A federal judge sentenced Steve S. Kim, 41, of La Crescenta, to 42 months in federal prison for attempting to obtain ricin from an online source that he admitted was intended to be used as a weapon. Kim pleaded guilty in September 2019 to one count of violating a criminal statute called prohibiti...

             The feds arrested two active-duty United States Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton on a federal grand jury indictment charging one Marine and three civilians with conspiring to distribute narcotics – including oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl – to civilians and members of the Uni...

           A federal judge ordered Carolyn Marie Jones, 57, a Corona woman who recently finished a 79-month federal prison sentence stemming from a $15 million bank fraud scheme back to 20 months in prison for doing a similar fraud scheme in which she lied to a victim about celebrities such as Le...

    The feds arrested Benjamin Jong Ren Hung, 28, of San Marino, a San Gabriel Valley man who allegedly drove his truck into a crowd of peaceful demonstrators on May 31 in Pasadena. The feds charged him with conspiring to violate firearms laws.              According to an affidavit filed with th...

            A federal grand jury indicted  Mei Xing, 59, a.k.a. “Xing Mei,” “Anna,” and “Boss,” of San Gabriel on charges of sex trafficking five immigrant women by hiring them to work at massage parlors and forcing them to engage in commercial sex acts. The federal indictment charges Xing with  ...

CALIFORNIA RACIAL JUSTICE ACT NEEDS GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE AB2542 – the California Racial Justice Act – was passed in the final moments of the 2019-2020 legislative session with 26 votes in the Senate and 49 in Assembly. Californians may soon have the opportunity to challenge their arrests...