A 41-year-old man was convicted today of fatally shooting his friend in the head before eluding police for months, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. The jury deliberated for a little over two hours before finding Juan Carlos Perez (dob 4/4/76) of Los Angeles guilty of f...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A paroled murderer was sentenced to 44 years and four months in state prison today for committing armed robbery and initiating a police pursuit only four months after his release from prison. Defendant Charges Sentence ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man who was extradited to Orange County from Mexico was sentenced today to 35 years to life in state prison for murdering a 19-year-old woman in 1992. Defendant Charges Sentence Leonardo Pimentel Sanchez, 59, Mexico City, Mexico Found guilty by...

SANTA ANA, California – The former deputy treasurer for the City of Compton pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges stemming from his theft of more than $3.7 million of city funds. Salvador Galvan, 47, of La Mirada, pleaded guilty to one count of theft from an organization receiving federal...

Two men have been sentenced to prison for trafficking an underage girl in 2015, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. At today's court appearance, Michael Barnes (dob 5/1/82) and Jamelvin Moore (dob 12/24/84) each pleaded no contest to one felony count of human trafficking ...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price, M.D., announced today the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, involving 412 charged defendants across 41 federal districts, including 115 doctors...

Having worked in care homes for well over a decade and rising to become a hospice manager, I have seen the best and the worst of care for older adults. Our seniors rely on us to look after them in their times of need, but some people fail them. And the worst, abuse. It is important, when visiting...

LOS ANGELES – In the largest-ever health care fraud enforcement action by federal prosecutors, 14 defendants – including doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals – have been charged in the Central District of California for allegedly participating in health care fraud schemes tha...

Two Orange County, California men were sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California to serve 41 and 47 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a multi-million dollar fraudulent mortgage modification scheme posing as a successful law firm, the Justice Department a...

A 57-year-old man was sentenced today to 40 years to life in state prison for sexually abusing a young girl for over a year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On May 25, a jury found Fernando Rodriguez guilty of six counts in case KA110127: two counts of lewd act upon a...

A Lemon Grove, California woman was sentenced to serve 175 months in prison for her role in two stolen identity refund fraud schemes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department's Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Alana W. Robinson of the So...

Nichicon Corporation will plead guilty for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices for electrolytic capacitors sold to customers in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today. According to the one-count felony charge filed today in the U.S. District Court for the No...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) strongly opposes three California State Senate bills that change firearm sentencing enhancement requirements, bail and pretrial release, and sex offender registration. Crime victims' rights leaders Dr. Henry T. Nicholas III (...

A massage therapist accused of performing an illegal buttocks enhancement on a woman who later died pleaded no contest today to one count of involuntary manslaughter, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Lee Cernok said Sandra Yaneth Pérez-González...

A 33-year-old man pleaded no contest yesterday to assaulting a transient at a Metro station in Hollywood, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. James Anthony Hanson of Culver City entered the plea to one felony count of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodi...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The former treasurer of the National Parkinson Foundation Orange County Chapter (NPFOCC) was charged today for embezzling $286,854 from the non-profit foundation. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Judith Woodhouse, 52, Irvine ...

Two men pleaded not guilty today to fatally attacking a man in Monterey Park last month, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Moises Garcia (dob 6/3/60) has been charged with one count of murder in case GA101286. The felony complaint includes a special allegation that the ...

A 32-year-old man has been charged with fatally beating his wife in their Bell Gardens home, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Michael Robles (dob 1/11/85) has been charged with two felony counts in case VA145206: murder and child abuse. The defendant is scheduled to be...

A former nurse's assistant charged with sexually abusing eight female patients at a Tarzana hospital is scheduled in court tomorrow after being a fugitive for more than a decade, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Ramón Eduardo Rodas Gaspar (dob 7/26/68) faces seven coun...

A Santa Ana, California man was sentenced today in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for his role in processing unauthorized withdrawals of millions of dollars from consumer bank accounts, the Justice Department announced. Neil Godfrey, 79, was sentenced to serve 15 months in prison, followed by one yea...

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education for unlawfully delaying the implementation of regulations aimed at protecting students from deceptive practices and fraud. The regulations, known as the “Borrower Defense Regulat...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A woman was sentenced to two years in county jail today for committing a hate crime, grand theft, and vandalism for stealing three gold statues from a Buddhist temple in Santa Ana. Defendant Charges Sentence Trang Thu Pham, 48, Santa Ana P...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Minnesota man was arraigned today for human trafficking and attempted pimping of two fictitious minors he met through social media. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date ...

A 62-year-old basketball coach was sentenced today to two years in state prison for sexually assaulting one of his players, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Tony Wong was sentenced by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Dorothy Reyes who ordered the defendant to re...

A 28-year-old man was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the slayings of his then-girlfriend's grandparents in 2010, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Roldolfo Lopez was found guilty in December 2016 of two counts of first-degree mur...