Two gang members were found guilty today of murdering five people at a Long Beach homeless encampment in 2008, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Jurors deliberated for a day before convicting David Cruz Ponce, 36, and Max Eliseo Rafael, 31, of five counts of murder and ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Today is an important day for the people of Orange County, as mass murderer Scott Dekraai has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) secured the conviction for eight counts of first degree premedi...

A Bell Gardens man was found guilty today of killing two brothers in 2015, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Miriam Avalos said Pedro Vasquez, 24, was found guilty by a jury of two counts of second-degree murder. The jury also found true that a ...

A homeless man was sentenced today to 26 years to life in state prison for fatally stabbing a 45-year-old woman who had allowed the defendant to live in her home, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Casey Higgins said Laevin Meikel Weatherspoon (d...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A second striker was convicted and sentenced to 44 years and four months in state prison for forcibly raping a woman who offered to give him a ride home from the grocery store. Defendant Charges Sentence Michael Curtis Hernandez, 41, Tustin Plead...

LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury has returned three indictments charging a total of three individuals and two companies with engaging in the unlawful trading of live corals that are protected by an international treaty known as the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species of...

An off-duty Los Angeles police officer has been charged with assaulting three men in El Segundo last year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Joseph William Rooney (dob 10/22/83) was charged in case BA461162 with four counts of assault with a firearm. The case was filed ...

A woman was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years in prison for kidnapping the three young children of her murdered half-sister, whose body was found last year in northern Los Angeles County. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge M.L. Villar imposed the term on Brittney Sue Humphrey, 23, who pleaded no cont...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was charged with special circumstances murder during attempted rape after the 68-year-old victim died due to injuries sustained in the assault. Defendant Charges Minimum Sentence Court Date Michael Aon Varela, 30, Garden Grove Charged o...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted today of kidnapping, forcibly raping, and sodomizing a 14-year-old girl and attempting to kidnap three other victims ages 11 to 16 with the intent to commit a sex offense. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Elias Om...