9-Year-Old Girl Killed in Rollover Crash; ICE Takes Impaired Mother Into Custody After Release From Jail
Phoenix, AZ — A Mexican national accused in a rollover crash that killed her 9-year-old daughter and injured three other children has been taken into federal immigration custody after local authorities released…
Woman Swallowed Her Stash of Meth After Being Stopped by San Diego Police
SAN DIEGO, CA – Officers in Northwestern Division made a traffic stop in the Carmel Valley neighborhood. The driver admitted to having illegal drugs in the car and swallowing meth and cocaine.…
Van Nuys Man Gets 2 Years for Sexually Assaulting Incapacitated Young Woman on International Flight
VAN NUYS, CA– A 43-year-old Van Nuys, California, man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two years in prison for two federal felonies for his sexual assault of…
San Bruno Perv Gets 12 Years for Sharing Sex Video Involving Prepubescent GIrl on Kik Messaging App
SAN BRUNO, CA – James Calvert was sentenced today to 12 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for distribution and receipt of child [censored]ography, announced United States Attorney…
Bonita Husband and Wife Sentenced for Selling Charity Donations, Keeping Profit
BONITA, CA – A Bonita husband and wife were sentenced in federal court today to 9 months and 15 months, respectively, in prison for using their charity to obtain donations from various…
Hemet Woman Charged with Smuggling Deadly Toxin Into United States from Mexico
SAN DIEGO, CA – A federal jury has found Veronica Perez of Hemet, California, guilty of smuggling an unregistered Mexican pesticide into the United States. After a three-day trial, the jury found…
Stockton Men Moved Guns Illegally from Reno to California
STOCKTON, CA — A federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment today against two Stockton residents and alleged members of the Everybody Killa (EBK) street gang, charging them with conspiring to deal…
Drug Runner Accused of Moving One Kilo of Heroin Through I90 Convicted
HAMMOND, CA – Renato Salazar-Lopez, age 37, of San Ysidro, California, was convicted late yesterday, after a one-day jury trial in the Hammond District Court of possession with intent to distribute one…
San Fernando Drug Dealer Gets 15 Years for Selling Drugs to Man Who Died of Overdose
SANTA ANA, California – A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced today to 180 months in federal prison for selling fentanyl to a 22-year-old man who suffered a fatal overdose approximately 20 minutes…
Pasadena Man Kidnapped Chinese Man, Dumped His Body in Mojave Desert
LOS ANGELES – A Pasadena man pleaded guilty today to a federal charge of conspiring to kidnap a Chinese national who was violently abducted from a San Gabriel parking lot, and whose parents…
San Fernando Business Partners Charged for PPP Loan Fraud
SANTA ANA, California – A San Fernando Valley man was arrested today on federal charges alleging he and his business partner fraudulently obtained more than $1.95 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans…
California Force ICE to Release 250 Criminal Aliens from Detention Facility
Adelanto, CA — Due to an order from the Central District of California, and despite requests to transfer detainees to alternative locations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has complied with the…
Dad Stops Man From Abducting 5-Year-Old Daughter in Bakersfield
On October 24, 2020, at 11:45 p.m., the Kern County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a vehicle accident at the corner of Airport Dr and Norris Rd. The reporting party said…
Riverside Man Who Supplied Guns to San Bernardino Killers Gets 20 Years in Prison
A Riverside man was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring to commit terrorist attacks in the Inland Empire and for providing assault rifles later used in the 2015…
El Cajon Man Sentenced for Death of Rugby Player Killed by Drug Overdose
SAN DIEGO – Christopher Glenn Emison of El Cajon was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Battaglia to 168 months in prison for distributing more than 40 grams of fentanyl…
Irate Irvine Doctor Ran Over His Wife’s Dentist Lover in His Car, Killing Him
SANTA ANA, Calif. – An Irvine doctor was convicted of first degree for the killing of his estranged wife’s lover. The defendant was also convicted of stabbing the victim’s female friend before…
Haliburton Foods CEO Ian Schenkel Charged for Prostitution with Two Teen Girls, His Pimp Also Busted
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The 59-year-old CEO of Haliburton International Foods has been charged with engaging in prostitution with a 15-year old and 16-year-old. A 22-year-old woman has been charged with pimping…
Buena Park Man Gets 50 to Life for Sexually Assaulting Toddler, Posting Photos Online
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 24-year-old Buena Park man was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 50 years to life for sexually assaulting a two-year-old girl while he babysit her in 2016…
Unauthorized “Ballot Boxes” Showing Up Mysteriously in California Cities
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Yesterday the Orange County District Attorney’s Office received a report that several unauthorized ballot boxes had been placed in Orange County cities. District Attorney investigators assigned to the…
Ostioneria Colima Restaurant Chain Owner Facing Federal Criminal Charges
SANTA ANA, California – The owner of a chain of Mexican seafood restaurants pleaded guilty this afternoon to criminal charges for obstructing a federal investigation into his failure to pay minimum wage and…
Riverside Brothers Caught Moving 100 Pounds of Meth from Los Angeles to Vegas
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Two brothers made their initial appearances in federal court on Friday for allegedly transporting 100 pounds of methamphetamine from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas A.…