Yi Chen, aka “Brian Chen,” 33, of Monrovia, pleaded not guilty this afternoon to charges in a 21-count grand jury indictment that alleges conspiracy, visa fraud and aggravated identity theft. The charges stem from a scheme that used bogus transcripts, ghostwritten admissions essays, a...

           A federal judge sentenced Ali F. Elmezayen, 45, to 212 years in federal prison for intentionally driving his ex-wife and two disabled sons off a wharf at the Port of Los Angeles into the ocean – drowning the boys who were trapped in the car – to collect on accidental death insurance po...

A federal judge sentenced Paul James Hayes II, 52,  a former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Complex, Victorville to 15 months in federal prison for taking more than $15,000 in cash bribes in exchange for smuggling contraband – including methamphetamine an...