Supreme Court ruling limits extra detention during traffic stop Police cannot extend a traffic stop for a drug-detection dog without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled April 21,…
Man Gets 70 Months for Nearly $5 Million Loan Fraud to COVID-19 Relief
LOS ANGELES — A North Hollywood man was sentenced Friday to 70 months in federal prison for fraud schemes that caused nearly $5 million in losses to federal COVID-19 relief and small-business…
California man charged with arson in 1,048-acre Bouquet Fire
LOS ANGELES — A Santa Clarita man was charged Oct. 9 with federal arson for allegedly setting the Bouquet Fire, which burned about 1,048 acres of federally owned land in the Angeles…
The Irish Reporter — aka “The Deacon,” Who Said Rosaries for Dead People and Covered the Border Beat — Died
When I posted the column below more than 10 years ago, it hit home. I learned so much from that Irishman — a newspaper reporter who spoke fluent Spanish, loved his tequila…
23 Arrested in Skid Row Drug Trafficking Crackdown
Authorities arrested 23 defendants in a Skid Row drug trafficking investigation targeting alleged fentanyl and meth sales, seizing guns and luxury cars.
Ex-CIA official pleads guilty in $193.6 million scheme that netted gold bars, Rolexes
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former senior federal intelligence official who prosecutors say lied about his education and military service to reach a top-secret post has pleaded guilty to $193.6 million scheme that…
Self-Styled ‘Godfather’ Gets 6½ Years for Fraud, Using Deputies Against Rivals
LOS ANGELES — A self-styled “Godfather” who used corrupt Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies to threaten and harass his adversaries was sentenced Monday to 6½ years in federal prison for civil rights…
California Woman Arrested at LAX, Accused of Spying for China
LOS ANGELES — An Irvine woman was arrested Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport on a federal complaint accusing her of working as an unregistered agent of China and surveilling relatives of…
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Human Smuggling Leader Gets Nearly 22 Years for Holding Migrants Hostage
LOS ANGELES — A Guatemalan man who led a human smuggling ring that moved about 20,000 migrants into the United States and held some hostage was sentenced Friday to nearly 22 years…
San Gabriel Man Charged With Smuggling $300 Million in Computer Servers to China
LOS ANGELES — A San Gabriel technology company owner was arrested Oct. 1 on federal charges alleging he smuggled more than $300 million in export-controlled computer servers to China. Greg Lui, 38,…
Two Alleged White Supremacists Charged in Attacks on Marines; Third Man Pleads Guilty
SAN DIEGO — Two alleged white supremacists face federal hate crime and obstruction charges in connection with racially motivated attacks on two U.S. Marines and another man near the Oceanside Pier, prosecutors…