Former LASD Deputy Pleads Guilty After Getting Caught Lying and Depriving a Falsely Imprisoned Victim of His Civil Rights Under Color of Law

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Jury finds man guilty of improperly touching a neighboring woman's thigh during plane flight.

U.S. District Court judge finds 31 year old woman guilty of guilty of one count of obtaining custody of a minor with intent to produce child pornography, six counts of production of child pornography, one count of distribution of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography. The judge sentenced Steens to 480 months in federal prison for committing child sexual abuse material crimes, including that she obtained custody of an infant to produce sexually explicit videos.

Federal Judge sentenced rormer Homeland Security Investigations Agent, who sexually assaulted two women, to life in federal prison

            A federal jury found a south Los Angeles man guilty by a jury today of nine felonies for recruiting and enticing teenage girls for whom he acted as a “pimp” and providing them for commercial sex work.

            The U,.S. Attorney's office alleges that, on  April 13, 2020, while on patrol, Vega and Hernandez unlawfully detained and falsely imprisoned the then-23-year-old man in the back of their patrol vehicle. They confined the man in the back of the car during a chase, which ended when Vega crashed, injuring the man.  The indictment further alleges that the former deputies obstructed justice to conceal and cover up their alleged unlawful detention and false imprisonment of the man. .

Federal Judge Finds California Man Guilty of Conspiracy to stop, delay, and hinder Congress’s Certification of the Electoral College Vote on Jan. 6

A federal jury found long-time politician 68-year-old Mark Ridley-Thomas guilty by a jury of bribery in a scheme in which his son received substantial benefits from the University of Southern California in exchange for Ridley-Thomas’ political support for lucrative county contracts and contract amendments with the university while he served on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.  The jury found him guilty of seven of the 19 felony counts: one count of conspiracy, one count of bribery, one count of honest services mail fraud, and four counts of honest services wire fraud. The jury found Ridley-Thomas not guilty of one count of honest services mail fraud and 11 counts of honest services wire fraud.

 Marilyn Louise Flynn, 83, the former dean of the University of Southern California's school of social work will plead guilty to a federal charge that she bribed longtime politician Mark Ridley-Thomas by funneling $100,000 he provided from his campaign account through USC to a nonprofit operated ...

The California Supreme Court holds that a person convicted of murder and found to be a "major participant" and acted with "reckless indifference to human life" can qualify for resentencing. People v. Strong (Case No. S266606)

Federal judge sentenced Anthony Brown, a 27-year veteran of the Long Beach Police Department, to six years in federal prison for distributing child pornography.

The former Head of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce pleads guilty to federal charges of making a false statement and tax charges. He lied to get money and got loans federal for his small company, used the money for private purposes, and lied on his on his income tax returns.

Michael Avenatti pleaded guilty to five felony offenses to taking clients' money and failing to pay about $5 million in payroll taxes. He faces 83 years in federal prison.

Drug seller gets 11 Years in Prison for possessing and Intending to sell more than 1½ pounds of methamphetamine?

 A federal judge sentenced Jorge Coronado Gonzalez, 56, a Mexican national who lived in Mexico, to 188 months in federal prison for producing child pornography of a teenage girl he had  sexually molested for years. Coronado Gonzalez pleaded guilty to producing child pornography, admitting that in...

              The feds arrested Marcus James Buchanan, 44, an Oklahoma man who grew up in Los Angeles, on a federal criminal complaint alleging that he telephoned bomb threats to five Los Angeles schools, including two elementary schools, and threatened to shoot the children as they exited one of...

FBI agents arrested 29-year-old Evan Baltierra, 29 for allegedly orchestrating a campaign of harassment targeting the accuser, her boyfriend, her friends, and her boyfriend’s family. The accuser, a resident of Canada, is a prominent professional gamer in the community of “World of Warcraft,” a long-running and popular multiplayer online role-playing game. Baltierra faces one charge of stalking and could be sentenced, if convicted, to five years in prison.

         A federal judge sentenced ex-lawyer, Sagi Schwartzberg, 39, of Fontana, who used the aliases “Jason D,” “drunkesq_064” and “xocdrunkx” on social media platforms,to 120 months in federal prison for receiving sexually explicit images and videos from a minor over Snapchat.  He lost his law ...

            After admitting that he sold 2.88 kilograms (about 6.3 pounds) of methamphetamine in 2019. a federal judge sentenced Efrain Chavez, 37, aka “Chino, to 260 months in federal prison for selling huge amounts of methamphetamine five different times. When the feds arrested him in November ...

After he pleaded guilty in October 2021 to one count of distributing methamphetamine, a federal judge sentenced Ahmed Binyamin Alasiri, 45, a.k.a. Kevin Lamar to 188 months in federal prison for selling the four pounds of methamphetamine while he was on supervised release after a 2009 terrorism c...

    The feds charged Jose Manuel Perez, a.k.a. “Julio Rodriguez,” 30 with one count of conspiracy, nine counts of smuggling goods into the United States and two counts of wildlife trafficking for allegedly importing into the United States more than 1,700 reptiles – including 60 reptiles found hid...

            U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry, 61, who served in Congress since 2005 and represented Nebraska's 1st Congressional District, was found guilty by a federal jury  of concealing information and making false statements to federal authorities who were investigating illegal contributi...

On October 5, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill No. 775, effective January 1, 2022, which amends Penal Code section 1170.95. The changes are significant. They are: Amendment to subdivision (a) expands eligibility to file a petition to vacate convictions to persons who were convict...

On October 5, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill No. 1228, effective January 1, 2022, which amends the court's authority over a person arrested for violation of probation. The new law requires the court to consider releasing the person pending a revocation hearing in accordance with...