A California resident was sentenced to 25 months in prison for filing and conspiring to file fraudulent claims for income tax refunds with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. At...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A drunken driver was sentenced to 13 years and eight months in state prison for vehicular manslaughter after crashing into a light pole, killing his nephew and severely injuring his brother-in-law after refusing the offer of a bartender and police officer to call him a cab. ...

A 29-year-old man was sentenced today to 16 years to life in state prison for fatally stabbing an acquaintance whose body was found in a plastic storage box, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Deann Rivard said a jury found Kenneth Mullen Watkins...

A 52-year-old woman has been charged with having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a teen over the span of three years, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Mary Jahn (dob 9/10/65) of Lakewood has been charged with nine felony counts in case NA107331 four counts of...

A 56-year-old man was charged today with fatally shooting his girlfriend in their home on Monday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Rafael Ayala Castillo (dob 2/21/61) has been charged with one count of murder in case VA145805. The felony complaint includes a special al...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) Tony Rackauckas is opposing the parole of a man who stole the life savings of numerous seniors in an elaborate Ponzi scheme and failed to pay $530,000 in taxes on his ill-gotten profits.Jeffrey Gordon Butler, 59, San Juan Capistrano, is c...

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced a state prison sentence of 23 years and eight months for Luther Feltus-Curry, a Vallejo pastor who masterminded a malicious fraud scheme preying on members of his own church congregation. Earlier this year, his co-conspirator...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison for having sexual intercourse and committing lewd acts on his 4-year-old female relative. Defendant Charges Sentence Ricardo Interiano-Rivas, 50, Costa Mesa Found guilty by a jury on June 29...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to one year and four months in state prison for planting weapons and methamphetamine inside the bed of a woman's truck and making false reports to law enforcement. Defendant Charges Sentence Kevin Brown, 44, Laguna Hills ...

LOS ANGELES – An engineer who worked for a defense contractor was sentenced this morning to 60 months in federal prison for selling sensitive satellite information he stole from his employer to a person he believed to be an agent of a Russian intelligence service. Gregory Allen Justice, 50, of Cu...