A 44-year-old woman was sentenced today to 16 years to life in state prison for fatally stabbing her mother at a senior living facility, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. At today's court appearance, Athina Sumi Rivera of Los Angeles pleaded guilty to one count of secon...

LOS ANGELES – A Fullerton return preparer has pleaded guilty in a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service through the filing of bogus returns claiming tax refunds. Michael Raymond Martinez, 48, of Fullerton, pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon before United States District Judge Beverly Rei...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former NBA star was convicted today of driving the wrong way on the freeway and providing false information to the police. Dennis Keith Rodman, 55, Newport Beach, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of driving a motor vehicle across a dividing section, one misdemeanor co...

A federal jury convicted Thomas Joyce for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions held in Contra Costa County, California, the Department of Justice announced today. After a week-long trial before honorable Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton in Oakland, Calif...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A parole agent was convicted and sentenced today for exchanging embezzled California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) funds for narcotics prescribed to a parolee. Scott Patric Keblis, 50, Chino, pleaded guilty to one felony count of embezzlement by a public ...

SANTA ANA, California – A Corona woman who embezzled more than $500,000 from her employer, an Irvine-based property management company, has been sentenced to serve 27 months in federal prison. Kristina Hosea, 46, of Corona, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Cormac J. Carne...

LOS ANGELES – A San Bernardino County man who filed tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service that led to nearly $400,000 in fraudulent tax refunds being issued has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison. John Metters, 53, of Fontana, was sentenced yesterday by United States District...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Los Angeles felon was sentenced to 16 years in state prison yesterday for pimping and threatening victims, then leading police on a foot pursuit through back yards in Stanton after crashing his car. Delane Williams, 42, Sun Valley, pleaded guilty on Feb. 6, 2017, to one felo...

Hugh Robinson, a San Pablo, California resident, was sentenced yesterday to serve ­­144 months in prison for filing tax returns using the identities of deceased individuals and stealing social security and refund checks destined for other individuals, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney Ge...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted today of murdering his sister's boyfriend by shooting him before fleeing to Mexico. Adan Rodriguez Leon, 34, Santa Ana, was found guilty by a jury of one felony count of first degree murder, and a sentencing enhancement for personal discharge of a firearm c...