A 24-year-old teacher's assistant has been charged with sexually abusing a middle school student, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Joshua Jacob Estrada (dob 2/24/92) of Los Angeles was charged today with six counts of lewd act upon a child in case BA452408. The defenda...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A gang member who was extradited from Mexico last week is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow for the 2011 murder of a 16-year-old rival in Santa Ana. Jesus Canales, 23, Santa Ana, was charged on July 25, 2011, with one felony count of special circumstances first degree murder ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A drunken driver was charged today with crashing into a police officer who was standing behind his patrol vehicle on a residential street. Ashley Victoria Bertolino, 27, Tustin, is charged with one felony count of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs causing bodily...

A 19-year-old man was sentenced yesterday to 11 years in state prison for driving under the influence of alcohol and crashing his car, killing one teenager and severely injuring another, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On Oct. 25, Daniel Vasquez pleaded open to the co...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – A Newport Coast woman was charged today with animal neglect for failing to provide care for her 7-year-old golden retriever, resulting in the dog's cancerous tumor growing to 42 pounds. Sherri Haughton, 52, Newport Coast, is charged with one misdemeanor count of animal end...

The Justice Department today opened a civil pattern-or-practice investigation into the Orange County District Attorney's Office and the Orange County Sheriff's Department, pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The investigation will focus on allegations that the d...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A registered sex offender was convicted today of the special-circumstances murder of four women after kidnapping the victims. Steven Dean Gordon, 47, Anaheim, was indicted by the grand jury on Oct. 2, 2014. He was found guilty by a jury today of four felony counts of special c...

A federal grand jury returned a second superseding indictment today charging three more executives from two different companies for conspiring to fix prices of electrolytic capacitors sold to customers in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today.  This indictment...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – An 81-year-old former missionary was convicted and sentenced to 18 years in state prison yesterday for sexually assaulting three girls under the age of 10. Douglas Dale Whinery, 81, Tustin, pleaded guilty to seven felony counts of lewd acts upon a child under the age of 14 wit...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man extradited from Oregon to Orange County is scheduled to be arraigned for the murder of a Huntington Beach woman. Jason Joseph Becher, 41, Anaheim, is charged with one felony count of special circumstances murder with sentencing enhancements for lying in wait and a prior ...