A 32-year-old man was sentenced today to 77 years to life in state prison for fatally shooting his sister in 2015, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On Feb. 23, a jury found Johnny Goins of Pasadena guilty of four counts in case GA095841: one count of first-degree murde...

A homeless man has been charged with murder for the deadly stabbing of a commuter at a Koreatown Metro Station, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney David Richman said Barry Lucky Timmons (dob 2/20/80) faces one count of murder in case BA455194. Th...

A gang member was sentenced today to 35 years to life in state prison for an attempted carjacking and murder, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On Aug. 19, 2016, a jury found Jessie Abbott Duran, 27, of Whittier, guilty of five counts in case VA134599: one count each of...

RIVERSIDE, California – An Inland Empire man was named today in a federal grand jury indictment that charges him with a series of child exploitation crimes for allegedly coercing six boys around the nation him to send him sexually explicit videos. Francisco Javier Soledad, 24, of Eastvale, was ...

FRESNO, Calif. —Sylvia Ochoa, 34, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to embezzlement by a bank employee, United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, Ochoa was the manager of a Bank of America branch on Tulare Street in downtown Fresno. On multiple occasions in ...

A man was charged today with threatening passersby with a realistic looking pellet rifle from his Hollywood apartment, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Steven Gregory Kaplan aka Sebastian Kane (dob 2/23/62) faces three felony counts of criminal threats and one felony c...

LOS ANGELES – As part of an investigation stemming from a multi-kilogram narcotics seizure at Los Angeles International Airport last month, two men have been named in a federal criminal complaint that alleges they were key operatives in a drug trafficking organization that shipped cocaine and he...

A 29-year-old man has been charged with the stabbing death of his 82-year-old grandmother and attempted murder of his 56-year-old mother, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Richard Jesus Flores (dob 12/22/87) of Palmdale faces one count each of murder and attempted murde...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to face trial tomorrow for stabbing and murdering a concert attendee during a live performance in downtown Santa Ana. Juan Angel Rivera, 23, Santa Ana, was charged on March 8, 2016, with one felony count of murder with a sentencing enhancement for the person...

A Redondo Beach neurologist was sentenced today for selling powerful painkillers to undercover police officers three years ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Gerard Goryl, 61, was sentenced to seven years in state prison to be served in county jail. In December 2016...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to nine years in state prison yesterday for attempting to have his ex-wife murdered during the course of their child support and custody family court hearings. William John Wallace, 36, Santa Ana, pleaded guilty on March 30, 2017, to one felony count of att...

RIVERSIDE, California – A dentist who formerly lived and worked in Temecula pleaded guilty this afternoon to possession of child pornography, including videos of children under the age of 10 engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Milan Irvin, 34, who currently resides in Rancho Cucamonga, pleade...

LOS ANGELES – Federal and local authorities have arrested 10 members and associates of the 18th Street gang, primarily on federal narcotics charges. In a sweep that began Tuesday evening and continued into Wednesday, special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security...

HOUSTON – A former U.S. Congressman and one of his associates were indicted today for their roles in orchestrating a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from charitable foundations and the individuals who ran those foundations. Some of the funds were used to illegally finance the pol...

SACRAMENTO –  Today, Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced that his office will continue to seek the death penalty in the case of Scott DeKraai, who pleaded guilty to murdering eight people and attempting to murder a ninth person at a Seal Beach hair salon in 2011. “This tragic event has cau...

LOS ANGELES – Federal and local authorities have arrested 10 members and associates of the 18th Street gang, primarily on federal narcotics charges. In a sweep that began Tuesday evening and continued into Wednesday, special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Securi...

LOS ANGELES – A medical doctor who fled the United States nearly 15 years ago and faked his own death to avoid prosecution in a healthcare fraud case was sentenced late this afternoon to 29 months in federal prison for fleeing justice. Tigran Svadjian, 58, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally ...

A federal jury sitting in Oakland, California convicted Janel McDonald today for her role in a conspiracy to cash stolen and fraudulently obtained U.S. Treasury checks, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney...

LOS ANGELES – The office manager and part-owner of a Reseda medical clinic has been sentenced to 51 months in federal prison for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme that generated millions of dollars – money that was not reported on his federal income tax returns. Michael Huynh, 67, of Northr...

SANTA ANA, California – A former clerk of the Orange County Superior Court pleaded guilty this afternoon to federal racketeering charges stemming from a scheme in which he accepted more than a quarter-million dollars in bribes to illegally resolve criminal cases and traffic offenses on terms fav...

LOS ANGELES – The former deputy city treasurer for the City of Compton was arrested today on federal charges related to the theft of more than $3.7 million of city funds. Salvador Galvan, 47, of La Mirada, was arrested this morning by special agents with the FBI pursuant to a criminal complaint...

LOS ANGELES – A Banning man who led a group of burglars that conducted a 10-year-long series of heists targeting Southland banks by cutting through rooftops has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for participating in two burglaries. Alceu Johnny Andreis, 48, of Banning, received the 2...

A 32-year-old man was sentenced today to 80 years to life in state prison for fatally shooting a woman in front of her Pico Rivera home in 2013, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On Feb. 23, a jury found Richard Pallan guilty of first-degree murder in case VA136537. Jur...

SAN FRANCISCO – Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the filing of an arrest warrant detailing 15 criminal charges against David Robert Daleiden. Daleiden, along with co-conspirator Sandra Merritt, used manufactured identities and a fictitious bioresearch company to meet women's health...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A judge overruled a demurrer today by defendants Estefano Isaias, Jr. and Estefano Isaias, Sr. The demurrer, a written response to the People's complaint, pleaded for dismissal of Isaias Jr. and Sr. from the case entirely. In their demurrer, defendants claimed that the allegat...