The FBI arrested a Costa Mesa Trumper who rioted in the U.S. Capitol
Christian Secor, 22, a UCLA student from Costa Mesa, has been arrested by the FBI due to his alleged participation in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Secor is facing…
The FBI needs your help to identify the Trumpers who rioted in the U.S. Capitol
The FBI is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying individuals who made unlawful entry into the U.S. Capitol building and committed various other alleged criminal violations, such as destruction of…
Santa Ana man sentenced to 10 years for selling meth and brokering the sale of illegal ghost guns
SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for selling narcotics and illegally brokering the sale of firearms – including several…
Man who owned homes in Santa Ana pleads guilty to illegal Bitcoin transactions and money laundering
LOS ANGELES – A San Bernardino County man was charged today with running an unlicensed company that exchanged tens of millions of dollars in Bitcoin and cash. Hugo Sergio Mejia,…
Former Tustin bank branch sentenced after stealing over $1M from a customer with dementia
LOS ANGELES – A former Comerica bank branch manager was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison for stealing more than $1 million from an elderly customer with dementia,…
O.C. man gets over 24 years in prison for traveling to have sex with minors and producing child porn
SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man was sentenced today to 292 months in federal prison for travelling out of state to sexually abuse minors – including a 6-year-old…
A new court ruling means clinics cannot inject drug addicts with illegal drugs
The Drug Needle Mobile Remember when the Democratic Party of Orange County endorsed setting up a clinic in Downtown Santa Ana where drug addicts could go to get free drug…
Former O.C. physician assistant admits to writing opioid prescriptions for local drug dealers
SANTA ANA, California – A former physician assistant at a Fountain Valley medical clinic pleaded guilty today to a federal charge that he conspired to issue and sell prescriptions for oxycodone,…
Former financial advisor from Irvine heading to prison after scamming pro athletes
SANTA ANA, California – A former Orange County financial advisor and lawyer was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for stealing millions of dollars of his pro athlete…
O.C. man sentenced to more than 24 years for nationwide Fentanyl trafficking and money laundering
United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Huntington Beach, California, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Fentanyl Analogue and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering was sentenced on September…
Convicted Garden Grove terrorist charged with selling meth
RIVERSIDE, California – A federal grand jury today indicted an Orange County man for allegedly selling pound quantities of methamphetamine while he was on supervised release following a 2009 terrorism…
O.C. security guard arrested for pretending to be a Federal agent
SANTA ANA, California – A private security employee at an Orange County retirement community was arrested today on a criminal complaint alleging he pretended to be a federal agent. Donovan…
Two O.C. men sentenced for roles in $3.5M Santa Ana loan modification scam
SANTA ANA, California – Two Orange County residents were sentenced late this afternoon – with one being ordered to serve 12 years in federal prison – for their key roles…
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Two new defendants charged in the fatal kidnapping of a Santa Ana car dealer
LOS ANGELES – Two men from the San Gabriel Valley were charged today in federal court for allegedly participating in the kidnapping of Ruochen “Tony” Liao, a Chinese national (who was…
Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem Villegas appointed to a Federal Subcommittee
SANTA ANA, CA - Mayor Pro Tem Juan Villegas has been appointed to the Juvenile Justice and Youth Crime working group, a subcommittee of the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement…