A Point Richmond, California man was sentenced to serve 33 months in prison yesterday for tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department's Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch of the Northern District of Californi...

LOS ANGELES– A former immigration services officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) who had the power to approve applications for citizenship has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for taking tens of thousands of dollars in bribes. Daniel Espejo Amos, 68, of Lakew...

LOS ANGELES – Authorities have arrested 17 members and associates of the Wilmas street gang who are named in a federal racketeering indictment that alleges acts of murder, attempted murder, narcotics trafficking, robbery and witness intimidation – as well as a series of armed attacks on law enfor...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A third-striker man and a woman are charged with human trafficking, pimping, and pandering a minor runaway girl after the man desensitized and groomed the victim by sexually assaulting her. They met the victim through an advertisement they placed on Craigslist. In case 16CF270...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – An Uber driver was charged yesterday with raping an unconscious minor teenage girl in Laguna Beach. Samer Alaaeldin Mahran, 23, Huntington Beach, was charged on Nov. 8, 2016, with one felony count of rape by use of drugs, one felony count of forcible oral copulation upon a min...

Calum McSwiggan, known for online posts and videos, has pleaded guilty to vandalizing a car in a case in which he claimed to have been the victim of a hate crime in West Hollywood, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. McSwiggan, 26, entered the guilty plea yesterday ...

SANTA ANA, California– The lead defendant in an indictment that outlined a wide-reaching conspiracy to smuggle, manufacture and distribute more than $12 million worth of synthetic, or analogue, drugs has pleaded guilty in federal court. Sean Libbert, 41, of Newport Beach, pleaded guilty yesterd...

LOS ANGELES– An independent film producer was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for interstate transportation of stolen property related to the theft of nearly $1.5 million that should have gone to his partner in a film production deal. Julio Caro, 57, of Calabasas, was sentenced t...

An Arvin, California, man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for child pornography offenses related to the online sextortion of female minors, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department's Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert o...

LOS ANGELES– A Sun Valley man who admitted a host of criminal charges related to a 2013 shooting spree at Los Angeles International Airport in which he murdered Transportation Security Administration Officer Gerardo Hernandez was sentenced today to spend the rest of his life in federal prison. ...

LOS ANGELES– A North Hollywood man was sentenced this morning on federal charges related to the attempted illegal exportation from the United States to Taiwan of protected African elephant ivory. Cesar Ernesto Gutierrez, 75, was sentenced by United States District Judge John F. Walter to two ye...

LOS ANGELES– A Long Beach-based lobbyist, whose clients included illegal marijuana stores in Long Beach, was sentenced today to one year and one day in federal prison for failing to report to the IRS more than $750,000 in income he received over a six-year period. Carl A. Kemp, 43, of Long Beac...

A 35-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man each pleaded no contest for failure to care for an animal after authorities discovered a group of neglected animals including a pregnant pitbull mix, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Martha Salmeron and Pedro Espana Cruz gave t...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to be arraigned today for manufacturing an explosive device in his mobile home in Anaheim while streaming on Facebook Live. Jeff Edward Reece, 34, was charged on Nov. 1, 2016, with one felony count of possession of an explosive, one felony count of possessio...

SACRAMENTO– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced felony charges against former attorney Mary Brooks for defrauding immigrant clients seeking citizenship. According to the complaint filed in San Joaquin County Superior Court, Brooks stole over $100,000 from at least 14 different clien...

A man was charged today with fatally stabbing a 3-year-old girl at a clothing factory in downtown Los Angeles earlier this week, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Ricardo Utuy (dob 6/7/82) was charged in case BA451497 with one count each of murder and attempted murder a...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Five family members were convicted yesterday of defrauding over $100,000 in government subsidies by falsifying information to receive housing assistance. Charges Dong Hong Phan, 75, Fountain Valley, pleaded guilty on Nov. 1, 2016, to one felony count of aid by misrepresentatio...

LOS ANGELES– As the result of a seven-month investigation by special agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and officers with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), federal grand juries have issued nine indictments that charge a total of 13 defendants with fi...

A Gardena man was ordered to stand trial today for the alleged rape and murder of a woman and the rape of three other women, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Kevon Takashi Ross (dob 11/25/84) was held to answer on 25 felony counts: one count each of murder, sodomy of a...

The Department of Justice sued DIRECTV and its corporate successor, AT&T Inc., today for acting as the ringleader of a series of unlawful information exchanges between DIRECTV and three of its competitors – Cox Communications Inc., Charter Communications Inc. and AT&T – during the companies' nego...

A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment today charging a total of six executives from four different companies for conspiring to fix prices of electrolytic capacitors sold to customers in the United States and elsewhere, the Department of Justice announced today. The indictment, f...

Two men were charged today with murder for a fatal beating outside a Hollywood nightclub over the weekend, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Dietrich Canterberry (12/20/81) and Cordell Shields (3/25/81) were each charged in case BA451429 with one count of murder. Shield...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA), as part of the California Food, Drug, and Medical Device Task Force, comprised of ten district attorneys' offices including Alameda, Marin, Monterey, Napa, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Solano, and Sonoma Counties, announ...

A federal jury sitting in Oakland, California convicted a resident of Richmond, California yesterday for his role in a conspiracy to steal identities and cash fraudulently obtained and stolen U.S. Treasury checks, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of ...

LOS ANGELES– An Australian geneticist who pleaded guilty to a federal charge of traveling to Los Angeles to engage in criminal sexual conduct with a 6-year-old boy was sentenced today to 144 months in prison. Michael Quinn, 33, of Melbourne, was sentenced today by United States District Judge J...