LOS ANGELES – An Ethiopian diplomat was arrested today by federal agents for visa fraud violations arising out of the use of non-immigrant diplomatic visas for family members who did not qualify under federal regulations. Desta Woldeyohannes Delkasso, 54, an Ethiopian national assigned to the Eth...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in state prison yesterday for sexually assaulting two victims under the age of 14. Defendant Charges Sentence Victor Norman Ealey, 57, Garden Grove Pleaded guilty yesterday to the followi...

A West Hollywood man has been charged with attacking two family members with a knife, killing one and injuring the other, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Jose Emanuel Raselbach (dob 8/31/83) was charged yesterday afternoon with one count each of murder, attempte...

A federal grand jury in Riverside, California, returned a five-count indictment against Eric Scott Kindley, 50, a private prisoner transport officer, for crimes related to his sexual assaults of two different females in his custody during two different transports, and for brandishing his firearm ...

Prosecutors filed 16 additional felony counts of grand theft today against a man accused of operating a fraudulent immigration services business, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Augusto “Tito” Gonzalez De La Cruz (dob 8/19/60) of Upland now faces 36 felony counts of g...

A 54-year-old man has been charged with possessing and distributing child pornography online, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Carlos Enrique Castillo (dob 8/10/63) of Los Angeles faces five felony counts of send/receive obscene matter into state for sale/etc. an...

LOS ANGELES – The leader of a narcotics distribution ring that imported a powerful fentanyl analogue from China and produced hundreds of thousands of opioid pills that were distributed in bulk across the nation was sentenced yesterday to 320 months in federal prison. Gary Resnik, 33, of Long Beac...

A Walnut Creek woman was charged today with child endangerment after she allegedly abandoned her 6-year-old son at Union Station last week, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Dava Denise Webster (dob 11/14/86) was charged in case BA469390 with one felony count of child e...

A former technology manager was sentenced today for his role in the 2012 Coliseum embezzlement and bribery case, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Leopold Caudillo (dob 5/31/70) was placed on probation for one year and paid $2,750 in restitution. He completed 100 hours ...

LOS ANGELES, California – The so-called “Bitcoin Maven,” who admitted to operating an unlicensed bitcoin-for-cash exchange business and laundering bitcoin that was represented to be proceeds of narcotics activity, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison, three years of supe...

A West Hills woman has been charged with 72 felony counts for taking $2 million from elderly property owners and others in a real estate fraud scheme, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. Angela Fawn Wallace (dob 12/3/60) pleaded not guilty today to the charges, whic...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was charged on Tuesday with throwing a Molotov cocktail at two homeless men in Anaheim. Defendant Charges Maximum Sentence Court Date Andrew Eric Mongerson, 29, Garden Grove Charged on July 3, 2018, with the following felony counts: ...

SANTA ANA, California – A man currently on both state parole and federal supervised release has been charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances for selling more than one pound of methamphetamine, as well as cocaine. Matthew Belling, 28, of La Mirada, who goes by the moniker “Miag...

Three people have been charged with kidnapping an actress and an actor and holding the male victim for ransom, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. In a grand jury indictment that was unsealed today in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Keith Andre Stewart, Johntae J...

A man who was arrested after barricading himself for hours inside a Sylmar home last week was charged today with murder, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Salvador Sanchez (dob 4/11/82) of Sylmar faces one felony count each of murder, injuring a girlfriend, assault with...

LOS ANGELES – A South Los Angeles man who made a series of online threats to kill law enforcement personnel and others at the Los Angeles Superior Court's Inglewood Courthouse, a nearby school, and a private business pled guilty yesterday to a federal offense of making online threats. John Patric...

An alleged car thief has been charged with the 2016 hit-and-run death of a motorcyclist in Pasadena, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Donte Antoine Fox (dob 8/24/96) of Pasadena faces one felony count each of murder, vehicular manslaughter, hit-and-run driving resultin...

SANTA ANA, California – A psychiatrist who practices at a Santa Ana clinic has been arrested on federal charges that allege he issued prescriptions for dangerous and addictive narcotics, such as the opioid oxycodone, without a medical purpose. Dr. Robert Tinoco Perez, 56, of Westminster, was ar...

CORRECTION: Corrects the date of the incident. Seven men have been charged with assaulting two police officers during a street-racing gathering, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. All of the defendants are charged with two felony counts of assault upon a peace offi...

A mother and her boyfriend were charged today with the murder and torture of her 10-year-old son who died last week after he was found unresponsive, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Kareem Ernesto Leiva (dob 12/23/85) and Heather Maxine Barron (dob 9/29/89) were each c...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison today for shooting another man in a park in Anaheim in 2015. Defendant Charges Sentence Adam Jay Stone, 31, Anaheim Found guilty by a jury on April 25, 2018, with one felony count of: ...

SACRAMENTO — California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced that he will be filing a lawsuit this week against Navient Corporation (Navient) and its subsidiaries, Pioneer and General Revenue Corporation, for misconduct in the servicing and collection of federal student loans. Navient ...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex M. Azar III, announced today the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action involving 601 charged defendants across 58 federal districts, including 165 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical...

A 39-year-old man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl at a wedding reception in Valencia, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Ani Bailey said Jeff Boulter (dob 1/7/79) of Long Beach faces one felony count each of kidnapping...

LOS ANGELES – In another massive law enforcement action targeting health care fraud, federal authorities here announced today criminal cases naming a total of 33 defendants – including doctors, pharmacists and an attorney – who have been charged in a wide-range of schemes that collectively attem...