A Woodland Hills man was sentenced to 45 years to life in state prison for the rape of two women, including a 61-year-old disabled woman, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Ammen Ra Shinti (dob 7/19/54) was convicted by a jury on March 21 of one count each of forcible or...

The United States has intervened in a lawsuit against Prime Healthcare Services Inc. (Prime); the company's founder and chief executive officer, Dr. Prem Reddy; and 14 Prime hospitals in California that alleges Emergency Departments at Prime facilities improperly admitted patients to the hospital...

A 39-year-old man pleaded not guilty yesterday to killing his girlfriend and dumping her body in Hacienda Heights, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Francisco Nila Rojas (dob 11/7/76) has been charged with one count of murder in case KA094021. The felony complaint inclu...

Update: A Pennsylvania man charged in relation to the ongoing “Celebgate” investigation pleaded guilty this morning in United States District Court in Harrisburg, Penn. The case against Ryan Collins was investigated by FBI agents based in Los Angeles, and the plea agreement was negotiated by pro...

A transient suspected of lighting two people on fire was charged today with two counts of attempted murder and other crimes, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Phillip Darryl Cole (dob 7/4/61) is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon in Department 30 at the Foltz Crim...

LOS ANGELES– An Australian man was arrested over the weekend when he arrived at a Los Angeles-area hotel allegedly to buy a 6-year-old boy for sex. Michael Quinn, 33, of Melbourne, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in federal court on Monday with traveling to the United States for the ...

A San Diego, California, workers' compensation attorney pleaded guilty today in the Western District of Missouri to one count of filing a false tax return, Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson of the Weste...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted today for his role in the 1995 cold case kidnapping and stabbing-murder of a man. Shannon Ray Gries, 45, Santa Ana, pleaded guilty today, May 23, 2016, to one count of felony-murder for murder during the commission of kidnapping. Co-defendant Diane Tran, 47...

LOS ANGELES– An El Monte man who pled guilty to four separate crimes related to gang activity has been sentenced to serve 210 months in federal prison. Christian “Bossy” Lafargo, 30, was sentenced Thursday by United States District Judge John A. Kronstadt after pleading guilty to multiple charges...

SANTA ANA, California– A former Orange County resident who oversaw a company that claimed to be developing oil and gas wells and bilked investors by, among other things, falsely claiming they would see 50 percent annual returns has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Jerry L. Aubrey, ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to seven years in state prison for assaulting an on-duty Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) officer by knocking the officer to the ground and repeatedly hitting and kicking him. Bryce Headrick, 23, Huntington Beach, pleaded guilty on March 17, ...

LOS ANGELES– A West Los Angeles man who masterminded a bank account ‘bustout' scheme that defrauded financial institutions such as Bank of America and Chase Bank and cumulatively caused more than $15 million in losses has been sentenced to serve 63 months in federal prison. Jae Ho Chung, 46, wh...

Update: Today, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Arnold Gerald Leto III with two counts of piloting a plane without a license. Leto was charged for flying a Cessna Citation turbojet aircraft from Santa Monica, California, to Phoenix, Arizona, on or about January 30, 2015, and ...

A 52-year-old man was sentenced today to 16 years in state prison for having an improvised explosive device that he planned to detonate at his ex-girlfriend's home, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Steven Mac said Vernon Russell Smith (dob 7/11...

STOCKTON — Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced the successful takedown of two criminal street gangs in the Stockton area, following a joint investigation and operation by the California Department of Justice's Bureau of Investigation Special Operations Unit (SOU) and the Stockton Po...

A 30-year-old man was convicted yesterday of killing the boyfriend of his estranged wife in 2014, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. The jury deliberated for two days before finding Guillermo Hector Diaz of Carson guilty of six felony counts in case TA136133: one count e...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted yesterday, May 17, 2016, of human trafficking, pimping, and pandering woman, and attempting to pimp another woman by threatening the victims. Johnny Lee Guyton Jr., 46, Henderson, Nevada, was found guilty by a jury of one felony count of human trafficking, ...

SANTA BARBARA– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce E. Dudley today announced that Plains All-American Pipeline has been indicted by a grand jury on 46 criminal charges related to the May 2015 oil spill in Santa Barbara County.  A Plains All-American ...

LOS ANGELES– Two former deputies with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department were found guilty today of violating the civil rights of a mentally ill jail inmate by beating, kicking and pepper spraying the victim after he showed disrespect to a jail employee. Bryan Brunsting, 31, and Jason Branum ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Minnesota man was sentenced today to 35 years in state prison and ordered to repay $21 million restitution back to over 55 Orange County victims and pay a fine of $42 million for a $150 million investment fraud Ponzi scheme. This is the largest Ponzi scheme to be prosecuted ...

LOS ANGELES– An Inland Empire man who operated a fraudulent foreign currency exchange investment house and who arranged for an unauthorized wire transfer from a Pennsylvania car dealership was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison, and to pay $1,303,307 in restitution. Malachai Levy –...

SANTA ANA, California– A federal grand jury has issued a superseding indictment that charges an Irvine engineer with stealing and possessing trade secrets belonging to two former employers, both of which develop and manufacture medical devices used to treat cardiac and vascular ailments. Wenfen...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A husband is scheduled to be arraigned today for the shooting murder of his estranged wife as she was waiting to pick up their daughter from school. Humberto Servin, 49, Anaheim, is charged with one felony count of murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal discharg...

A former basketball coach at the Albert Einstein Academy in Santa Clarita pleaded no contest today to sexually molesting six boys, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Randolph Jackson, 29, entered his plea just as jury selection was about to begin, said Deputy District At...

RIVERSIDE, California– An Upland man who pleaded guilty to federal bank fraud and tax charges for submitting fraudulent loan applications in a scheme that caused nearly $6 million in losses has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison. Derek Richard Brewart, 53, a former license...