A 34-year-old woman was sentenced today to seven years in state prison for stabbing her boyfriend nearly two years ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On Feb. 14, Yvonne Marie Pina of Long Beach pleaded no contest to one count of voluntary manslaughter in case NA1037...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A parolee gang member was sentenced on Friday to 60 years to life in state prison for attempting to murder a Fullerton Police Department (FPD) officer by shooting him several times at close range during a traffic stop. Defendant Charges Sentence Marc...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted today of attempting to murder a woman by paying undercover Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) officers posing as hitmen. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Joseph Jordan Taylor, 32, Huntington Beach Plead...

A couple who ran a South Los Angeles private school has pleaded no contest to sexually assaulting a 16- year-old student in 2000, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Joseph Horace Green (dob 5/17/65) entered his plea yesterday to one count each of unlawful sexual in...

An Oceanside man was sentenced today to life in state prison for kidnapping and murdering an infant girl in Long Beach three years ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Anthony Ray McCall (dob 12/4/85) received five life sentences as well as 141 years and eight months ...

Seven Houston residents have been charged with conspiring to follow and then rob bank customers, a practice known as bank jugging, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Arraignment for two of the defendants, Darrian Dejuan Haywood and Adrian Deon Caldwell, is schedule...

Raul Marin Martin, 59, Santa Ana Found guilty by a jury today of: One felony count of committing a lewd act upon a child under the age of 14 Sentencing Enhancement Prior strike conviction for a sex offense, committing a serious and ...

RIVERSIDE, California – A correctional officer employed by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Correctional Complex in Victorville has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing two female inmates. Apolonio Gamez, 40, of Lake Elsinore, was arrested Thursday afternoon and is expect...

Vincent Ramos, the chief executive of Canada-based Phantom Secure, and four of his associates were indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges that they knowingly and intentionally participated in a criminal enterprise that facilitated the transnational importation and distribution of narco...

SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man has been indicted on wire fraud charges that allege a $6 million scheme that bilked investors who were promised large profits from the resale of tickets to high-profile sporting events. Seyed Reza Ali Fazeli, 49, a professional poker player who resid...

SANTA ANA, California – A Laguna Beach man has pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge and admitted that he stole $6.8 million from victims of three investment fraud schemes. Peter Heinrich Conrad Reinert, 63, pleaded guilty Wednesday before United States District Judge Josephine L. Stato...

SANTA ANA, California – A San Gabriel Valley doctor who pleaded guilty to a federal drug trafficking charge for illegally distributing the powerful opioid best known by the brand name OxyContin was sentenced today to over 13 years in federal prison. Dr. Daniel Cham, 49, a Covina resident who fo...

A Saugus man is scheduled in court today after being ordered to stand trial for lewd acts upon a child, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Jonathan Blake Heely (dob 6/27/59) was held to answer on Feb. 28 for three felony counts of lewd act upon a child and one misdemeano...

LOS ANGELES – A South Los Angeles woman who describes herself on social media as “The Most Hated Hoe in LA” was indicted today on federal sex trafficking charges that include allegations that she used the internet to solicit two minor victims to engage in prostitution. Melanie Denae Williams, 2...

The co-owner of a Los Angeles drug and alcohol treatment facility pleaded guilty today to 46 felony counts related to a $175 million fraudulent health care billing scheme, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo immedia...

LOS ANGELES – A Canoga Park man who worked with a tax preparer in a large stolen-identity and tax-refund fraud scheme was sentenced today to 52 months in federal prison. Arthur Bakunts, 40, was sentenced by United States District Judge Dale S. Fischer, who also ordered Bakunts to pay a total of...

A Los Angeles, California-based dentist was charged in an indictment unsealed on Monday for his alleged participation in a health care fraud and identity theft scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Nicola T. Hanna of ...

LOS ANGELES – A man who was already serving a 25-year prison sentence for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization pleaded guilty today to trying to kill the warden of the federal prison where he was serving his sentence. Fazliddin Kurbanov, 34, entered a guilty plea to on...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to six years and four months in state prison for ramming a stolen vehicle into a California Highway Patrol (CHP) car twice during a high-speed chase in Dana Point. Defendant Charges Sentence (Court Offer) Charles Lawson, 29 ...

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles man who admitted he illegally manufactured and sold firearms – specifically short-barreled AR-15-style assault rifles and silencers – was sentenced this afternoon to 46 months in federal prison. Axel Fernando Galvez, 37, who resides in Watts, was sentenced today by U...

A former Monterey Park police officer was convicted today of sexually assaulting women while on duty four years ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Jurors deliberated for about two days before finding Israel Sanchez (dob 3/17/76) guilty of 14 counts: five counts of s...

LOS ANGELES – A personal injury attorney who was recently suspended by the California State Bar was indicted today on federal charges that allege he stole the majority of a multi-million dollar client settlement, most of which should have been paid to the victim of an automobile accident. Phili...

A 72-year-old man was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole with three additional consecutive life sentences for the shooting death of his wife and son in 2010, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. John Edward Bloodworth (dob 3/29/45) of West ...

A 35-year-old man who worked as a Brinks security guard has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars he was supposed to deliver to a Wells Fargo ATM in Newhall, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Julio Cesar Jimenez (dob 6/5/82) of Santa Clarita faces one fe...

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced a $27,840,000 settlement with Home Depot U.S.A. (Home Depot) to resolve allegations that its California stores and facilities unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste – including waste batteries, aerosol cans, paints, and elect...