The feds charged Gueorgui Hristov Pantchev, 49, of West Los Angeles, who moved to an apartment blocks from the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center with a federal stalking charge that alleges he harassed two women doctors at the hospital and three other women who work at the VA’s Loma …
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A federal judge sentenced Mike Barry Brior, 43, who worked at the Orange Unified School District for 18 years to 72 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography, specifically sending image and video files of explicit sexual conduct involving young children via the Kik instant messaging application. Brior pleaded guilty to …
A federal judge sentenced John S. Romero, 74, the former president of a Colton-based labor union, to 144 months in federal prison for stealing nearly $800,000 from the union’s health plan trust fund, which he used to pay for personal expenses including legal bills and a car loan for his son’s …
Cheryl Perez-Castaneda, 58 acted as a “señora” – or a high-level female associate for an imprisoned Mexican Mafia member – got 144 months in federal prison for using her power on the street to solicit a murder and for participating in a carjacking attempt that resulted in a shooting. She pleaded guilty in October 2020 to …
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Carl De Vera Bennington, 34 pleaded guilty to two federal cyberstalking charges for his multiyear internet harassment campaign against two teenage girls who rejected his sexual advances. Bennington sent one teenager unsolicited online messages for several years. When she blocked him from contacting her from one of her online accounts, Bennington created new online accounts and then …
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DECEMBER 7, 2020 After his swearing in today, District Attorney George Gascón issued a number of new directives, drastically changing the landscape of criminal law in Los Angeles County. While the directives are directed at the District Attorney’s office, a number of them may be directly relevant to current cases on appeal or that have …
The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today released a new report, Roadmap to Implementing an Effective Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Program, with its partners at the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). Drones, as UAS are generally known, present one of the most exciting frontiers in law enforcement by giving departments …
A federal Judge sentenced Chaunta A. Bashir, a.k.a. “taytheonly,” 27, to 300 months in federal prison for producing dozens of sexually explicit images and videos of children, including videos that were recorded on his Snapchat and Facebook social media accounts. He pled guilty to one count of production of child pornography. …
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The feds charged Jerry Nehl Boylan, 67, the captain of the P/V Conception, a Santa Barbara-based dive boat that caught fire last year near Santa Cruz Island, resulting in the 33 passenger and one crew member’s deaths of 33 passengers and one crew member, with 34 counts of seaman’s manslaughter. As captain and master of the vessel, …
The feds arrested Andrew Rene Hernandez, 22, a Hollywood man, for recklessly operating a drone that crashed into a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter. The drone damaged the LAPD aircraft and forced the pilot to make an emergency landing. The drone also damaged a vehicle when the the drone fell from the sky after the crash. Hernandez …
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