A 44-year-old man was charged today for allegedly killing a woman and stabbing three others over a span of ten hours, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. John Ralph Perales (dob 5/4/72) of Temple City has been charged with seven felony counts in case KA114353: one count o...

A U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for accepting cash, hotel expenses and the services of a prostitute from foreign defense contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA) in exchange for classified Navy information. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwe...

LOS ANGELES – Acting Attorney General Kathleen A. Kenealy, along with the U.S. Department of Justice and the attorneys general of 20 other states and the District of Columbia, today announced an $863.8 million settlement with Moody's Corporation (Moody's), a business and financial services compan...

LOS ANGELES – The organizer of a bank fraud scheme in which Wells Fargo Bank employees stole customer account data – information that was used to impersonate scores of customers and steal well over a half-million dollars from their accounts – was sentenced today to 89 months in federal prison. ...

LOS ANGELES – A San Fernando Valley woman who pleaded guilty to three felony charges stemming from a scheme in which she submitted fraudulent bills and illegally collected approximately $1 million from HBO was sentenced this morning to 30 months in federal prison. Jennifer Choi, 39, of Valley V...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 64-year-old woman was charged yesterday for the shooting-murder of a family member outside a Brea home. Eunsoo Bae, La Habra, is charged with one felony count of murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a firearm. If convicted, Bae faces a maximum sentenc...

RIVERSIDE, California – Syed Raheel Farook, the brother of deceased San Bernardino attacker Syed Rizwan Farook, pleaded guilty today in federal court in an immigration fraud case stemming from the investigation of the December 2, 2015 attack in San Bernardino in which 14 people died and 22 were ...

A Lake Balboa man who led police on a pursuit that ended on the 405 Freeway was charged today with shooting his sister-in-law the day before, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Marcos Tulio Flores, akas Beast and Hyper, (dob 5/25/84) faces one count each of attempted wil...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) convicted 14 men in November and December 2016 of loitering with the intent to commit prostitution or agreeing to engage in prostitution. The defendants in these cases approached a woman whom they believed to be a prostitute,...

Volkswagen AG (VW) has agreed to plead guilty to three criminal felony counts and pay a $2.8 billion criminal penalty as a result of the company's long-running scheme to sell approximately 590,000 diesel vehicles in the U.S. by using a defeat device to cheat on emissions tests mandated by the Env...

A 57-year-old man was convicted today of sexually abusing a teenager over a span of seven months in 2015, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. At today's court appearance, Joseph Alan Kikuchi of Monterey Park pleaded no contest to all counts in case GA097357 in an open ple...

Update: LOS ANGELES – A Pico-Union resident was indicted today on federal drug trafficking charges for allegedly trying to smuggle at least one kilogram of heroin on a plane leaving Los Angeles International Airport. The heroin was wrapped in Christmas paper and concealed in checked luggage on a...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County Grand Jury unsealed indictments last week on welfare fraud and perjury charges for two women. Liza Marina Sandoval, 43, Irvine, was indicted Nov. 15, 2016, by the Orange County Grand Jury on one felony count of aid by misrepresentation over $950 and three fel...

LOS ANGELES – The ex-wife of a former Chinese government official has pleaded guilty to charges that she conspired to fraudulently obtain visas to enter the United States through the immigrant investor program. Shilan Zhao (趙世蘭), 53, of Newcastle, Washington, pleaded guilty yesterday to one cou...

SANTA ANA, California – A Brea man who operated rehabilitation clinics in Walnut, Torrance and Los Angeles and defrauded Medicare out of approximately $3 million by billing for unneeded or unnecessary services has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison. Simon Hong (who is also known as ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A youth pastor was convicted and sentenced to six years in state prison today for sexually assaulting two boys under 16 years old at church events. Brandon Ernis Lee McDade, 31, Mission Viejo, pleaded guilty to one felony count of committing lewd acts upon a child under the ag...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A woman has been charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment, and falsely reporting crimes, after framing husband's ex-fiancée for stalking and attempted rape. Angela Maria Diaz, 31, Phoenix, Arizona, was charged on Jan. 6, 2017, with two felony counts of kidnapping, two felon...

LOS ANGELES – A Hemet man pleaded guilty today to a federal conspiracy charge for participating in a scheme in which he and another man used information obtained from stolen mail to create fraudulent checks and identity documents which were used to purchase goods that were later returned to majo...

FULLERTON, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to 35 years to life in state prison for stabbing and murdering an acquaintance after chasing and stalking him before fleeing to Mexico. Mario Alberto Rodriguez, 27, Santa Ana, was found guilty by a jury on Aug. 2, 2016, of one felony count of murder w...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A jeweler was sentenced today to six years and four months in state prison for stealing clients' diamonds and replacing them with fake stones. Charles Jayson Hanson, 53, Newport Beach, was found guilty by a jury on Oct. 25, 2016, of one felony count of first degree residential...

FULLERTON, Calif. – A high school water polo and swim coach is scheduled to be arraigned today for sexually assaulting three female students between 14 and 16 years old. Joshua Christopher Owens, 23, La Palma, was charged today with one felony count of oral copulation of a minor under 16, one fel...

A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison for shooting an acquaintance in the head in Huntington Park, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Seth Carmack, who prosecuted the case, said Jorge Godoy of Huntington Park was fou...

BLOOMINGTON >> Deputies arrested a woman Monday on suspicion of possessing stolen property, according to a San Bernardino County sheriff's statement released Thursday. Christalin Castelan, 28, of Bloomington was arrested at home Monday after investigators executed a search warrant and found prope...

FONTANA >> In the wee hours of Wednesday, police say a 73-year-old man shot and killed three family members and wounded a fourth at a Fontana apartment complex, although one person managed to escape the gunfire. “This appears to be a result of some sort of family issue, but we're not certain of t...

A 32-year-old homeless man was charged today with smashing the windows of 29 cars, including one with the driver inside, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. William Michael Ramirez (dob 6/24/84) faces 18 felony counts including one count of assault with a deadly weapon an...