LOS ANGELES – A U.S. Army Contracting Officer Representative pleaded guilty today to federal bribery charges stemming from his approval of fraudulent invoices issued by South Korean contractors in return for payments totaling at least $170,000. Marcus D. Flowers, 50, of Enterprise, Alabama, ple...

LOS ANGELES – Two Huntington Park men who are members of the Florencia 13 street gang and participated in the murder of another gang member have been sentenced to life without parole in federal prison after being convicted at trial of racketeering, narcotics, and weapons offenses. Jose Dorado, ...

LOS ANGELES – The first major narcotics trafficking indictment resulting from an nvestigiation by the Los Angeles Strike Force was unsealed today as authorities arrested seven defendants charged with drug trafficking, money laundering and weapons offenses. The indictment charges a total of 22 d...

The United States has intervened in a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles and the CRA/LA (formerly the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles) alleging that they falsely certified compliance with federal accessibility laws in connection with claims submitted to the U.S. Dep...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Palmdale felon is facing additional charges for pandering seven victims and pimping two young women in Costa Mesa and Garden Grove. His co-defendant faces initial charges in the amended complaint filed yesterday. Defendant Felony Charges ...

After being convicted at trial, a Lafayette, California, man was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. Thomas Joyce was charged on Dec. 3, 2014,...

A 51-year-old man has been charged with reaching out to a teen girl for sexual purposes over two months, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Danny Lee Harris (dob 9/7/65) of Pasadena has been charged with six counts in case GA101246: two counts each of contact with minor ...

WESTMINSTER, Calif. – A former Orange Coast College (OCC) student was charged with additional counts yesterday for vandalizing two campus safety vehicles and violating a protective order to stay away from the school campus. Defendant Charges Court Date Robert Bouton McD...

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced that California was awarded a $53.25 million judgment yesterday against Dish Network after it engaged in a nationwide campaign of illegal telemarketing and made unwanted calls to thousands of people registered on the Do Not Call re...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Ten attorneys and six cappers were charged today for participating in a massive multi-million dollar workers' compensation insurance referral scheme that exploited persons in predominantly Spanish-speaking communities. This is the first phase of filing resulting from a 3-year ...

A 59-year-old man pleaded no contest today to one count of voluntary manslaughter for severely injuring another man during a fight, leading to his death, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Tapti Patel said Riccardo Gonzalez Rangel of Long Beach a...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County Superior Court denied inmate Daniel Wozniak's public defender's motion to preserve evidence in his death penalty appeal. The motion, filed by the defense in May 2017, was an unsuccessful attempt to preserve what the Orange County Public Defender (Public Defen...

A federal jury today convicted three real estate investors for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions held in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. After a three-week trial, the jury convicted Michael Marr, Javier Sanchez, and Gregor...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A protestor from Sacramento was charged yesterday for punching a man in the face and slapping another twice at a “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) march. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Jessica Aguilar, 20, Sacramento Charged on...

Eric Scott Kindley, 49, a prisoner-transport officer, was arrested yesterday in Stockton, California on charges related to sexually assaulting females in his custody, and threatening them with a firearm while doing so. During his initial appearance today, a federal judge in Sacramento, California...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A youth ministry mentor was charged today with committing lewd acts on two junior high school boys. Defendant Charges Court Date Ruven Meulenberg, 32, Lake Forest Three felony counts of lewd acts on a child Two felony coun...

SANTA ANA, California – A local pimp who recruited a woman through a social media website and advertised her services as a prostitute in an online publication has pleaded guilty to a federal sex trafficking charge. Lawrence T. Gunn Jr., 33, whose last known residence was in Woodland Hills, plea...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A brothel ringleader was sentenced to 10 years in state prison today for pandering 53 women to commit prostitution at high-end apartments in Irvine. Defendant Charges Sentence Fadi Boulos Chaiba...

SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man pleaded guilty this morning to federal charges relating to his operation of a fraud scheme that took $2.2 million from distressed homeowners through false promises that he could help them avoid foreclosure by obtaining modifications to their mortgages...

LOS ANGELES – The editor of a newspaper that covers the Sunland/Tujunga area has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for illegally possessing firearms. David “Doc” DeMulle, 75, of Tujunga, the editor-in-chief of The Foothills Paper, was sentenced on Monday by United States District Ju...

San Francisco residents, Howard Hsu and his mother, Tracy Chang, were sentenced to prison today following their convictions on tax fraud charges, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch for t...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A woman was arraigned today for killing a pedestrian while driving under the influence of prescription medications with children in the backseat. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Anna Marie Mcpherson, 45, Irvine Charged on May 17...

LOS ANGELES – Federal Prosecutors have filed nine civil complaints that seek the forfeiture of nine real properties across Southern California that were allegedly purchased with proceeds generated by a fraudulent scheme that collected more than $50 million from foreign investors seeking “Green C...

RIVERSIDE, California – A man who was convicted and sentenced to a quarter century in prison for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization has been indicted on attempted murder charges for allegedly trying to kill the warden of the federal prison where he was serving his sen...

A couple were sentenced today for misappropriating public funds for a group of foster homes they ran, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. CSJ Kidogo, 76, was sentenced to 180 days in county jail and placed on five years of formal probation. His wife, Hitaji Kidogo, 65, wa...