A San Fernando man was found guilty today of killing a former Fox executive whose remains were later discovered in the Angeles National Forest, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Jurors found John Creech, 44, guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Los Angeles County Superior ...

LOS ANGELES – A former airman with the United States Air Force has been indicted on two counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from a traffic collision last summer near Vandenberg Air Force Base that caused the death of two people and the serious injury of a third. Shaquille Lindsey, 23, o...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Three individuals were charged with committing insurance fraud after purchasing policies and making claims for an accident that occurred when all were uninsured. Defendants Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Michelle Marie Rodman-Demarco,...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to eight years in state prison for crashing into a woman's vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), killing her dog and causing her arm to be amputated. Defendant Charges Sentence David Allen Swartz II, 26...

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the arrest of 86 individuals; seizure of 43 firearms, 4875 rounds of ammunition, 112 pounds of methamphetamine, 22 pounds of cocaine, 4.7 pounds of heroin, 402 pounds of marijuana, $29,600 in U.S. currency, and 4 stolen vehic...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former Santa Ana High School (SAHS) science teacher was convicted yesterday of having sex with an underage female student inside of his classroom. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Alvar Albert Gonzalez, 66, Santa Ana Ple...

A federal grand jury in Phoenix, Arizona, returned a three-count indictment against Eric Scott Kindley, 49, a prison transport officer, for crimes related to his sexual assaults of a female in his custody, and using his firearm in furtherance of these assaults. Counts One and Two of the indictmen...

LOS ANGELES – An officer with the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service was named today in an indictment that charges him with violating the civil rights of a person in handcuffs by kicking him in the head. Jason Michael Rouswell, 46, of the El Sereno District of Los Ange...

PAMC Ltd., and Pacific Alliance Medical Center Inc., which together own and operate Pacific Alliance Medical Center, an acute care hospital located in Los Angeles, California, have agreed to pay $42 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by engaging in improper fina...

A former senior vice president of sales for a packaged seafood company pleaded guilty for his role in a conspiracy to fix the price of packaged seafood, such as canned tuna, sold in the United States, the Department of Justice announced today. According to documents filed in this case, Stephen Ho...

LOS ANGELES – An Orange County man who prepared tax returns for clients after falsely claiming to be a certified public accountant and a former IRS agent was sentenced this morning to serve 21 months in federal prison for preparing and filing fraudulent federal income tax returns. Michael Raymo...

An Uber driver was charged today with raping a female passenger in a motel while she was unconscious, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Alaric Spence (dob 9/17/70) was charged in case BA458608 with three felony counts: kidnapping to commit rape, rape of an unconscious p...

A former special agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) pleaded guilty today to stealing fraud proceeds that she had been assigned to recover on behalf of fraud victims, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department's Criminal Division and Spe...

A California resident pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to file false claims for tax refunds, submitting false claims for tax refunds, mail fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department's Tax Division and ...

A swimming coach was sentenced today to six years in state prison after pleading no contest to sexually assaulting a girl at a Commerce aquatic center, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Steven Matthew Garcia, 28, entered his plea to one felony count of lewd act upon a c...

A Miramonte Elementary School teacher accused of inappropriately touching young female students was charged today, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Joseph Alfred Baldenebro (dob 9/12/62) of Montebello has been charged with five counts in case KA115591: one felony count...

SACRAMENTO — A Los Angeles-based car donation charity accused of soliciting vehicle donations using false and misleading advertising entered a stipulated final judgment ordering its dissolution and other provisions, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Los Angeles District Attorney Jack...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A woman was sentenced yesterday to three years in state prison for pimping women out of luxury Irvine apartments operating as brothels. Defendant Charges Sentence Jian Zhen Zhu, 42, Santa Ana ...

LOS ANGELES – A Pasadena man was named today in a seven-count indictment that charges him with committing a series of bank robberies culminating in an armed robbery in which he allegedly used a loaded shotgun. Shownee Shon Smith, 41, was charged robbing a Wells Fargo Bank branch in East Pasaden...

LOS ANGELES – Law enforcement authorities have arrested a Monterey Park woman on federal charges of injecting a currently unknown substance – possibly silicone – into a woman's buttocks during cosmetic procedures that caused so much damage the woman needed a major operation to correct the proble...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Two men were charged and arraigned today for pimping and pandering victims from Hawaii and New York in Costa Mesa. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Tyshawn Johns...

SANTA ANA, California – A Newport Beach man who orchestrated a wide-reaching conspiracy that smuggled, manufactured and distributed millions of dollars worth of analogue drugs which were used, among other things, to manufacture synthetic marijuana has been sentenced to 120 months in federal pris...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted today of aiding three inmates in their escape from jail by leaving a knife and other items outside the jail to assist in their escape, then providing a getaway ride. Defendant Charges Sentence Loc Ba Nguyen, 51, Costa Mesa ...

Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford has been charged with illegally receiving more than $60,000 a year from local consultants and failing to publicly disclose the income on economic statements, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Ledford (dob 6/24/53) was charged in case BA4...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted today of attacking a woman on a jogging trail with the intent to sexually assault her. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Mario Orlando Montano, 59, Anaheim ...