A 39-year-old man was sentenced today to 25 years to life in state prison after he was convicted of murder in connection with the killing of a man whose body was found in a car trunk, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On March 23, a jury found Andy Yalau Chen of Baldwin...

A father has been charged with driving under the influence with his two 16-year-old sons aboard and getting into a crash with a Metro train in Santa Monica, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Anthony Manual Beltran Sr. (dob 8/10/63) of Connecticut faces two felony counts...

A 34-year-old audiologist has been charged with lewd acts upon two girls, ages 12 and 14, at Universal Studios Hollywood earlier this year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Kelly Kraetsch said Hershel Louis Korngut (dob 1/6/84) of Los Angeles f...

LOS ANGELES – A special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has been found guilty of four federal offenses related to assistance he provided to a Mexican national with a criminal record to re-enter the United States. Felix Cisneros ...

LOS ANGELES – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced today that the Attorney General's Office and the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) secured a default judgment against Luxy Accessory, Inc. (Luxy), a jewelry distributor based in Los Angeles, and its owner Hyun Sook Kim...

LOS ANGELES – A promoter who bilked investors, promoters and performers who invested in concerts and World Wrestling Entertainment events – stealing at least $1.7 million from the victims – was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison. Gabriel Martin Reed, 47 – a former Malibu resident wh...

LOS ANGELES – A doctor who operated a medical clinic in Lynwood was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for illegally issuing prescriptions for powerful narcotics and sedatives without a medical purpose, mostly for young “patients” who paid cash. Dr. Edward Ridgill, 65, a resident of...

LOS ANGELES – A longtime member of the MS-13 transnational street gang, who is described in court papers as the “shot-caller” of the gang's Hollywood clique, pleaded guilty today to federal narcotics and weapons violations. Jose Ricardo Alfaro, aka “Shyboy,” 40, of Hollywood, pleaded guilty tod...

LOS ANGELES – A Lynwood woman who stole the identity of a New York attorney and filed immigration petitions on behalf of foreign nationals who believed she was a legitimate lawyer has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. Jessica Godoy Ramos, 37, was sentenced Wednesday afternoon by Un...

LOS ANGELES – The owner of four schools that enrolled hundreds of foreign nationals who fraudulently obtained immigration documents allowing them to remain in the United States as “students” – even though they rarely, if ever, attended classes – was sentenced today to 15 months in federal prison...

LOS ANGELES – A former Ameriprise financial advisor faces federal fraud and money laundering charges for allegedly defrauding clients by embezzling funds that she promised would be invested, United States Attorney Nicola T. Hanna announced today. Li Lin Hsu, 40, of Diamond Bar, was arrested Wed...

Biotheranostics Inc. has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations that it submitted and caused the submission of false claims to Medicare for Breast Cancer Index (BCI) tests that were not reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, the Department of Justice a...

RIVERSIDE, California – A member of the Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle gang has been sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine that he provided in exchange for stolen firearms. Brian Shane Henson, 40, of Merced, was sentenced on Monday by United States District ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The former president of the Buena Park School Board (BPSB) was sentenced to a court offer of one year in county jail and three years of formal probation for possessing and distributing over 600 photos and videos of child pornography, including prepubescent minors and infants. ...

An 18-year-old man pleaded no contest today to killing a pet parrot late last year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. At today's court appearance, Edward Cervantes pleaded no contest to one felony count of animal cruelty in case NA108127. Following the plea, Los Angeles...

A Baldwin Park man pleaded not guilty today to entering a Covina hotel room that was not his and sexually assaulting a young girl, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Douglas Rivera (dob 7/20/77) has been charged with three counts in case KA117858: lewd act upon a child, ...

A  Salinas, California, resident pleaded guilty today to conspiring to file fraudulent claims for income tax refunds, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department's Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Alex G. Tse for the Northern District ...

A South Los Angeles woman has been charged in a spree of convenience store robberies, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Chaney Armstrong (dob 9/19/71) was charged late yesterday afternoon with 11 felony counts of second degree robbery and six felony counts of assault wi...

A man was convicted today of murder and attempted murder in two separate attacks in South Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. A jury found Floyd Odell (dob 8/29/66) of Los Angeles guilty of one count of murder, one count of attempted murder, two counts of ass...

A 69-year-old general practitioner in Encino was sentenced today to one year in county jail and three years of formal probation for sexually assaulting five of his female patients during medical visits, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Richard ...

LOS ANGELES – A San Pedro man who called the Washington, D.C. office of United States Representative Maxine Waters and threatened to kill the congresswoman pleaded guilty today to a federal felony offense stemming from the threat. Anthony Scott Lloyd, 45, pleaded guilty to one count of threaten...

LOS ANGELES – A former employee of a Southern California ambulance company was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for his role in a scheme that resulted in more than $1.1 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. Aharon Aron Krkasharyan, 54, of Los Angeles, was sentenced by U.S. District Ju...

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today filed three misdemeanor charges against Melissa “Missy” Echeverria, a real estate agent, for allegedly raising the monthly rent on property she owns in Novato, California by more than 10 percent following the devastating fires in North...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced yesterday to life in state prison without the possibility of paroleafter his third trial for the 1981 murder of a 77-year-old victim he met through a magazine ad. Defendant Charges Sentence James Andrew Melton, 65, Los Ange...

The Department of Justice yesterday sent the attached letters to the City of Seattle, Washington, and the State of Vermont, demanding the production of documents that could show whether each jurisdiction is unlawfully restricting information sharing by its law enforcement officers with federal im...