LOS ANGELES, California– Two brothers from San Jacinto have pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges related to nearly three dozen machineguns, as well as short-barrel shotguns and silencers, that were found at their residence by authorities conducting an investigation in another matter. Alfre...

LOS ANGELES– A leading figure in the Five Deuce Broadway Gangster Crips (BGC) street gang has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to racketeering and drug trafficking charges stemming from his role as the primary narcotics supplier to the gang. Roosevelt Sumpter, ...

SANTA ANA, California– A registered nurse who owned and operated a day spa in Laguna Niguel has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge related to the illegal distribution of Botox that was not approved for use in the United States. Bridget “Gigi” Goddard, 50, of Dana Point, who owned Pure I...

A 23-year-old man was sentenced today to 30 years in state prison for the 2013 fatal shooting of his stepfather and two assaults on fellow inmates while in custody, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Joel Torres was sentenced by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ja...

The founder of a Los Angeles drug and alcohol treatment facility has been charged with sexually assaulting nine patients as well as running a $175 million fraudulent healthcare billing scheme, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today Christopher Bathum (dob 9/22/61) was ...

LOS ANGELES– A Compton man who admitted to sex trafficking a 15-year-old girl, subjecting her to a month of sexual abuse, and advertising the victim as a prostitute was sentenced today to 160 months in federal prison. Darrius Marques Sutton, also known as “Biz,” 26, was sentenced by United Stat...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former caregiver was sentenced today to one year in jail for sexually assaulting a 66-year-old disabled woman. Robert Dumlao Ligayo, 65, Aliso Viejo, pleaded guilty on Aug. 15, 2016, to one felony count of sexual battery. He was sentenced to 360 days in county jail, three ye...

A retired Navy Captain pleaded guilty today for his role in a massive bribery and fraud scheme involving a foreign defense contractor for the U.S. Navy. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy of the Southern Distr...

SANTA ANA, California– A former sales representative for AFLAC has been found guilty of federal fraud charges stemming from a scheme that bilked the insurance company out of $4 million with fake disability claims. Patricia Diane Smith Sledge, 60, of Redlands, was convicted late Tuesday in the s...

LOS ANGELES– A medical doctor who was facing charges in a federal health care fraud case when he fled the United States 14 years ago and faked his own death in Russia has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to his flight from justice. Tigran Svadjian, 58, a naturalized U.S. citizen original...