A 75-year-old man has been charged with the domestic violence killing of his wife of 35 years, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Deputy District Attorney David Berger said Thomas Foster (dob 2/11/42) faces one count of murder with handgun use allegations. Foster p...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) Rapid DNA program quickly provided the identity of a serial burglar who committed two pharmacy burglaries in Irvine and Tustin within 30 minutes of each other. Rapid DNA also identified a woman who burned and vandalized a vac...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Garden Grove church volunteer was sentenced today to five years in state prison for continually sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl he mentored at church. Defendant Charges Sentence Vincent Daniel Lavello, 53, Garden Grove Pleaded guilty on Aug...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A transient man is scheduled to be arraigned today for special circumstances murder during attempted rape after violently assaulting a 76-year-old homeless woman in Santa Ana. Defendant Charges Minimum Sentence Court Date Rosendo Xo Pec, 22, Tran...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was charged today with assaulting a peace officer after crashing into the officer's patrol motorcycle with a stolen vehicle. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Nicholas Raymond Mauro, 32, Santa Ana Charged today with the foll...

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has settled a civil lawsuit against former Maywood Councilman Sergio Calderon that alleged he held two public offices at the same time which violated state law. Trial was set for Jan. 25 but Calderon agreed to resign from the Maywood City Council ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A felon from Oakland was sentenced to 10 years and eight months in state prison today for human trafficking, pimping, and pandering two teenagers in Alameda County and Orange County. Defendant Charges Sentence Dartelli Marquece Golston, 23, Oakland ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Two men from Los Angeles County were charged today with pimping and pandering a 15-year-old runaway girl in Orange County. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Brandon Lamar Aaron, 29, Hawthorne Felony Human trafficki...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) Rapid DNA program stopped a serial thief after blood found at a crime scene connected the defendant to his profile in the Local DNA Database. The defendant is also charged with multiple Crime-Bail-Crime enhancements for theft...

A father and mother in Lancaster entered no contest pleas today for attempting to give their children away, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Dianne Hong said Vincent Paul Calogero, 38, and Sarah Elise Nilson, 32, entered the plea to one felony ...

SANTA BARBARA MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR KILLING HIS MOTHER IN HER HOME AND DISPOSING OF VICTIM'S BODY IN LA HABRA SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison today for killing his mother in her home and disposing of the ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A female associate of a criminal street gang was sentenced to 45 years to life in state prison today for murdering a woman by dragging her several blocks on the outside of her car. Defendant Charges Sentence Lynn Ai Quach, 27, Garden Grove Found ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – A jury convicted a former felon Thursday of unlawful possession of one Heckler & Koch machine pistol and one Sig Sauer automatic rifle after multiple prior felony convictions in California, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steve W. Myhre for the District of Nevada. Following a th...

LOS ANGELES – The owner of a Studio City clinic and a driver for United Parcel Service have been indicted on health care fraud charges related to unnecessary – and sometimes never-performed – sleep studies that resulted in more than $11 million in bills being submitted to health care benefit pro...

LOS ANGELES – In a case stemming from an investigation into Fashion District businesses using “Black Market Peso Exchange” schemes to launder narcotics proceeds for international drug cartels, an import-export textile business and two executives have pleaded guilty to federal money laundering an...

LOS ANGELES – The operator of two now-defunct medical supply companies in Hawthorne and Ventura, as well as two former employees, have been arrested on federal healthcare fraud charges for allegedly billing Medicare well over $24 million for medically unnecessary power wheelchairs (PWC) and the ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison today for killing his mother in her home and disposing of the victim's body in La Habra. Defendant Charges Sentence Gabriel Antonio Espinoza, 33, Santa Maria Found guilty by a jury on March ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A gang informant was sentenced today to 17 years in state prison for the attempted murder of a rival gang member in 2005. The defendant's informant work and testimony led to the federal and state convictions of 79 criminal street gang members affiliated with the Mexican Mafia,...

SACRAMENTO – Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced a $125 million settlement with the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), an international financial conglomerate, over misrepresentations about residential mortgage-backed securities sold to California's public employee and teacher pension fund...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A female associate of a criminal street gang was sentenced to 45 years to life in state prison today for murdering a woman by dragging her several blocks on the outside of her car. Defendant Charges Sentence Lynn Ai Quach, 27, Garden Grove Found ...

LOS ANGELES – The owner a Studio City clinic and a driver for United Parcel Service have been indicted on health care fraud charges related to unnecessary – and sometimes never-performed – sleep studies that resulted in more than $11 million in bills being submitted to health care benefit progra...

A federal complaint was unsealed today, charging Everitt Aaron Jameson, 26, of Modesto, with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and United States Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Jameson was arrested today and is schedu...

SANTA ANA, California – A Mission Viejo man who allegedly bilked his employer out of nearly $1 million by using his consulting company to submit bills for internet marketing services that were not performed has been indicted by a federal grand jury. John Bauche, 36, was named in a six-count ind...

FULLERTON, Calif. – A man was sentenced to 34 years to life in state prison for forcibly raping and trafficking a 15-year-old girl, then pimping and pandering a woman. Defendant Charges Sentence Raymond Lee Gibson, 29, Colton ...

A Canyon Country man who fatally shot a houseguest and then fled to New York was sentenced yesterday to 28 years and four months in state prison, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Ani Bailey said Michael Joe McGlothan (dob 6/18/63) pleaded no co...