A 52-year-old woman has been charged with having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a teen over the span of three years, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Mary Jahn (dob 9/10/65) of Lakewood has been charged with nine felony counts in case NA107331 four counts of...

A 29-year-old man was sentenced today to 16 years to life in state prison for fatally stabbing an acquaintance whose body was found in a plastic storage box, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Deann Rivard said a jury found Kenneth Mullen Watkins...

The president of the Los Angeles Unified School District and his cousin were charged today for allegedly reimbursing nearly $25,000 to donors that he claimed in a campaign filing form, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Refugio Rodriguez (dob 7/12/71) and Elizabeth Tinaj...

A federal grand jury in Little Rock, Arkansas, returned a two-count indictment against Eric Scott Kindley, 49, a former prison transport officer, for crimes related to his sexual assault of a woman in his custody, and using his firearm in furtherance of the assault. Count One of the indictment ch...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A drunken driver was sentenced to 13 years and eight months in state prison for vehicular manslaughter after crashing into a light pole, killing his nephew and severely injuring his brother-in-law after refusing the offer of a bartender and police officer to call him a cab. ...

A California resident was sentenced to 25 months in prison for filing and conspiring to file fraudulent claims for income tax refunds with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. At...

A Manhattan Beach, California resident was sentenced to nine months in prison for wire fraud and filing false tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department's Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Alana W. Robinson for the Southern Dis...

SANTA ANA, California – A convicted sex offender from Long Beach was sentenced this morning to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to attempted sex trafficking of a child for responding to an online advertisement that offered sex with a 15-year-old girl in exchange for $200. Victor...

LOS ANGELES – A Laguna Hills man pleaded guilty today to charges of selling misbranded veterinary medications without a prescription, some of which were not approved for use in the United States. Sean Gerson, 49, the owner Vaccination Services, Inc. in Lake Forest, pleaded guilty in a scheme th...

LOS ANGELES – The fifth and final defendant charged with using credit and debit cards obtained from a series of cyberattacks on U.S. companies that resulted in an estimated $5 million in losses – and caused one victim company to go out of business – was sentenced today to 33 months in federal pr...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to 80 years to life in state prison for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old and a 13-year-old girl. Defendants Charges Sentence Jose Luis Gonzalez, 65, Anaheim Found guilty by a jury on June 7, 2017, of the following felony...

SANTA ANA, California – A former member of the Planning Commission for the City of Westminster has been convicted of a federal bribery charge for soliciting and receiving a $15,000 bribe to help a person obtain a liquor license. Dave Vo, 43, of Westminster, was found guilty by a federal jury la...

SANTA ANA, California – A federal jury has returned four guilty verdicts against the final defendant charged in a racketeering scheme that paid over $250,000 to a clerk in the Orange County Superior Court in exchange for him resolving hundreds of criminal cases and traffic violations without the...

WOMAN SENTENCED TO 26 DAYS IN JAIL FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY AFTER REFUSING TO TREAT AILING BOSTON TERRIER AND TYING RUBBER BAND AROUND TUMOR ON THE DOG'S FACE SANTA ANA, Calif. – A woman was sentenced to 26 days in county jail yesterday for refusing to treat her ailing Boston Ter...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted today of murdering a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) Deputy by causing a car crash while transporting a stolen stove on the 91 Freeway. The case was retried after the California Supreme Court overturned the defendant's 2008 conviction due to ...

Two alleged gang members pleaded not guilty yesterday to the murder of a 67-year-old woman last month, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Devon T. White (dob 2/4/97) of Lynwood and James Wesley Trotter aka Man-Man (dob 11/7/95) of Long Beach each face one count of murder...

After being convicted at trial, a Northern California real estate investor was sentenced today for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions, the Department of Justice announced. Glenn Guillory was charged on Dec. 3, 2014, in an indictment returned by a feder...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted yesterday of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman outside of a Fullerton nightclub. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Nelson Mauricio Lunaty Garcia, 34, Chino Hills Found guilty by jury yesterday of the f...

A 40-year-old man was sentenced today to 75 years to life in state prison for molesting a minor and sexually assaulting a woman over a span of nearly six years, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On Aug. 21, a jury found Fadi Haddad of Glendora guilty of five felony coun...

SANTA ANA – Two men were arraigned today for robbing and burglarizing a residence in Seal Beach while the victims were home. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Aaron Michael Lipsey, 34, Costa Mesa Richard Henry Derderian, 33, Costa Mesa Ch...

A former Los Angeles County power plant engineer has been charged with public integrity crimes for allegedly manipulating county bidding procedures in an attempt to have contracts awarded to a friend's company, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney ...

SACRAMENTO — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced a $3.5 million multi-state settlement with Lenovo to resolve allegations that it illegally preinstalled ad-injecting software that compromised the security of its computers. California will receive $389,204 — the largest shar...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A varsity football coach was sentenced yesterday to nine months in county jail for initiating a 10-hour standoff with police and engaging in a sexual relationship with a minor student at El Modena High School (EMHS). Defendant Charges Sentence Michae...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Two brothers are scheduled to be arraigned today for burglarizing and vandalizing Harvest Church in Irvine and possessing an assault rifle at their apartment. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Brandon Joseph Vielkind, 23, Anaheim ...

LOS ANGELES – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed felony tax evasion charges against Enyinnaya Ojogho in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. The defendant allegedly owes more than $1.6 million in business taxes to the State of California. Ojogho, the owner and operator of several ...