A homeless man was found guilty today of murdering another transient outside a fast food restaurant in downtown Los Angeles last year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. A jury deliberated for less than three hours before finding 42-year-old Charles Allender guilty of se...

LOS ANGELES– A member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Local 13, was convicted by a federal jury on federal fraud charges for causing two medical clinics to bill the union's health care plan for chiropractic services that were not provided or were not medically necessar...

A Lancaster man has been convicted of sexually assaulting five women over a five-year period in the Los Angeles and Lancaster areas, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today. James Smith, 38, is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 2 in Department 124 at the Foltz Criminal J...

LOS ANGELES– A Compton man has been sentenced to more than ten years in federal prison for illegal methamphetamine and firearms sales. Luis Rodriguez Jr., 29, was sentenced on Monday to 121 months in federal prison by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner. Rodriguez pled guilty earlier ...

A man who allegedly performed laser hair removal without a license at his Glendale establishment is scheduled to be in court today to face a charge of sexually assaulting a client, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Antonio Nozar, aka Ali Nozar, (dob 2/23/68) of Glendale...

Update: RIVERSIDE, California– A federal grand jury has indicted a Moreno Valley woman on charges related to assistance she provided to her husband, who fled to Mexico while pending sentencing in a federal immigration case. Elba Soto, 36, was named in a two-count indictment returned by a grand ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Garden Grove man was sentenced today to 114 years in state prison for shooting into a vehicle which killed a man and injured two women. Dustin Sean Ross McDonald, 25, was found guilty by a jury on June 14, 2016, of one felony count of first degree murder, two felony counts o...

SANTA ANA, California– After conducting surveillance on a suspect in a series of armed robberies that targeted Orange County gas stations, federal agents and local authorities last night arrested a Fontana man on federal charges after he allegedly used what appeared to be a handgun to rob a Chev...

A former Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) supervisory special agent was sentenced in federal court today to 144 months in prison for disclosing sensitive law enforcement reports to a defense contractor who was the target of a criminal fraud investigation in exchange for cash, luxury tr...

Victims Paid the Attorney Well Over $1 Million, Which He Allegedly Used for Personal Expenses and Never Reported as Income to IRS SANTA ANA, California – A disbarred California attorney was arrested this morning on federal charges of running a mortgage modification scheme that defrauded more tha...

A U.S. Navy lieutenant commander pleaded guilty today to a bribery charge in federal court and admitted to accepting cash, luxury hotels and prostitutes from a foreign defense contractor in exchange for proprietary Navy information. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Dep...

A jury today found an 18-year-old woman guilty of the first-degree murder of a USC graduate student from China, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Jurors also found true the special circumstance of murder during commission of an attempted robbery against Alejandra Guerre...

The rapper known as Coolio was charged today after a firearm was allegedly discovered in a backpack at Los Angeles International Airport, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Artis Leon Ivey (dob 8/1/63) of Los Angeles faces one felony count of possession of a firearm by a...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – An Orange County Sheriff's Department (OCSD) deputy was sentenced to three years of informal probation today for unauthorized access of a law enforcement database to view criminal histories. Angel Lora Guerrero, 57, Santa Ana, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of receiv...

A San Dimas woman was sentenced today to nine years in state prison after pleading guilty to a charge in connection with the death of her mother-in-law last year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Un Young Lee, 44, entered her plea to one count each of elder abuse causi...

A 39-year-old man was sentenced today to life in state prison without the possibility of parole for the fatal shooting of a gas station clerk in Diamond Bar more than two decades ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. On March 7, a jury found Lino Acero guilty of first-...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – An Orange County business owner was sentenced to one year in county jail for committing over $200,000 in tax fraud and failing to pay employees prevailing wage for work performed on two public works contracts. Shamseddin Hashemi-Mousavi, 64, Irvine, was found guilty by a jury ...

RIVERSIDE, California– A federal grand jury has indicted a San Jacinto man on charges of producing child pornography for allegedly making videos while he sexually molested a 5-year-old boy. Steve Alonso Marquez, 31, of San Jacinto, was named in a four-count indictment returned by the grand jury...

SANTA ANA, California– Federal prosecutors have secured guilty pleas from seven defendants who participated in a large-scale international identity theft scheme that laundered more than $14 million in fraudulently obtained tax refunds by using bogus Republic of Armenia passports. This week, spe...

A capital murder charge was filed today against a parolee for the alleged execution-style shooting death of Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Steven Owen, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Trenton Trevon Lovell (dob 8/3/89) faces one count of murder with the special cir...

LOS ANGELES– A West Los Angeles man who was the owner of a medical supply company has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in a scheme that fraudulently billed more than $4 million to Medicare. Valery Bogomolny, 44, of Westwood, was sentenced yesterday by United States Di...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced to four years in county jail today for assaulting a female jogger while brandishing an imitation firearm. Sean Luke Salaber, 23, Riverside, was found guilty by a jury on Sept. 7, 2016, of one felony count of false imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud, or...

SACRAMENTO— Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced the arrest of Carl Ferrer, the Chief Executive Officer of online advertising website Backpage.com, on felony charges of pimping a minor, pimping, and conspiracy to commit pimping.  Michael Lacey and James Larkin, controlling shareholde...

LOS ANGELES– Necromance, a West Hollywood shop that sells novelty wildlife items, and its owner were sentenced today in federal court for violating the Endangered Species Act by unlawfully importing seahorses. Necromance and Nancy Delap Smith, 56, of Studio City pleaded guilty in July to misdemea...

LOS ANGELES– A Ventura County man who illegally sold five firearms in less than a month and agreed to sell three more during an undercover operation last year has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison. Joshua Pineda, 24, of Thousand Oaks, was sentenced on Monday to 57 months in ...