One of the world’s largest third-party debt collection companies has agreed to pay $9 million and curb illegal phone-calling practices to settle a civil consumer protection lawsuit brought by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office and other county prosecutors.
A jury today found a 43-year-old Los Angeles man guilty of trafficking girls as young as 13 for commercial sex, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Dating websites owned by Spark Networks USA, LLC, such as Christian Mingle and Jdate, have been ordered to pay up to $985,000 in restitution to customers whose subscriptions were automatically renewed or who were denied refunds when requested, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
A 56-year-old man was sentenced today to 32 years to life in state prison for the murder of a jewelry salesman at a Pasadena gas station more than three decades ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
A man was charged today with one count of assault with a semi-automatic firearm during a confrontation last month in a South Los Angeles parking lot, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Travis Herr (dob 7/16/91) pleaded no contest yesterday to two counts of assault with a firearm on a peace officer. He was immediately sentenced to 25 years in state prison by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Alan Honeycutt.
Marion “Suge” Knight was sentenced today to 28 years in state prison for running over a man and killing him in a Compton restaurant parking lot, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
A convicted felon serving a life sentence for a 2007 murder was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing three other people more than a decade ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
A criminal complaint was amended today against a mother and her boyfriend accused of murdering and torturing her 10-year-old son, making the pair eligible for the death penalty, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
A 51-year-old Pasadena man has been charged with sexually assaulting five women, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
According to prosecutors, the defendant allegedly burglarized four residences – a home owned by singer Tota Matthieu on Aug. 24; professional baseball player Yasiel Puig’s residence on Sept. 18; a home owned by singer Rihanna on Sept. 25; and a residence owned by professional football player Robert Woods on Sept. 27.
A Compton man was charged today with killing his 65-year-old stepfather and his 13-year-old stepsister, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
The jury deliberated for about three hours before finding Caminero Wang guilty of two counts of first-degree murder in case KA112295. The jury also found true a special circumstance allegation of multiple murders and special allegations of using a handgun which caused great bodily injury and death.
James Wesley Trotter, aka Man-Man of Long Beach, was found guilty on Aug. 15 of one count each of murder with a special circumstance allegation of murder during the commission of a robbery; second-degree robbery; and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Jalen Daniel Hall, a former receiver with the Oregon Ducks, and another man have been charged with a home invasion robbery in Norwalk, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.