SACRAMENTO- On February 9, 2021, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) Senior Counsel Andrea Perez had the pleasure of conducting...
LOS ANGELES— Zandra Monterrozo, 44, of Corona, pleaded guilty and on February 19, 2021 was sentenced for her involvement in an organized ring that intentionally staged vehicle collisions in order to collect more than $135,000 in undeserved insurance payouts....
MERCED -On February 22, 2021 Felipe Saurez Barocio, 63, of Atwater, owner of Agriculture Services, Inc., and his daughter, Angelita Barocio-Negrete, 34, of Merced, were ordered to pay $2,582,142 in restitution – the amount of workers’ compensation insurance...
MONTEREY COUNTY – On February 25, 2021, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced that the Office’s Cannabis Enforcement Unit entered into a stipulated civil judgment with William Peck of Aromas, for cultivating cannabis cuttings or “clones,”...
VENTURA COUNTY – On February 24, 2021, California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) investigators assisted numerous law enforcement agencies in Ventura County with “Operation Clean Sweep”. The goal of the operation was to target property crimes in Ventura...
RIVERSIDE COUNTY - On February 18, 2021, personnel from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Riverside County Code Enforcement, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and California Department of Food and Agriculture served six marijuana cultivation-related...
SACRAMENTO – On February 11, 2021, two siblings, Yan Lu and William Lu, were charged with allegedly under-reporting millions of dollars in sales and evading sales tax for the Mama Lu restaurants they own in Monterey Park. Both Yan Lu and William Lu pleaded...
SAN DIEGO – On February 8, 2021, Jonathan Madison, 29, of San Diego pleaded guilty in federal court to sex trafficking of children, admitting that he knowingly recruited, advertised, and solicited teenage girls and women to engage in commercial sex acts....
LOS ANGELES – On January 27, 2021, former licensed insurance agent and customer service representative Laura Lopez, 37, of Long Beach, was arraigned on one felony count of grand theft after allegedly collecting more than $97,000 in insurance premiums...
LONG BEACH - On the night of January 30, 2021, a California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) officer partnered with the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) on a joint agency boat patrol in and around Long Beach Harbor. While on patrol, the officers...
PALO ALTO – On February 2, 2021, California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents posted a Notice of Suspension at Ernie’s Liquors on El Camino Real in Palo Alto. The license has been ordered revoked, with the revocation stayed for six...
MONTEREY COUNTY– On February 3, 2021, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced that Jose Luis Mendoza, 47, was found guilty by court trial of contracting without a license, a violation of Business & Professions code section 7028, and...
MONTEREY COUNTY - On February 2, 2021, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced that seven people have been charged with unemployment insurance fraud. Five are Monterey County jail inmates: Tony Nguyen Tran, Lanh Van Truong, Juan Castillo...
MONTEREY COUNTY – On February 2, 202, Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced that Hilda Beatriz Valencia Flores, 29, of Salinas, will be sentenced to prison for three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter with intoxication and...
LONG BEACH– On February 1, 2021, California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents posted a Notice of Revocation at Taco Beach, a restaurant located on Pine Avenue in Long Beach. The business is prohibited from serving, selling and allowing...
MONTEREY COUNTY - On February 2, 2021, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced that its Environmental Protection Unit entered into a stipulated judgment with Growers Transplanting, Inc. to settle a civil action brought under Business...
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY – On February 1, 2020, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office announced that James Fuentes, 44, was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison after pleading to one count of forced oral copulation, a violent felony...
