SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced a $27,840,000 settlement with Home Depot U.S.A. (Home Depot) to resolve allegations that its California stores and facilities unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste – including waste batteries, aerosol cans, paints, and elect...

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 ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow for lewd acts on children and possession of child pornography after posing as a teen boy and soliciting nude images of young girls on social media. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Eddie Jo...

LOS ANGELES – A Monterey Park woman has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for injecting a woman with a foreign substance for the purpose of buttock enhancement. Ana Bertha Diaz Hernandez, 47, was sentenced Monday by United States District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez. In addition to th...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A parolee gang member was sentenced on Friday to 60 years to life in state prison for attempting to murder a Fullerton Police Department (FPD) officer by shooting him several times at close range during a traffic stop. Defendant Charges Sentence Marc...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A third-striker parolee was charged today with aggravated assault on a peace officer and carjacking after initiating a pursuit and injuring the K9 that apprehended him. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Antonio Padilla Jr., 37, Palm D...

LOS ANGELES – Two doctors were arrested this morning on federal fraud charges stemming from more than $250 million in allegedly fraudulent bills related to the 1-800-GET-THIN Lap-Band surgery business. Julian Omidi, 49, of West Hollywood, and Mirali Zarrabi, 55, of Beverly Hills, were arrested ...

A Saugus man is scheduled in court today after being ordered to stand trial for lewd acts upon a child, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Jonathan Blake Heely (dob 6/27/59) was held to answer on Feb. 28 for three felony counts of lewd act upon a child and one misdemeano...

A Winnetka man has been sentenced to 22 years in state prison in connection with the kidnapping and shooting of Joel Keith Ravin, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Randall Elmer Stinson, 32, was sentenced yesterday after pleading no contest Jan. 25 to one count of attem...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was charged yesterday with murder for stabbing his acquaintance during a dispute in Costa Mesa. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Jasper Bear Belknap, 21, Azusa Charged on Feb. 27, 2018, with the following: O...