With the debate over capital punishment in California poised to intensify again in 2016, state corrections officials provided a rare glimpse Tuesday of death row, where hundreds of condemned men await the outcome of legal and political fights that have blocked any executions for nearly a decade. ...

A professional basketball player pleaded not guilty today on a charge that he took someone's luxury sports car from a hotel valet earlier this month, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Jeff Adrien (dob 2/10/86) was charged in case BA442299 with one felony count of drivin...

RIVERSIDE, California – Enrique Marquez Jr., a longtime friend of Sayed Rizwan Farook, the male shooter in the San Bernardino terrorist attack, was named today in a federal grand jury indictment that charges him with conspiring with Farook in 2011 and 2012 to provide material support to terrorist...

The father of a two-year-old daughter who went missing on Christmas Eve during a supervised visit is awaiting arraignment today on kidnapping and child stealing charges, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Jack Perry (dob 10/26/84) is scheduled to be arraigned today at th...

A Pomona man was charged today with the torture murder of the mother of his children during a domestic dispute on Christmas Day, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Clarence Durell Dear (dob 1/11/64) is scheduled to be arraigned sometime today in Department N at the Pomon...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Placentia criminal street gang member who was arrested in central California was brought back to Orange County to be arraigned on charges for the attempted murder of a gang rival. The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) is seeking to enjoin Erick Adonis Ferman, 1...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A father and son were convicted today of embezzling over $300,000 from employee wages on public works jobs. Daniel Jacob Siapin, 60, and his son Gabriel Daniel Siapin, 37, both of La Habra Heights, pleaded guilty toa court offer of 28 felony counts of taking and receiving a po...

A 26-year-old man was found guilty today of crashing into a Lancaster home, killing a 71-year-old woman who was in her bedroom, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Sun Chung said a jury found Aaron Daniel Benson of Lancaster guilty of one count ea...

LOS ANGELES – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today issued an information bulletin to California law enforcement agencies outlining new responsibilities under state law to report incidents involving shootings or any use of force that results in serious bodily injury or death of a civilian or a ...

LOS ANGELES– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a settlement resolving allegations that Pratibha Syntex Ltd., a company based in India, gained an unfair competitive advantage over American-based companies by using pirated software in the production of clothing imported and sold in ...

A 22-year-old man has been charged with killing his girlfriend with a shotgun, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Dominick Teret (dob 5/13/93) of Tarzana faces one count of murder and allegations that he personally used a shotgun to commit the murder. Teret pleaded...

A Reseda man faces 24 felony counts in connection with a string of armed robberies in the West San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Deputy District Attorney Kaveh Faturechi said Jason Paul Holman (dob 7/12/81) faces 21 counts of robbery in the se...

The president and CEO of a California-based heir location services provider and his firm have agreed to plead guilty to allocating customers with another heir location firm, announced Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division. Bradley N. Davis, president ...

A Monterey Park pediatric physician pleaded no contest today to Medi-Cal fraud and the illegitimate prescribing of drugs and will be sentenced to four years in custody when he returns to court in February, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Dr. Thomas Lin, 46, returns to...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A driver and his two passengers are scheduled to be arraigned today on charges of identity theft and recklessly evading pursuing officers in a high-speed chase across Orange County and Los Angeles County. David Bryan Brown, 45, Jessica Smith Roten, 55, and Corey Dillon Richard...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A businessman and his wife, who has a certified public accountant license, will be arraigned tomorrow on charges of defrauding investors and stealing more than $3 million in an affinity scheme. Steven Andrew McKinlay, 58, and Kristi B. McKinlay (licensed as Kindred), 56, both ...

Riverside, California– A Seal Beach man who operated a bogus mortgage rescue scheme – in which he made false promises to dozens distressed homeowners, filed fraudulent bankruptcies to delay foreclosure and rented the properties to third parties as the foreclosure proceedings were delayed – was se...

LOS ANGELES– A former special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) pleaded guilty this afternoon to accepting thousands of dollars in bribes from a man who had been accused of trafficking a woman into the United States to be a sex slav...

LOS ANGELES– A former administrator of a Los Angeles law firm was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $3.3 million from her employer. Esterlina Santos, 53, who resides in the Ladera Heights district of Los Angeles, was also ordered by United States District Jud...

A jury today found three men guilty of killing a robbery co-conspirator in 2010, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. The jury deliberated for a week before finding Luis Orozco (dob 11/21/78), Shawn Verrette (dob 6/12/73) and Frank Ervin (2/2/62) guilty of three counts: fi...

FULLERTON, Calif. – A man has been charged with the attempted human trafficking, pimping, and pandering of an undercover police officer, whom he believed to be a minor, on a social media website. Michael Joseph Mata, Los Angeles, 33, is charged with one felony count of attempted human trafficking...

LOS ANGELES– A man who operated two businesses that sold office supplies to the federal government has been convicted by a federal jury of giving illegal gifts to federal employees who did business with his companies. Ivan Greenhut, 57, of Tarzana, was convicted late yesterday afternoon in United...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former Santa Ana City Councilman and high-ranking executive for the County of Orange was convicted today of sexually assaulting subordinates and committing grand theft of public funds. Carlos Bustamante,50, Santa Ana, pleaded guilty today, Dec. 18, 2015, to one felony count ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A daughter was sentenced today to 50 years to life in state prison for shooting and murdering her 96-year-old mother. Christine Marie Reynolds, 72, Rossmoor, was found guilty by a jury Nov. 19, 2015, of one felony count of first degree murder with a sentencing enhancement for ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Two felons have been charged with discharging a firearm and resisting arrest after having unlawfully parked in a campsite in Dana Point. Rene Joseph Bolduc, 41, Brehnan, Texas, and Theresa Nannette Kirkland, 46, Huffman, Texas, are each charged with one felony count each o...