LOS ANGELES – A man who was already serving a 25-year sentence for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization was sentenced today to serve an additional 20-year prison term for trying to kill the warden of the federal prison where he was housed. Fazliddin Kurbanov, 36, was sen...

LOS ANGELES – Capping a three-year investigation by the Los Angeles Strike Force, authorities this morning arrested 20 defendants named in a series of indictments that allege the smuggling of large quantities of narcotics from Mexico on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel. Those arrested this morning ar...

LOS ANGELES – A Burbank man who operated a string of allegedly sham medical clinics – and who already faces federal charges of using the clinics to orchestrate a massive narcotics scheme – was arrested today on new charges that he unlawfully procured United States citizenship. Armen Simonyan, 44,...

Two former insurance agents have been sentenced to state prison for defrauding life insurance companies out of $150,000, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Ali Kakande (dob 3/18/80) pleaded no contest yesterday to four felony counts each of grand theft of personal ...

A man was sentenced today to 24 years in state prison for abusing his 5-week-old daughter who later died as a result of her injuries, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Matthew Wojcik (dob 5/23/93) was sentenced by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Teri Schwartz. I...

A North Hollywood man was charged today for vandalizing and starting fires inside a church last week, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Russel Congleton (dob 6/2/60) was charged in case LA088888 with two counts each of arson of property and vandalism, and one count each...

The Justice Department announced today that Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and several of its affiliates (Wells Fargo) will pay a civil penalty of $2.09 billion under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) based on the bank's alleged origination and sale of resi...

LOS ANGELES – A meat processor that supplied Southern California grocery chains, the company's owner and a plant manager have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to the sale of “misbranded” beef, pork and poultry products that illegally bore the official USDA mark and falsely indicated the ...

A gang member was sentenced today to 50 years to life in state prison for fatally shooting a woman whose body was later found inside an ice chest in Whittier, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On July 12, a jury found Anthony Robert Moreno, 40, of Hacienda Heights guilt...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted yesterday of trafficking and pimping a 16-year-old girl in Anaheim. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Desi Enrique Munoz, 19, Moreno Valley Pleaded guilty on July 30, 2018 to the following felony counts: ...

LOS ANGELES – A Filipino woman and her family members were indicted by a federal grand jury today for conspiring to funnel in and out of the United States approximately $20 million in Philippine public funds obtained through a multi-year bribery and fraud scheme. Charged in the indictment for Con...

A man was sentenced today to nearly 10 years in state prison for raping a German tourist in Hollywood two years ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Otis Barway (dob 4/11/93) was sentenced to nine years and six months in prison. He was found guilty earlier this month ...

LOS ANGELES – A Russian national was sentenced today to 70 months in federal prison for hacking into the accounts of two companies and issuing unauthorized debit cards associated with dependent care accounts to conspirators around the world, leading to losses of more than $4 million. Mikhail Kons...

LOS ANGELES – A United States Postal Service employee and his half-brother were arraigned this morning after being indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of participating in a conspiracy that caused nearly a quarter million dollars in losses in two armed robberies and the burglary of USPS tr...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man pleaded guilty and was sentenced today for arson and assaulting a peace officer after throwing flaming towels at an Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) substation in Stanton and ramming into an OCSD patrol vehicle. Defendant Charges Sentence ...

A man who stabbed his ex-wife at the Porter Ranch home they shared has pleaded not guilty, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Alen Alpanian (dob 9/6/64) faces one count each of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, a knife, and two counts each of injuring a ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to life in state prison without the possibility of parole today for the special circumstances murder and attempted murder of members of his ex-girlfriend's family. Defendant Charges Sentence Alwyn Gibson, 33, Costa Mesa Found ...

A 27-year-old man has been charged with sexually assaulting and trying to kill a woman in her North Hollywood apartment, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Elan Carr said Danueal Drayton (dob 10/29/90) of Brooklyn faces one count each of attempte...

A 39-year-old woman entered no contest pleas today for posing as a teenager and sending threatening letters to a Catholic school, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Magaly Esmeralda Alvarenga of Rialto entered the pleas to two counts of criminal threats and one count of ...

A Sherman Oaks man was charged today with stabbing both of his fathers multiple times, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Matthew Boulet (dob 11/29/96) faces two counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated mayhem. Arraignment is scheduled today in Department 1...

A 22-year-old Indiana man has been sentenced to seven years and four months in state prison after pleading no contest to illegal assault weapon activity and possession of explosive chemicals, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. James Wesley Howell was convicted yest...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) is seeking potential additional victims of a doctor accused of inappropriately touching a female patient during a fraudulent breast examination. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Dav...

RIVERSIDE, California – Federal authorities this morning concluded a 2½-year wiretap investigation into a drug trafficking organization based in the Coachella Valley by arresting eight defendants linked to the distribution of wholesale quantities of methamphetamine. The eight people arrested toda...

SANTA ANA, California – A former captain with Alaska Airlines who admitted piloting a plane carrying more than 80 passengers while under the influence of alcohol was sentenced today to one year and one day in federal prison. David Hans Arntson, 63, of Newport Beach, was sentenced by United States...

Two men accused of raping a German tourist in Hollywood in 2016 were convicted late Friday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Jurors found defendant Kenneth Mack (dob 12/23/88) guilty of two counts of forcible rape in concert and co-defendant Otis Barway (dob 4/11/93) g...