Four men have been charged with killing a man and dumping his body in a canyon on Monday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Hercules Dimitrios Balaskas (dob 5/8/99), Matthew Martin Capiendo Luzon (dob 10/10/96), Francisco Amigon (dob 1/23/99) and Jacob Hunter Elmendorf ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted and sentenced to 11 years in state prison today for kidnapping his associate during a drug deal in Newport Beach. Defendant Charges Sentence Nicholas Andres Hernandez, 30, Murrieta Pleaded guilty today to the following ...

LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury yesterday named a Burbank teacher in a criminal indictment that accuses him of sexually exploiting a fifteen-year-old former student for purposes of producing child pornography images of the minor. Sean David Sigler, 53, of Burbank – who previously taught fift...

LOS ANGELES – A Riverside man who sold a powerful synthetic opioid very similar to fentanyl to a friend – who then suffered a fatal overdose from the drug – was sentenced today to 312 months in federal prison. Adam Scott Caward, 33, received the 26-year sentence from United States District Judg...

LOS ANGELES – A federal judge yesterday sentenced a Santa Barbara County man to 246 months' incarceration for distribution of child pornography. Christopher Robin Coates, 43, of Carpinteria, met minors in online chat rooms dedicated to youths seeking father figures and manipulated them into sen...

A Burbank man was convicted today of trying to kill six Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and keeping a SWAT team at bay for nearly eight hours in 2016, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Jurors deliberated for about two hours before finding Juan Manuel Martinez (dob...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA), as part of the California Food, Drug, and Medical Device Task Force, comprised of 10 district attorneys' offices including Alameda, Marin, Monterey, Napa, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Solano, and Sonoma Counties, along w...

A retired Los Angeles County sheriff's lieutenant has been charged with obstructing justice for allegedly tipping off a massage parlor employee about upcoming law enforcement raids in exchange for sexual favors or gifts, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. David Smith (do...

Federal authorities announced today a significant coordinated effort to disrupt Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes that are designed to intercept and hijack wire transfers from businesses and individuals, including many senior citizens.  Operation Wire Wire, a coordinated law enforcement eff...

A 33-year-old man accused of robbing a Venice convenience store was charged today with additional felonies, including attempted murder, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. In an amended criminal complaint, Redmond James O'Neal (dob 1/30/85) faces six felony counts: one co...