minor teenage girl in Laguna Beach. Samer Alaaeldin Mahran, 23, Huntington Beach, was charged on Nov. 8, 2016, with one felony count of rape by use of drugs, one felony count of forcible oral copulation upon a min...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A third-striker man and a woman are charged with human trafficking, pimping, and pandering a minor runaway girl after the man desensitized and groomed the victim by sexually assaulting her. They met the victim through an advertisement they placed on Craigslist. In case 16CF270...

LOS ANGELES – Authorities have arrested 17 members and associates of the Wilmas street gang who are named in a federal racketeering indictment that alleges acts of murder, attempted murder, narcotics trafficking, robbery and witness intimidation – as well as a series of armed attacks on law enfor...

LOS ANGELES– A former immigration services officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) who had the power to approve applications for citizenship has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for taking tens of thousands of dollars in bribes. Daniel Espejo Amos, 68, of Lakew...

A Point Richmond, California man was sentenced to serve 33 months in prison yesterday for tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department's Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch of the Northern District of Californi...