Irvine man charged with assaulting a flight attendant
DENVER – Brian Hsu, age 20, of Irvine, California, has been charged by criminal complaint with interference with a flight crew and assault within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the…
Suspect in fatal kidnapping of a Santa Ana auto dealer gets a 16 year prison sentence
LOS ANGELES – A San Gabriel Valley man was sentenced today to 195 months in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to kidnap a Chinese national who was violently…
Santa Ana Trumper arrested again and charged with fighting with U.S. Capitol police on Jan. 6
Do you remember the Trumper Kim Michael Sorgente, who was accused of hitting another person over the head with a megaphone at a Dec. 6, 2020 “Stop the Steal” rally…
Former O.C. pastor gets 14 years in prison for conning investors out of $33M
The former pastor of the Westminster-based Church of the Healthy Self was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for orchestrating a church-based investment scam that took in more than…
Santa Ana man jailed and must pay $10K for smuggling pesticides into the U.S.
Mark Lee Morgan of Santa Ana, California, was sentenced in federal court Friday (Aug. 6) to 14 days in custody and ordered to pay a fine of $10,000 plus restitution…
The U.S. Attorney General Announces Initiatives to combat human smuggling and trafficking at the border
U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today announced a series of steps that the Department of Justice is taking to address the threats posed by both corruption and by transnational…
The DHS and DOJ announce new more efficient immigration hearings
Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced a new Dedicated Docket process to more expeditiously and fairly make decisions in immigration cases…
Environmental Justice Community Forum for the Riverview West, Santa Anita, West Floral Park, Floral Park, Artesia Pilar, and Flower Park Neighborhoods set for May 26
The residents of the Riverview West, Santa Anita, West Floral Park, Floral Park, Artesia Pilar, and Flower Park neighborhoods are invited to the virtual Environmental Justice Community Forum on Wednesday,…
Irvine man arrested for allegedly obtaining $5M in COVID-relief loans fraudulently
https://youtu.be/8q_CBuFqjVM SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man was arrested today on federal charges alleging he fraudulently obtained approximately $5 million in Payment Protection Program (PPP) loans for his…
The SAPD helped to make a big drug bust this week in Costa Mesa
Early last week, Costa Mesa police officers assisted with a multi-agency drug sales investigation resulting in a search warrant service in the 400 block of Enclave Circle in Costa Mesa.…
U.S. Customs employee indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on charges of kidnapping his wife in Santa Ana, leading to her death
SANTA ANA, California – A federal grand jury today returned an indictment that charges a Covina man with kidnapping his wife in 2016 in an incident that resulted in her…
Suspect alleged to have robbed 15 Trader Joe’s locations indicted
LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury today named a Huntington Park man in a 21-count indictment that accuses him of robbing 15 Trader Joe’s stores throughout Southern California during…
Former O.C. resident charged with fraud after a bogus $14M stock offering
SANTA ANA, California – A former Southern California resident was charged today with defrauding more than 100 investors out of $14 million by using boiler room tactics to fraudulently offer…