LOS ANGELES – The former chief of the National Police in Guatemala's second-largest city was arrested today on visa fraud charges in relation to his procurement of a “green card” after he allegedly failed to disclose to U.S. immigration authorities that he had been charged with murdering two poli...

FULLERTON, Calif. – A San Bernardino County man was sentenced to 20 years and eight months in state prison today for human trafficking, pimping, and pandering of several women. Defendant Charges Sentence Ronald Pre...

LOS ANGELES – United States Attorney Nicola T. Hanna announced today that his office collected $219,179,887 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2017. Of this amount, nearly $56 million was collected in criminal cases, and more than $163 million was collected in civil actions. The Unite...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to nine years in state prison today for attacking his wife with a meat cleaver after an argument in their Garden Grove aparctment. Defendant Charges Sentence Thang Van Nguyen, 48, Garden Grove Found guilty by a jury on Feb. 9,...

A 57-year-old man is scheduled to be arraigned today for allegedly operating a fraudulent immigration services business, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Augusto “Tito” Gonzalez De La Cruz (dob 8/19/60) faces 20 felony counts of grand theft. The charges include an alle...

A 53-year-old man has been charged with having unlawful sexual intercourse with one of his former fifth-grade students, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Sean David Sigler (dob 8/13/64) of Burbank pleaded not guilty today to a total of 21 felony charges including: five ...

SAN DIEGO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the indictment of four individuals on 194 criminal felony counts for allegedly operating a mortgage fraud scheme throughout Southern California. The scheme resulted in a loss of approximately $2 million for 40 victims who were seeki...

A pair of insurance agents are expected to be arraigned today on multiple felony charges in the alleged theft of more than $1.1 million from an elderly client, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Clement Lancelot Chichester (dob 10/26/49) and his wife, Brittney Jade Sias ...

A Van Nuys man pleaded no contest today to sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl who was lost at a mall, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Julie Kramer said Jorge Enrique Lopez Maza, 27, entered the plea to one count of lewd act upon a child and...

WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today filed denaturalization lawsuits against five individuals who, according to the Department's complaints, unlawfully procured their United States citizenship by concealing their sexual abuse of minor victims during the naturalization process. The civil c...