LOS ANGELES– A man who threatened to kill a United States Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer who came to the man's home to ask about trash dumped in the San Bernardino National Forest has been convicted by a federal jury. Richard Latka, 56, of Hemet, was convicted yesterday afternoon in Unite...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former Marine was sentenced today to life in state prison without the possibility of parole for the special circumstances stabbing murder of a pregnant woman. Ahmad Rashad Siddiqi, 27, Alexandria, Virginia, was found guilty by a jury Sept. 23, 2015, of one felony count of sp...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Honorable John D. Conley found today that the accusations of outrageous governmental conduct by the Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) were untrue. Several other motions filed by the Deputy Public Defender Scott Sanders in People v. Daniel Wozniak, including t...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to face trial today for strangling and murdering his wife in their Irvine apartment. Shalabh Rastogi, 42, Irvine, is charged with one felony count of murder.Opening statements are scheduled to begin today, Oct. 29, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. in Department C-43, Cen...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was charged today with the pimping and pandering of a woman. Korry Lyn Williams, 27, Hemet, is charged with one felony count of pimping and one felony count of pandering. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of six years in state prison. The defendant is being held ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man and woman were charged today with human trafficking, pimping, and pandering of a teenage girl by using social media. John Williams, 34, and Jazmine CC Davenport-Culpepper, 23, both of Riverside, are charged with one felony count each of human trafficking, pimping, and pa...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Northern California woman was convicted and sentenced today for stealing a vehicle, driving to Orange County, and conspiring to pander another woman. Courtney Charell Amos, 26, Pittsburg, pleaded guilty to one felony count of conspiracy to commit pandering, one felony count ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was charged yesterday for pimping and pandering a woman he met using social media and resisting and obstructing two officers. Jarvis Lowe, 32, Las Vegas, Nevada, is charged with one felony count of pandering by procuring, one felony count of pimping, and two misdemeanor ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former deputy juvenile correctional officer was sentenced today for child abuse by rubbing the shoes of three minors in urine while the minors were in her care. Tamie Marie Bieker, 38, Santa Ana, pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of child abuse. Bieker was sentenced...

LOS ANGELES– A South Bay man who admitted lying to federal investigators about his conduct with a 16-year-old girl he met online and hired for commercial sex has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for obstructing a sex-trafficking probe being conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs E...

A 68-year-old man was sentenced today to 24 years in state prison for sexually molesting three young girls, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On Sept. 28, Alfredo Aguilar (dob 4/16/47) of Huntington Park pleaded guilty to five felony counts in case VA135194: three count...

APL Limited has agreed to pay the government $9.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in connection with a contract to provide GPS tracking of shipping containers in Afghanistan, the Justice Department announced today.  APL, an ocean carrier based in Scottsdale, A...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A speeding driver under the influence of drugs was sentenced today to 18 years in state prison for driving through a red light and killing a woman crossing the intersection at a shopping center. Paul Collins Pike, 33, Orange, pleaded guilty to a court offer Friday, Oct. 23, 20...

LOS ANGELES– The owners and operators of 10 Southern California businesses were charged today in federal court with illegally selling cosmetic contact lenses without prescriptions. Some of the products that were purchased in connection with this investigation were contaminated with dangerous path...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man who was driving under the influence of heroin was convicted today of murdering a bicyclist in a hit-and-run crash in Newport Beach. Neil Storm Stephany, 24, Huntington Beach, was found guilty by a jury of one felony count of murder. He faces a maximum sentence of 15 year...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A registered sex offender was sentenced today to life in state prison without the possibility of parole for the special circumstances murder of a 29-year-old woman in the course of sexually assaulting her in a Stanton motel room. Charles Patrick Drew, 65, transient, was found ...

A Winnetka man has been charged in connection with the alleged kidnapping and shooting of Joel Keith Ravin, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Deputy District Attorney Sheetal Jhala said Randall Elmer Stinson (dob 7/21/85) was charged yesterday with two counts of a...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – An insurance agent was convicted today of defrauding over $1.4 million through an advance commission scheme. Eric Lee, 65, Brea, pleaded guilty to a court offer to 10 felony counts each of grand theft and insurance fraud with sentencing enhancement allegations over $100,000, s...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A third-striker was arraigned today on charges of human trafficking, pimping, and pandering two women, and destroying or concealing evidence from law enforcement. Dagan Nkosi Weed, 31, Los Angeles, is charged with one felony count of human trafficking, two felony counts of pim...

LOS ANGELES– The architect of a fraudulent investment scheme that caused scores of victims to suffer losses of nearly $10 million was sentenced today to 151 months in federal prison for running a Ponzi scheme and lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Gordon Driver, 58, of Henderson, Ne...

LOS ANGELES– Authorities this morning arrested four defendants charged with federal fraud and identity theft charges for allegedly participating in a scheme that installed credit card “skimmers” inside gas pumps at gas stations across Southern California and Southern Nevada. A criminal complaint ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Northern California woman was charged yesterday for stealing a vehicle and driving to Orange County to pimp and pander another woman. Courtney Charell Amos, 26, Pittsburg, is charged with one felony count of pimping, one felony count of pandering, one felony count of unlawfu...

LOS ANGELES– An attorney who was indicted in September for allegedly stealing several million dollars from clients was named yesterday in a new indictment that adds additional wire fraud counts, as well as tax evasion and identity theft charges, to the case. Stephen Young Kang, 46, of Newport Bea...

SANTA ANA, California– A clerk at the California Department of Motor Vehicles office in El Monte and five others have been indicted on federal identity theft charges for allegedly using legitimate birth certificates and Social Security numbers obtained from Puerto Rico to create new identities th...

A 27-year-old gang member pleaded not guilty today to fatally shooting a youth pastor in 2013, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Arvin Benson (dob 12/15/87) of Pomona was charged in case KA110610 with one count each of murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. The ...