Say what you want about Governor Jerry Brown, but never say he's not brave. He just signed a law that could eventually purge 90 percent of the names off of California's lifetime registry for sex offenders. I expect that he, and the legislators who passed it, will be subjected to the withering out...

The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with CitiStaff Solutions Inc., and CitiStaff Management Group Inc. (collectively CitiStaff), companies that provide staffing services in the greater Los Angeles, California area.  The settlement resolves the department's inve...

A priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose was sentenced to 36 months in prison, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch for the Northern District of California. According to documen...

LOS ANGELES – The owner-operator of a Burbank medical clinic was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison on federal healthcare fraud charges for participating in a scheme to defraud Medicare by prescribing unnecessary services and equipment, which often were not even provided. Knarik Var...

SAN DIEGO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced criminal charges against Ramil Abalkhad, owner of Romano's Jewelers, and Melina Abalkhad, owner of MBNB Financial Inc., for conspiracy to engage in illegal financing and debt collection practices. Romano's Jewelers had several retai...

LOS ANGELES – A Compton man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced today to 156 months in federal prison for firearms offenses, including dealing firearms without a license. Francisco Juantonio Hilt, 39, of Compton, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge R. Gary Klausner aft...

The United States filed a civil complaint against Michel Cordon Bleu Inc. of Los Angeles, California, and its owner and President Michel G. Blanchet to prevent the distribution of adulterated seafood products in violation of federal law, the Department of Justice announced today. Michel Cordon Bl...

LOS ANGELES – Un Hag Baeg, 58, of Marina del Rey, a Korean national currently living in the United States, pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon to conspiring to defraud the United States government by evading federal excise taxes due on 143 million cigarettes sold domestically but which the co-con...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to face trial tomorrow for the special circumstances murder of a man who was dragged and run over by his truck as he was robbed in Anaheim. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Jasper Bear Belknap, 21, Anaheim Char...

A Dublin, California man was sentenced to prison today in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California for filing a false tax return, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Brian Stretch for th...