A bouncer at a North Hollywood bar was charged today with the death of a man who was punched and fell into oncoming traffic in the street, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Ernest Shawn Reyes (dob 7/21/82) of Arleta faces one count of murder in case LA084995. Arraignmen...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Fresno man was convicted and sentenced to five years in state prison today for pimping a woman and trafficking a minor teenage girl in Costa Mesa. Marice Lavell Curry, 25, pleaded guilty to one felony count of human trafficking of a minor, one felony count of pandering a min...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A graffiti-tagging crew member was convicted today of the stabbing-murder of a 12-year-old boy who was walking home from school. Bryan Ocampo, 24, was found guilty by a jury of one felony count of second-degree murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a kni...

SAN FRANCISCO – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) today announced an additional $66 million settlement with Volkswagen over the company's use of “defeat device” software to bypass emissions controls in its Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche 3.0-liter diesel...

A 33-year-old man was sentenced today to life in prison for murdering four people at a restaurant in 2010, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Nerses Galstyan was sentenced by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo to two consecutive terms of life in pri...

In a second partial settlement announced today by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of California, automakers Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Porsche AG and related entities (collectively referred to as Volkswagen), have agreed to recall 83,000 model ...

Los Angeles – A former Malibu businessman has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for conspiring to sell unregistered securities which generated $1,663,190 in illegal profits and a related tax fraud charge. Mervin Barclay Davis, 69, who has been in federal custody since 2013, was sent...

A 33-year-old man was sentenced today to life in prison for murdering four people at a restaurant in 2010, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Nerses Galstyan was sentenced by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo to two consecutive terms of life in pri...

The current senior vice president of trade marketing of a leading packaged seafood company has agreed to plead guilty for his role in a conspiracy to fix the prices of packaged seafood such as canned tuna sold in the United States, the Department of Justice announced. According to a one-count fel...

LOS ANGELES – An El Sereno man and former 18th Street gang member has been sentenced to 24 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a federal drug trafficking offense and admitting he murdered a man who had failed to pay “taxes” to the Mexican Mafia. Eddie “Criminal” Garcia, 39, was sen...