SACRAMENTO- On November 27-28, 2018, California’s Contractors State License Board (CSLB) conducted undercover stings in Folsom and Aptos, targeting suspected unlicensed contractors. During the sting, investigators posed as homeowners and sought bids...
BIG SUR – On December 9, 2018, California State Parks rangers arrested an armed suspect who had broken into the historical buildings at the Point Sur State Historic Park and Lighthouse, frightening docents who arrived to conduct tours that morning. Tony...
LOS ANGELES – On December 5, 2018, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer announced that his office has filed multiple criminal counts against a Studio City man for the alleged illegal possession and mistreatment of a tiger cub at his home. The cub was...
LOS ANGELES – On November 27, 2018, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office announced that workers at Silver Lake Car Wash and Catalina Car Wash who were allegedly deprived of minimum wages, overtime and rest breaks on a routine basis will receive more...
MERCED - On December 5, 2018, Merced County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Kevin Blake received an anonymous tip regarding a possible methamphetamine lab in the 4000 block of Franklin Road. Upon investigation, Sergeant Blake located an active methamphetamine...
SACRAMENTO – Following a five-month investigation, on November 7-8, 2018, California Department of Justice special agents arrested three suspects accused of using an Arizona trucking company as a front to defraud California’s Beverage Container Recycling...
SANTA BARBARA -California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents are doing their part to target under age drinking in the city and county of Santa Barbara, posting a Notice of Suspension at a convenience store and conducing decoy operations at businesses...
DOUGLAS CITY - On November 29, 2018, California Department of Fish and Wildlife wardens assisted the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office in serving a search warrant at a property in Douglas City. The warrant was the result of an investigation into an illegal...
SAN DIEGO –On November 29, 2018, a jury convicted Gonzalo Paredes, 62, of 51 felony counts of paying illegal kickbacks to a doctor for patient referrals and fraudulently billing workers' compensation insurance companies in the California workers' compensation...
LOS ANGELES – On November 27, 2018, a former accountant of a Los Angeles record company was sentenced to six years and four months in state prison for stealing $3.1 million from his longtime employer and committing tax evasion. Joel David Keyser, 61,...
STOCKTON – On November 26, 2018, a jury convicted Alvin Larry Davis, 78, of the July 5, 2012 rape and murder of Hazel Dingman, 84. Davis was charged with and convicted of: one count of murder with the special circumstance allegation of murder in the...
MONTEREY – On November 9, 2018, Vincent Joseph DePhilippis, 28, entered a plea of no contest to unlawfully possessing a mountain lion pelt and cultivating hundreds of cannabis plants without a license. DePhilippis was then sentenced to three years of...
SANTA ANA – On November 16, 2018, Brandon Stewart, 33, of Newport Beach was sentenced to 35 years in state prison for defrauding more than $10.5 million from victims and nearly $3 million from banks through a Ponzi scheme. One of Stewart’s victims was...
FRESNO – On November 26, 2018, Oscar Ivan Salazar-Avalos, 28, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, crimes that could result in decades in prison. According to court documents,...
SANTA ROSA – On November 20, 2018, Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch announced that her office, in conjunction with the Napa and Solano County District Attorneys’ offices, filed a complaint against CRC Luxury Motors, LLC, which owns Midas...
WEAVERVILLE - On November 6, 2018, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) wardens served a search warrant on a black-market marijuana cultivation operation on Hidden Valley Road in Trinity County. The property contained an unpermitted water...
