LOS ANGELES – A lieutenant in the Pasadena Police Department was taken into custody this morning on federal charges related to the illegal sale of approximately 100 firearms. Vasken Kenneth Gourdikian, 48, of Sierra Madre, who is currently on administrative leave, self-surrendered this morning ...

LOS ANGELES – A former staffer for a Member of the United States Congress was found guilty today of bribery and attempted extortion after demanding and accepting $5,000 to prevent the closure of a marijuana shop in the City of Compton. Michael Kimbrew, 44, of Carson, was convicted by a federal ...

A Los Angeles man pleaded no contest today in the beating of a transgender woman in Hollywood, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Nicol Shakhnazaryan (dob 5/11/92) was convicted of one felony count of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury in the...