SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former security guard pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 24 years in state prison yesterday for posing as a police officer and forcibly raping a human trafficking victim. Defendant Charges Sentence Raul Antonio Ramos, 28, Westminster Pl...

After being convicted at trial, a Northern California real estate investor was sentenced today for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions, the Department of Justice announced. Alvin Florida Jr. was charged on Nov. 19, 2014, in an indictment returned by a f...

A Redondo Beach woman accused of participating in a $150 million workers' compensation insurance fraud scheme pleaded guilty today, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Kennes Ma said Marissa Nelson (dob 11/29/76) pleaded to one felony count of con...