RIVERSIDE – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the arrest of 47 individuals; seizure of 36 firearms, including assault weapons; and seizure of 12 pounds of methamphetamine, three pounds of heroin, 120 pounds of marijuana, 60 pounds of cocaine, and $35,000 in criminal proce...

A former account clerk at an Alhambra high school and her daughter were each sentenced today to four years in state prison for embezzling $189,000 from a school bank account, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Juanita “Chic” Boranian, 62, and Erika Boranian, 31, were sen...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to 70 years in state prison today for continuously sexually abusing four boys under 14 years old. Defendant Charges Sentence Uriel Ruiz Ricardez, 26, San Clemente (4) Continuous sexual abuse Lewd acts u...

Three homeless men were sentenced today for robbing a dozen mobile phone stores in the Downtown Los Angeles area, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Jeff Megee said Renell Samuel Collins, 52, pleaded no contest to two counts of second-degree robb...

SAN DIEGO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan today announced that a Florida couple was indicted in San Diego Superior Court on multiple charges related to a cancelled high school band trip to Japan. Bradley Matheson, 52, and Margaret...

LOS ANGELES – An Inland Empire woman who ran a home health agency that paid more than $1.25 million in illegal kickbacks for referrals of Medicare patients has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. Elaine C. Lat, 47, of Fontana, was sentenced on Monday by United States District Judge P...

LOS ANGELES – Federal authorities this morning arrested a South Los Angeles man who allegedly made a series of online threats to kill law enforcement personnel and others at the Los Angeles Superior Court's Inglewood Courthouse, a nearby school and a private business. John Patrice Hale, 42, who...

FULLERTON, Calif. – A former teacher and elder for a Jehovah's Witnesses church was convicted yesterday of sexually assaulting a teenage boy he met at church. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Jason Morris Gorski, 44, Fort Mill, South Carolina, Plead...

A 19-year-old man has been charged in connection with a car crash that killed one person and injured another at Hawthorne and Del Amo boulevards in Torrance, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Elizabeth Dickinson said Monte Lashawn Collins (dob 3...

A 25-year-old man pleaded no contest today to breaking into his grandfather's Pomona home and severely beating the elderly man, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Sammeon Christian Waller entered his plea to two felony counts in case KA115541: elder abuse and first-degre...