SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Deputy District Attorney with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office was charged on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, with filing false tax returns and failing to report capital gains over $328,000 from the sale of a rental property. Defendant Charges Maxi...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to 50 years to life in state prison for the shooting-murder of his sister's boyfriend. Defendant Charges Sentence Adan Rodriguez Leon, 34, Santa Ana Found guilty by a jury on Feb. 9, 2017: One felony coun...

Two men were sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of a civilian Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department employee five years ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Larry Darnell Bishop, 24, and Jerron Donald Harris, 29, were ...

OAKLAND – Attorney General Xavier Becerra today filed a civil lawsuit seeking to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars from two California charities claiming to support veterans. The lawsuit alleges that the operators of Wounded Warriors Support Group (WWSG) and Central Coast Equine Rescue and...

Comedian Micah “Katt” Williams pleaded no contest today to one felony count of second-degree robbery, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ronald Coen immediately sentenced Williams to three years of formal probation and ordered him ...

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles man was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for his role in a lottery scam that targeted elderly victims with false promises of large cash prizes and cars that would be delivered when victims paid taxes, fees and insurance. Carl Dean Bullock, 65, of South ...

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles man who pleaded guilty to illegally engaging in the business of importing tobacco products was sentenced today to eight months in federal prison. Zhi Xiong Chen, 56, of Chinatown, was sentenced by United States District Judge George H. Wu. In addition to the prison t...

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

A 53-year-old man was sentenced today to 14 years in state prison for fatally stabbing his friend in 2015, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On March 23, a jury found Phillip Lester Vargas of Long Beach guilty of voluntary manslaughter in case NA101954. Jurors also foun...

A 52-year-old man was convicted today of fatally stabbing his roommate at a Long Beach apartment last September, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Jurors deliberated for more than a day before finding William Earl Wilson guilty of one count of voluntary manslaughter. He...