LOS ANGELES – A Monterey Park man has been sentenced to five months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a smuggling charge stemming from the seizure of three king cobras hidden in potato chip canisters. Rodrigo Franco, 35, was sentenced Monday morning by United States District Judge Geor...

Drs. Aytac Apaydin and Stephen Worsham, urologists based in Northern California, will pay $1.085 million to resolve allegations that they submitted and caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) that was referred and billed in violation of the phys...

LOS ANGELES – A Riverside woman who was the controller at a Fontana-based metal forging company was sentenced this morning to one year and one day in federal prison for embezzling more than $1.5 million from her employer. Jacquelin Dyer, 68, who was the controller and co-general manager at Paci...

The Department of Justice today filed a Statement of Interest in Young America's Foundation and Berkeley College Republicans v. Janet Napolitano. The plaintiffs, Berkeley College Republicans (BCR) and Young America's Foundation (YAF), allege that the University of California, Berkeley, enforced a...

A Santa Clarita man has been sentenced to 13 years and eight months in state prison for purposely driving a pickup truck off a cliff with his 68-year-old father aboard, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Deputy District Attorney Emily Cole said Sean McClelland (dob...

A father and mother in Lancaster entered no contest pleas today for attempting to give their children away, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Dianne Hong said Vincent Paul Calogero, 38, and Sarah Elise Nilson, 32, entered the plea to one felony ...

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has settled a civil lawsuit against former Maywood Councilman Sergio Calderon that alleged he held two public offices at the same time which violated state law. Trial was set for Jan. 25 but Calderon agreed to resign from the Maywood City Council ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was charged today with assaulting a peace officer after crashing into the officer's patrol motorcycle with a stolen vehicle. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Nicholas Raymond Mauro, 32, Santa Ana Charged today with the foll...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A transient man is scheduled to be arraigned today for special circumstances murder during attempted rape after violently assaulting a 76-year-old homeless woman in Santa Ana. Defendant Charges Minimum Sentence Court Date Rosendo Xo Pec, 22, Tran...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Garden Grove church volunteer was sentenced today to five years in state prison for continually sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl he mentored at church. Defendant Charges Sentence Vincent Daniel Lavello, 53, Garden Grove Pleaded guilty on Aug...