LOS ANGELES – The former chief of the National Police in Guatemala's second-largest city was arrested today on visa fraud charges in relation to his procurement of a “green card” after he allegedly failed to disclose to U.S. immigration authorities that he had been charged with murdering two poli...

Two men and a woman were charged today with shooting two people with a paintball gun, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Lynn Emerson Johnson III (dob 5/10/1997) of Hawthorne, Tyler James Walters (dob 7/15/1997) of Torrance, and Gabriella Lorraine Semana (dob 9/17/1999) ...

LOS ANGELES – A Montecito resident has been arrested pursuant to a federal grand jury indictment that accuses him of running two fraudulent investment schemes and violating a court order prohibiting him from selling securities. Efstratios “Elias” Argyropoulos, 71, was arrested at his office in ...

A 31-year-old Long Beach man has been found guilty of kidnapping two teenage girls and raping a 20- year-old woman in assaults spanning a one-month period, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Jurors deliberated for about a day before returning guilty verdicts late yesterd...

Rabobank National Association (Rabobank), a Roseville, California subsidiary of the Netherlands-based Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., appeared today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jill L. Burkhardt and pleaded guilty to a felony conspiracy charge for impairing, impeding and obstructing its primary regu...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A bookkeeper was sentenced to a court offer of one year in jail and five years of formal probation yesterday of embezzling over $1.3 million from two law firms and issuing unauthorized checks for her own benefit. The People objected to the court offer at the sentencing. ...

LOS ANGELES – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced that special agents from the California Department of Justice Bureau of Firearms (BOF) removed 25 firearms from an individual who is legally barred from owning weapons and who is listed in the Armed Prohibited Persons System...

LOS ANGELES – A Valencia resident convicted of filing a federal tax return that failed to report income that he received by having his company pay for many of his personal expenses was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison. Walter Daniel Prezioso, 47, the former vice president and mana...

SANTA ANA, California – A former captain with Alaska Airlines has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of piloting a plane carrying passengers while he was under the influence of alcohol. David Hans Arntson, 62, of Newport Beach, agreed to plead guilty to operating a common carrier while u...

RIVERSIDE, California – A Murrieta man pleaded guilty this afternoon to a federal offense of traveling to Britain to engage in illegal sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl. Derek Lorenzo Longoria, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. When...

LOS ANGELES — A wrongful death lawsuit filed against Jim Carrey by thehusband and mother of his ex-girlfriend has been dismissed. The suit was dismissed on January 25 in Los Angeles Superior Court. Mark Burton and Brigid Sweetman had sued the actor, claiming he provided the prescription drugs Cat...

California state law dictates that information about juvenile court proceedings and records are confidential and shall not be made public because the rehabilitation and protection of minors outweighs the public's right to know. However, California Welfare and Institutions Code sections 676 (a) an...

The founder and chief executive officer of a now-defunct Silicon Valley technology company start-up known publicly as WrkRiot pleaded guilty today for defrauding several of his company's former employees by luring them to join his company based on false and misleading statements about his educati...

A 28-year-old woman has been charged with stealing a car and crashing the vehicle on the 210 Freeway, leading to the death of one man and injuries to others, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On Jan. 30, Nicole Danielle Thibault (dob 5/15/89) of Santa Clarita was charge...

A 23-year-old man was sentenced today to life in prison for killing a mother and her young daughter outside their home in Long Beach two years ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Brandon Ivan Colbert was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. ...

LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury today named an Aliso Viejo man in an indictment that accuses him of traveling to China to engage in illegal sexual activity with a 16-year-old and taking sexually explicit photographs of the victim. Ezequiel Christopher Barragan, 51 – who previously was a Span...

A jury has convicted three men in the 2013 slaying of a former Garfield High School football player, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Jonathon Joseph Gonzalez, 30, Roque Solis, 32, and Anthony Aaron Gabriel, 27, all of Los Angeles, were each convicted yesterday o...

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced that California Department of Justice special agents have arrested a Sacramento woman for her alleged involvement in an international sex trafficking ring. Yun Escamilla was booked into the Sacramento County Jail on five coun...

Five new counts were added today to a criminal complaint alleging that Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford conspired with two consultants by receiving more than $60,000 a year from a nonprofit and not disclosing the income on economic statements, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced...

LOS ANGELES – Glow Industries, Inc., a tobacco related product distributor headquartered in Perrysburg, Ohio, was sentenced on Monday in United States District Court after pleading guilty to a felony violation for shipping hazardous materials in packaging that did not display a required hazardou...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was charged with aggravated assault on two peace officers yesterday for ramming a stolen vehicle into a California Highway Patrol (CHP) car twice during a high-speed chase in Dana Point. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Charles...

LOS ANGELES – A Riverside woman who worked at Fannie Mae offices in Irvine faces fraud charges alleging that she earned more than $1 million from a scheme in which she took bribes and approved discounted sales of Fannie Mae-owned properties to herself and to brokers in exchange for cash kickback...

Fraud is a Crime: Spotting Scams that Target Vulnerable Seniors Although online scams are often trivialized, in fact, online scamming is fraud according to the FBI. Fraud can either violate civil or criminal law, depending on the situation and your state. Sadly, seniors are often the targets of o...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was charged with attempted murder and arson for setting fire to a tent with a homeless man and woman inside in Santa Ana. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date James Anthony Lawlor, 35, Santa Ana Charged on Jan. 26, 2018, with t...

Charges were unsealed today against a government contractor following his arrest in St. Louis, Missouri, for his role in allegedly carrying out a $2.6 million scheme to defraud at least 35 subcontractors located across the United States. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Jus...