LOS ANGELES – A former Las Vegas resident who was incarcerated in the federal prison in Victorville while he oversaw a scheme to obtain and cash stolen checks has been sentenced to another 110 months in prison for conspiring to commit bank fraud. Kingsley Osemwengie, 30, was sentenced Monday by...

SANTA BARBARA– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that the California Department of Justice and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department have completed a two-day sweep to remove firearms from individuals legally barred from possessing them, including persons determined to be m...

FULLERTON, Calif. – A man is scheduled to face trial today for kidnapping a friend's 15-year-old daughter for a decade and sexually assaulting her. Isidro Medrano Garcia, 42, Bell Gardens, is charged with one felony count of forcible rape, three felony counts of lewd acts on a minor, and one felo...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to be arraigned today for attempting to carjack a restaurant employee and assaulting an officer to escape. Steiner Pese Faupusa, 35, Anaheim, is charged with one felony count of attempted carjacking, one felony count of aggravated assault on a custodial offi...

Helaman Hansen, 63, of Elk Grove, California, was arrested today after a federal grand jury returned a 13-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, 11 counts of mail fraud and one count of wire fraud for operating a fraudulent adult-adoption program that t...

A 33-year-old man was sentenced today to life in state prison for stabbing his ex-girlfriend during a domestic violence incident and trying to evade police, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On Jan. 21, a jury found defendant Miguel Roman Gutierrez guilty of three felon...

A 33-year-old man was sentenced yesterday to 15 years to life in state prison for driving under the influence of alcohol and crashing into motorcyclist who later died, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. At Tuesday's court appearance, defendant George Edward Allison Jr. (...

LOS ANGELES – Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of making a false statement to federal authorities who were conducting a wide-ranging corruption and civil rights investigation into the Sheriff's Department. In a plea agreement filed this mo...

A 33-year-old man was sentenced today to 16 years in state prison for raping two women in separate incidents in Long Beach, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On Oct. 13, 2015, defendant David Faavale Tautolo of Signal Hill pleaded no contest to two counts of forcible ra...

SANTA ANA, California– An Irvine-based immigration attorney has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for obstructing justice in relation to a scheme in which he agreed to help a Chinese national flee from the United States after the woman had been designated as a “material witness” in a...

A Los Angeles man was charged today with the 2009 murder of a woman whose body was discovered last year behind a wall in a Lomita residence, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Randolph E. Garbutt (dob 8/15/72) is scheduled to be arraigned today at the Torrance Branch of ...

WESTMINSTER, Calif. – A man was convicted and sentenced today to three years in state prison for pimping a woman and soliciting commercial sex through advertisements on the Internet. Jayson Jeray Johnson, 29, pleaded guilty today to one felony count of pimping with a sentencing enhancement for cr...

FULLERTON, Calif. – A former treasurer for a youth soccer club organization was convicted and sentenced today for embezzling and laundering over $174,000 from the organization. Laura Alicia Zellerbach, 41, Long Beach, pleaded guilty today to one felony count of embezzlement by fiduciary of trust,...

WESTMINSTER, Calif. – A former church assistant was convicted today of molesting two girls under the age of 14 after befriending their families through the church. Branden Edward Shumate, 37, Koloa, Hawaii, was found guilty by a jury today, Feb. 8, 2016, of three felony counts of lewd acts upon a...

SANTA ANA,California– A federal jury today convicted an Orange County man for leading a “builder bailout” real estate scheme that resulted in the fraudulent purchase of more than 100 condominium units around the country with mortgages that mostly went into default, resulting in foreclosures and ...

LOS ANGELES – A Porter Ranch man who allegedly operated a “document mill” in Sylmar that produced fake IDs – including the credentials used to access secure areas of the Port of Los Angeles – has been arrested on federal charges of illegally manufacturing the counterfeit documents. Brian Allen ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison today for the shooting murder of his friend as the victim sat in his car in Buena Park. Jonathan Peterson, 35, Buena Park, was found guilty by a jury Nov. 18, 2015, of one felony count of first degree murder, and a senten...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A transient man was convicted today for attacking and critically injuring an 83-year-old man. Demarrea Chante Barnes, 29, pleaded guilty today to one felony count of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, one felony count of elder and dependent adult abuse, ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted and sentenced today for illegally reimbursing contributors for Janet Nguyen's 2012 Orange County Board of Supervisors election campaign. Son Truong Nguyen, 39, Fountain Valley, pleaded guilty today to 10 misdemeanor counts of unlawful contribution. He was s...

SAN FRANCISCO– Today Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced that California will join the U.S. Department of Justice, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and 48 other states in entering into a consent judgment with mortgage lender and servicer HSBC over its faulty mortgage servicing...

LOS ANGELES– A medical doctor who served as the face of a sham Los Angeles clinic pleaded guilty today to federal drug trafficking and money laundering charges connected to her illegal distribution of the powerful painkiller best known by the brand name OxyContin. Dr. Madhu Garg, 64, of Glendor...

FULLERTON, Calif. – A former treasurer for a youth soccer club organization is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow for embezzling and laundering over $174,000 from the organization. Laura Alicia Zellerbach, 41, Long Beach, is charged with one felony count of embezzlement by fiduciary of trust, one...

LOS ANGELES– The former chief of police for the Port of Los Angeles pleaded guilty today to federal charges of tax evasion and making false statements to FBI agents who were investigating his acceptance of a bribe in connection with the development of a social networking program that would becom...

LOS ANGELES– Two Los Angeles Sheriff's deputies who were assigned to the 3000 Floor of the Men's Central Jail were found guilty this afternoon of falsifying reports with the intent to obstruct justice. The false reports were filed after an incident in which a shackled inmate was struck, kicked, ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Two former Detention and Release Officers (DRO) were convicted and sentenced today for abusing their timecards and costing the taxpayers of Orange County thousands of dollars. Glen Alan Green, 65, Huntington Beach, and Clyde Richard Nelson, 67, Chino Hills, pleaded guilty toda...