(CNS) – A half-dozen former tenants of a Hollywood neighborhood are suing Airbnb, alleging the online lodging service aided their landlords in ending their tenancies, then re-renting their residences in violation of a municipal ordinance. Dialmar Castanera, Eric Thevenot, Brandy Menefee, Kristen ...

ONTARIO >> An Ontario woman wanted for not paying restitution on a 1998 welfare fraud conviction came out of hiding when she tried to have her record vacated. Raquel Serrano was convicted of defrauding welfare by using a false Social Security number to collect approximately $40,000 in benefits wh...

FULLERTON, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to 35 years to life in state prison for stabbing and murdering an acquaintance after chasing and stalking him before fleeing to Mexico. Mario Alberto Rodriguez, 27, Santa Ana, was found guilty by a jury on Aug. 2, 2016, of one felony count of murder w...

LOS ANGELES – A Hemet man pleaded guilty today to a federal conspiracy charge for participating in a scheme in which he and another man used information obtained from stolen mail to create fraudulent checks and identity documents which were used to purchase goods that were later returned to majo...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A woman has been charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment, and falsely reporting crimes, after framing husband's ex-fiancée for stalking and attempted rape. Angela Maria Diaz, 31, Phoenix, Arizona, was charged on Jan. 6, 2017, with two felony counts of kidnapping, two felon...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A youth pastor was convicted and sentenced to six years in state prison today for sexually assaulting two boys under 16 years old at church events. Brandon Ernis Lee McDade, 31, Mission Viejo, pleaded guilty to one felony count of committing lewd acts upon a child under the ag...

SANTA ANA, California – A Brea man who operated rehabilitation clinics in Walnut, Torrance and Los Angeles and defrauded Medicare out of approximately $3 million by billing for unneeded or unnecessary services has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison. Simon Hong (who is also known as ...

LOS ANGELES – The ex-wife of a former Chinese government official has pleaded guilty to charges that she conspired to fraudulently obtain visas to enter the United States through the immigrant investor program. Shilan Zhao (趙世蘭), 53, of Newcastle, Washington, pleaded guilty yesterday to one cou...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County Grand Jury unsealed indictments last week on welfare fraud and perjury charges for two women. Liza Marina Sandoval, 43, Irvine, was indicted Nov. 15, 2016, by the Orange County Grand Jury on one felony count of aid by misrepresentation over $950 and three fel...

Update: LOS ANGELES – A Pico-Union resident was indicted today on federal drug trafficking charges for allegedly trying to smuggle at least one kilogram of heroin on a plane leaving Los Angeles International Airport. The heroin was wrapped in Christmas paper and concealed in checked luggage on a...