LOS ANGELES– A San Gabriel Valley man has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme that used stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service that sought more than $2.6 million in false tax refunds. Heber Cotton, 40, of Hacienda H...

LOS ANGELES– A resident of Tecate, Mexico has been found guilty of federal drug trafficking charges for piloting a “panga” boat stuffed with nearly two tons of marijuana from Ensenada to the United States. Following a three-day trial, the man, 24-year-old Jose Guadalupe Zepeda-Ramirez, was foun...

A former counselor at Vista Middle School was arraigned today on charges of sexually abusing a boy over a four-year period, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. William Webb (dob 12/26/64) of Van Nuys pleaded not guilty to one felony count each of lewd act upon a child 14 ...

Nicholas Michael Teausant, 22, of Acampo, California, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez of the Eastern District of California to 12 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist org...

LOS ANGELES – A South Los Angeles man was arrested today on federal fraud charges for participating in a lottery scam that allegedly targeted elderly victims with promises of cash prizes and cars – as long as they paid taxes and fees. Carl Dean Bullock, 65, was arrested at his residence this m...

The same jury that found Lonnie David Franklin Jr. guilty of killing nine young women and a teenage girl over a 22-year period today recommended that he be sentenced to death, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. The jury of seven women and five men deliberated about eight...

LOS ANGELES– An electrical engineer from Glendale who was found guilty of violating the Economic Espionage Act for stealing and distributing trade secrets belonging to his former employer was sentenced today to federal prison. Derek Wai Hung Tam Sing, 45, was sentenced by United States District...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A Florida inmate was sentenced today to two life sentences to be served consecutively to 10 years and eight months in state prison for assaulting, kidnapping, and sexually assaulting three women near a park in Westminster. Arnold Eduardo Martinez, 35, Blackwater Correctional F...

Three alleged burglars accused of evading police and causing a fatal traffic collision were charged today, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Anthony Marcel Quisenberry (dob 4/9/81), the alleged driver, has been charged with three felony counts in case KA112715: murder, ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced today to 15 years in state prison and mandatory lifetime sex offender registration for assaulting and trafficking a woman from Colorado to Orange County and holding her against her own will to work for the defendant as a commercial sex worker and attempting...

Santa Ana, California– As two criminal cases became public this week, the Justice Department today announced three cases in which additional defendants have pleaded guilty to federal charges for participating in a long-running health care fraud scheme that illegally referred thousands of patient...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow for defrauding approximately $2 million from 380 troubled homeowners through a loan modification scheme. Kevin Frank Rasher, 44, Coto de Caza, is charged with one felony count of second degree burglary, 46 felony counts of grand thef...

LOS ANGELES– The chief executive officer and owner of a Westwood-based mortgage brokerage company that falsely promised to help distressed homeowners avoid foreclosure – but instead stole the equity in the homes and served as the homeowners' impostor landlord – was sentenced this afternoon to 94...

LOS ANGELES– Federal prosecutors today filed a civil asset forfeiture lawsuit and an application that, if approved, would allow the seizure of the proceeds of two life insurance policies worth a total of $275,000 held by San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, announced U.S. Attorney Eileen M....

The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement with Napa County, California, to ensure compliance with provisions of the Voting Rights Act that require the county to provide bilingual election materials and information in Spanish to voters. The Voting Rights Act requires ...

A former actor was convicted today of gunning down his wife at their Los Angeles home in front of the couple's two young sons, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. A jury of six women and six men deliberated about two hours before finding Michael Andrew Jace, 53, guilty of...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was arraigned today on charges of sexually assaulting five girls under the age of 14 in his Huntington Beach residence. Martin Rodriguez Garcia, 49, Huntington Beach, is charged with one felony count of sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child 10 years or younger, one f...

The Justice Department reached a settlement agreement today with Villa Rancho Bernardo Care Center (VRB), a skilled nursing facility in San Diego.  The agreement resolves the department's investigation of VRB for discrimination against work-authorized non-U.S. citizens in violation of the Immigra...

LOS ANGELES – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced that as part of an ongoing criminal investigation, the L.A. IMPACT task force, led by the California Department of Justice, today seized 83 kilograms of cocaine, worth an estimated street value of $10 million, from a bus traveling across t...

Three current and former Navy officers were charged in documents unsealed today for their roles in a massive bribery and fraud scheme involving a Navy contractor. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy of the Sout...

SANTA ANA, California– An associate of the Orange County Mexican Mafia criminal enterprise, who pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges related to his role in the Orange County Mexican Mafia, has been sentenced to serve over five years in federal prison. Danny “Big Shotgun” Rodriguez, 41, ...

LOS ANGELES– Actor Mark Wayne Salling was charged today in a federal indictment with receiving and possessing child pornography on his laptop computer and a flash memory drive. Salling, 33, of Shadow Hills, who is best known for his role as Noah Puckerman on the television show “Glee,” was name...

LOS ANGELES– A Los Angeles-area doctor was arrested this morning after being indicted on federal “structuring” charges that allege he made hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash deposits designed to circumvent federal reporting requirement. Dr. Washington Bryan II, 47, was arrested this morni...

SANTA ANA, Calif. –A Huntington Beach church worship leader was sentenced today to 10 years and eight months in state prison for sexually assaulting an autistic boy and producing child pornography. The Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three (DCA) vacated the conviction of Jeff...

A 36-year-old man pleaded not guilty today to stabbing his father during an argument in their Azusa home, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Marlon Enrique Juares (dob 7/16/79) has been charged with two felony counts in case KA112646: attempted murder and making criminal...