A 22-year-old man has been charged with leading police on a pursuit and later crashing into a landscaper walking on Pacific Coast Highway, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Paul Seo said Kevin James Hicks (dob 6/22/95) faces one felony count eac...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A drunken driver was charged with murdering two University of California, Irvine (UCI) graduates and a UCI student, as well as injuring a fourth student, in a high-speed collision after running a red light in Irvine. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Cour...

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced a $13.5 million multistate settlement with pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BIPI) for its deceptive and misleading representation and off-label marketing of its prescription drugs. California...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A pregnant mother of four is scheduled to be arraigned today and faces 26 years to life in prison for torturing 15-month-old twins in her care, resulting in multiple bone fractures and bleeding in the brain. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date ...

A father and mother in Lancaster have been charged with attempting to give their children away and being under the influence of drugs, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Vincent Paul Calogero (dob 1/12/79) and Sarah Elise Nilson (dob 9/8/85) each face two felony co...

FULLERTON, Calif. – The former city manager of Fullerton pleaded guilty today to reckless driving involving alcohol on election night in 2016. Defendant Charge Sentence Joseph Burt Felz, 58, Fullerton Pleaded guilty today to: · One misdemeano...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to 21 years in state prison today for robbing several marijuana dealers at gunpoint during two large-scale drug deals at a resort in Newport Coast. Defendant Charges Sentence ...

LOS ANGELES – Actor Mark Wayne Salling today pleaded guilty to a federal offense of possessing child pornography and specifically admitted that he possessed approximately 25,000 images of children engaged in sexual conduct. Salling, 35, of Shadow Hills, who is best known for his role as Noah Puck...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to 219 years and four months to life in state prison today for repeatedly sexually assaulting four girls over the course of 17 years. Defendant Charges Sentence Martin Rodr...

LOS ANGELES – Federal authorities this week arrested a Bellflower woman on federal charges that she contracted with an FBI informant to kill her boyfriend in exchange for a portion of the proceeds she expected to collect from a life insurance policy. Rasheeda Johnson Turner, 37, was arrested We...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Fontana man was sentenced to eight years in state prison today for trafficking a minor girl from San Bernardino County and pimping the victim in Santa Ana. Defendant Charges Sentence Armani Mo...

RIVERSIDE, California – A San Bernardino County man faces federal sex trafficking charges after he allegedly posted an advertisement on Craigslist that offered “sexual tutoring” to females of any age and later agreed to provide “training” to a 12-year-old girl. Jacob Aaron Schaffran, a 20-year-...

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education and its Secretary, Betsy DeVos, for refusing to process debt relief claims submitted by tens of thousands of students who took out federal student loans to attend Corinthian Coll...

An anesthesiologist has been charged with the fatal overdose of a 71-year-old patient earlier this year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Stephen Kyosung Kim (dob 2/6/64) was charged yesterday in case BA463594 with one count of murder. Kim is expected to be arraigned t...

A federal jury found two Los Angeles, California-area managers of foreclosure rescue companies guilty today for their roles in a foreclosure rescue scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, Assistant Director in Charge Paul D. Delacour...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Seal Beach man was charged today with hate crimes for threatening and spitting on a same-sex couple. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Samuel Blake Wickwire, 18, Seal Beach Charged today with the following felony counts: ...

LOS ANGELES – Federal and local law enforcement authorities today took into custody seven defendants linked to a drug-distribution ring that operated out of Van Nuys and used a fleet of cars and a staff of drivers to make rapid deliveries – primarily of heroin – in response to phone orders. Tod...

LOS ANGELES – A Tijuana woman who was charged in the first major narcotics trafficking indictment resulting from an investigation by the Los Angeles Strike Force was sentenced today to 151 months in federal prison for transporting 21 pounds of pure methamphetamine across the United States-Mexico...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Las Vegas man was convicted and sentenced to eight years in state prison today for trafficking and pimping a 16-year-old Utah girl in Costa Mesa. Defendant Charges Sentence Brandon Antwan Hunter, 31, Las V...

BAKERSFIELD – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the arrest of 49 individuals, the seizure of 26 firearms, 1,928 grams of methamphetamine, and 32 grams of crack cocaine as a part of a multi-agency state and federal takedown of gang members in Bakersfield. Today's operation...

LOS ANGELES – A company that repaired railcars at a Terminal Island facility has pleaded guilty to a federal environmental offense of dumping parts into the ocean to conceal that it was performing unnecessary and improper repairs for several railcar operators. United Industries LLC – a subsidia...

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty today to two counts of unlawful manufacturing and dealing in firearms, specifically short-barreled AR-15-style assault rifles and silencers. Axel Fernando Galvez, 36, who resides in Watts, pleaded guilty to two felony firearm offenses before United...

SANTA ANA, California – A Garden Grove man who worked for the United States Postal Service for more than two decades was sentenced today to 75 months in federal prison for stealing thousands of credit cards from the U.S. Mail and selling the credit cards on the black market. Chinh Vuong, 49, wa...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) Tony Rackauckas obtained a $7.8 million settlement and an admission of liability in a civil lawsuit against two sister companies for their role in the unlawful sale of fetal tissue and stem cells for profit. As part of the settlement, DV ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The former security manager of American Junkie bar and nightclub was charged today with furnishing drugs to club patrons, causing multiple overdoses. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Sean Robert McLaughlin, 43, Aliso Viejo Charge...