LOS ANGELES– The former chief marketing officer at Mirae Bank was arrested this morning on federal bank fraud charges that allege he was responsible for the bank issuing $150 million in fraudulent loans – loans that caused the bank to suffer $33 million in losses and were “a significant factor i...

A couple is facing drug and animal abuse charges after deputies say they found them in possession of heroin and a cat with its paws duct-taped in Canyon Country, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Tyler Scott Vest (dob 8/8/92) of Valencia and Kylie Stringer (dob 3/20/89)...

An 18-year-old woman was sentenced yesterday to 270 days in county jail for an attempted robbery attack that was captured on video and shared on social media, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. At Thursday's court appearance, defendant Aliyah Alize Von Lewis pleaded no c...

A Palmdale man was sentenced today to 270 years to life in state prison for sexually abusing two girls related to his girlfriend, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Scott Yang said Jeffery Lee Thomas (dob 10/22/63) was convicted by a jury on Aug....

A 19-year-old man was sentenced today after pleading no contest to stalking singer Lana Del Rey, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Zachary Benton Self of Overland Park, Kansas, entered his plea today to one count of stalking and was sentenced to 84 days in county jail a...

FULLERTON, Calif. – A man has been charged and is scheduled to be arraigned for vandalizing a religious Sikh temple property in Buena Park. Brodie Durazo, 21, Buena Park, is charged with one felony count of vandalism of a religious property, and two misdemeanor counts each of vandalism under $400...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – A man was sentenced Friday to six years in state prison for pimping multiple victims while operating multiple brothels in Southern California including a high-end, residential brothel in Irvine. Gin Woo Park, 44, Los Angeles, pleaded guilty Jan. 8, 2015, to five felony cou...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A jury recommended the death penalty today for a man convicted of using a firearm to murder his neighbor for financial gain and murdering the victim's friend in an effort to derail the investigation by framing the first victim. Daniel Patrick Wozniak, 31, Costa Mesa, was found...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A mother was sentenced today to life in state prison without the possibility of parole for the special circumstances murder of her two children after losing custody of them to her former husband. Marilyn Kay Edge, 44, Scottsdale, Ariz., pleaded guilty Dec. 4, 2015, to two felo...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to 25 years to life in state prison for the strangling murder of his wife in their Irvine apartment. Shalabh Rastogi, 42, Irvine, was found guilty by a jury on Nov. 17, 2015, of one felony count of first degree murder. At the time of the crime, Rastog...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Former Orange County Assessor Webster Guillory was sentenced today for filing false nomination papers in a re-election bid for County Assessor in the June 2014 Orange County primary election. Webster James Guillory, 71, Newport Beach, was found guilty by a jury Nov. 18, 2015, ...

A Lancaster man and woman have entered no contest pleas to charges related to the disappearance of an 18-month-old girl that was found by police alone in a shed, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Deputy District Attorney Dennis Vincent said Brandon Michael Wynn, 3...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) convicted four men in October, November, and December 2015 of agreeing to engage in prostitution or loitering with the intent to commit prostitution. The defendants in these cases approached a woman whom they believed to be a...

A Sacramento, California, resident was arrested today on a federal charge of making a false statement involving international terrorism.  Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, 23, is charged in a complaint that was unsealed today in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of California following ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – A youth pastor was arraigned today on charges of sexually assaulting five boys under 16 years old at church events. Brandon Ernis Lee McDade, 30, Mission Viejo, is charged with two felony counts of committing lewd acts upon a child under the age of 14, four felony counts o...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Fresno man was convicted and sentenced yesterday to four years in state prison for pimping and pandering four women in Orange County. Ruben Roshawn Robinson, 29, Fresno, pleaded guilty to a court offer of four felony counts of pimping, four felony counts of pandering, with s...

LOS ANGELES– The medical doctor at the center of a conspiracy linked to a sham medical clinic in Glendale was sentenced today to nine years in federal prison for his role in a $20 million scheme to defraud the Medicare and Medi-Cal programs. Dr. Kenneth Johnson, 49, of Ladera Heights, received ...

LOS ANGELES– An electrical engineer from Glendale has been convicted of 32 counts of violating the Economic Espionage Act for stealing trade secrets belonging to his former employer – a Pasadena-based aircraft avionics company – and distributing the proprietary material to three competitors. De...

LOS ANGELES– Four men from Southern California have been arrested on charges that they embezzled more than $8 million from an industrial launderer based in Gardena that provided finishing services for Citizens of Humanity, a manufacturer of high-end designer jeans. Luis Mariano Rodriguez, 48, o...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former office manager was convicted and sentenced today for embezzling money from a Catholic school's fundraising program. Adela Maria Tapia, 40, Tustin, pleaded guilty to a court offer of two felony counts of grand theft by embezzlement, 13 felony counts of money laundering...

Two men have been charged in connection with the shooting of a man at a fried chicken restaurant last week in Pasadena, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Deputy District Attorney Stefan Mrakich of the Hardcore Gang Division said Robert Julio Arnaud, aka Chucky (do...

A 23-year-old man was sentenced today to 13 years in state prison for killing a woman at a Santa Fe Springs swap meet parking lot, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On Aug. 14, a jury found defendant Reggie Cervantes guilty of one felony count of voluntary manslaughter ...

Two drivers and a third man involved in organizing an illegal street race were sentenced today for their roles in the race in which two spectators were killed, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Moira Curry said Karen Gary Balyan, 43, was sentenc...

The former owner and operator of three medical clinics located in Los Angeles was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for his role in a scheme that submitted more than $4.5 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department's Crimi...

A northern California grandmother who police say admitted to drowning her 4-year-old grandson in a bathtub has been charged with murder and assault on a child, according to officials. Dawn Raines-Hewes, 51, has been in custody since Tuesday morning, when police said neighbors saw her run screami...