SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three (DCA), granted the Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) five writ petitions filed with the DCA, in response to the orders issued in December 2015, by the Honorable Richard M. King, “Order Denying Motion ...

LOS ANGELES —A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts against a previously convicted felon from Redlands who attempted to distribute over three pounds of methamphetamine and illegally possessed various firearms, including a sawed-off shotgun and an AK-47-type rifle without a serial number. D...

SANTA ANA, California– An Orange County man who admitted that he attempted to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and making a false statement in a passport application was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison. Adam Dandach, 22, of Orange, was se...

LOS ANGELES– A federal judge has convicted a Moreno Valley man of advertising child pornography in a members-only online chatroom for people with a sexual interest in infants and toddlers. Angelo Harper Jr., 21, was found guilty yesterday afternoon of advertising child pornography, a crime that...

LOS ANGELES– An Oregon man was sentenced today to six months in federal prison for a computer hacking scheme that gave him illegal access to 363 Apple and Google e-mail accounts, including those belonging to members of the entertainment industry in Los Angeles. Andrew Helton, 29, of Portland, O...

California-based medical device manufacturer Acclarent Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, has agreed to pay $18 million to resolve allegations that the company caused health care providers to submit false claims to Medicare and other federal health care programs by marketing and distributin...

LOS ANGELES– The former manager of a Wells Fargo Bank branch in Glendale has been arrested and arraigned on federal charges that allege he was part of a scheme to launder the proceeds of a mass mailing scam targeting holders of U.S. trademarks. Two other Los Angeles-area men had previously been ...

The U.S. Department of Justice and attorneys general from multiple states and the District of Columbia sued today to block Anthem's proposed acquisition of Cigna and Aetna's proposed acquisition of Humana, alleging that the transactions would increase concentration and harm competition across the...

SAN FRANCISCO– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that California, along with 11 other states and the District of Columbia, has joined the United States Department of Justice in filing a civil antitrust lawsuit to block the proposed $48.3 billion merger of two major insurance compa...

SACRAMENTO– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced the arrest of Kevin Manz, 59, on felony charges of grand theft for embezzling money from multiple charitable organizations in the Sacramento area. According to the criminal complaint, filed today in Sacramento Superior Court, Manz ille...

LOS ANGELES– The Justice Department announced today the filing of civil forfeiture complaints seeking the forfeiture and recovery of more than $1 billion in assets associated with an international conspiracy to launder funds misappropriated from a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. More than $3.5...

FULLERTON, Calif. – A man is scheduled to face trial tomorrow for the stabbing-murder of his acquaintance after chasing and stalking him and fleeing to Mexico. Mario Alberto Rodriguez, 26, Santa Ana, is charged with one felony count of murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of ...

Update: Today, a federal grand jury in Los Angeles returned a two-count indictment that charges Gregory Allen Justice with economic espionage and violating the Arms Export Control Act for his attempts to sell sensitive satellite information to a person he believed to be a foreign intelligence ag...

A La Habra man was sentenced today to more than 110 years in state prison after being convicted of shooting at law enforcement during a standoff in Norwalk two years ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Jason Edwin Devore, 39, was sentenced to 111 years and eight mont...

A 24-year-old man accused of defacing a war memorial in Venice was charged today, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Angel Castro (dob 2/24/92) has been charged with one felony count of vandalism over $400 damagegraffiti in case SA093405. The felony complaint also allege...

LOS ANGELES– An Arizona man who admitted molesting four young boys in China and documenting the abuse with hundreds of photographs and videos has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison. Kelly James Morrow, 49, who had been living in China when he was arrested last June and claims a domest...

FULLERTON, Calif. – A woman has been charged with stalking, threatening, and pretending to be the pregnant wife of her ex-boyfriend and responding to advertisements on Craigslist soliciting “rape fantasies.”Michelle Suzanne Hadley, 29, Ontario, is charged with one felony count of stalking with a ...

A 47-year-old man who had his doctor's license revoked after being convicted in 2013 of sexually abusing a patient at a Northridge hospital is alleged to have violated the terms of his probation by continuing to perform medical exams, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced to...

LOS ANGELES– A Gardena man who was found guilty of sex trafficking seven girls, most of whom had been coerced or forced to work as prostitutes, was sentenced today to 40 years in federal prison. Laron Darrell Carter, also known as “Birdd” and variations of that moniker, 39, received the sentenc...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to 25 years to life state prison and two defendants were sentenced for their roles in the 1995 cold case kidnapping and brutal meat cleaver hacking murder of a man. Shannon Ray Gries, 45, Santa Ana, pleaded guilty on May 23, 2016, to one count of felo...

LOS ANGELES– An independent film producer has been charged with 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, 56, of Calabasas, was charged on Tuesday with moving money to New ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A drunken driver was sentenced today to 22 years to life in state prison for murdering a 6-year-old girl and severely injuring the child's sister and mother by crashing into them in a crosswalk after driving through a red light. Jessicah Louise Cowan, 37, Lake Hughes, was foun...

LOS ANGELES– A federal lawsuit filed today seeks nearly $25 million in damages from the owner of a Mountain Center residence and the property's caretakers for alleged negligence that led to the 2013 Mountain Fire, which burned for more than two weeks and scorched over 27,500 acres, more than hal...

A 27-year-old dancer who was a winner on the television show “So You Think You Can Dance” was charged today with domestic violence charges, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Joshua Demon Allen (dob 3/13/89) of North Hollywood faces two felony counts of willfully injurin...

LOS ANGELES– Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and other law enforcement authorities this morning arrested six people charged in three federal indictments that allege illegal firearms sales and drug distribution. The arrests stem from an ATF-led investigation t...