FRESNO - On August 13, 2018, Devone Johnson, 32, and Anthony Thomas, 26, both of Fresno, pleaded guilty in federal court to unlawfully possessing firearms. According to court documents, on October 9, 2016, Johnson and Thomas were in possession of an Uzi...
Sacramento – During the month of July 2018, investigators with the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) caught 114 people misusing disabled person parking placards during 21 enforcement operations throughout the state. Investigators confiscated...
FRESNO – On August 13, 2018, Sandra Haar, 57, of Merced, pleaded guilty to health care fraud and conspiracy to receive kickbacks. Haar was the founder and chief executive officer of Horisons Unlimited, a nonprofit public benefit corporation that provided...
FRESNO - On August 9, 2018, California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents placed a 30-day Notice of Suspension at the Fat Boys Taqueria on West Bullard Avenue. The notice prohibits the business from selling alcoholic beverages for 30 days. The suspension...
FORT BRAGG - On August 5, 2018, a California State Park Ranger located a vehicle at MacKerricher State Park that was registered to a missing person who also had a felony warrant for his arrest for evading police. “State park rangers are always on the...
OCEANO – When San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies stopped the driver of an SUV for a vehicle code violation, they discovered the driver, Jesse Richard Wallace, was driving with a suspended license. Soon after, a California State Parks ranger K9...
HALF MOON BAY - From the San Francisco and South Bay Areas to Ventura, California State Parks rangers and lifeguards kept busy with calls for help. Three of the calls involved the recovery of a body from the ocean near Pierpont Beach, the rescue of a...
LOS ANGELES - On August 1, 2018, two former insurance agents, Ali Kakande, 38, and Sulaiman Lutale, 36, pleaded no contest to multiple felony counts of insurance fraud, grand theft, and forgery after falsifying life insurance applications to collect...
HANFORD – When Kings County law enforcement officers conducted a probation search at a home in Hanford on July 26, 2018, they discovered an operating butane honey oil lab, drugs, firearms and a large amount of ammunition. As a result of the search and...
GILROY – In an effort to keep a family friendly environment at the 40th annual Gilroy Garlic Festival July 27-29, 2018, California Alcoholic Beverage Control agents teamed with law enforcement officers from local and state agencies to keep an eye on alcohol...
MORENO VALLEY – On July 24, 2018, Moreno Valley Police officers and California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents busted three men who purchased alcohol for an under-age decoys in a shoulder tap operation. The decoy asked the individuals to buy...
SANTA BARBARA - California Department of Justice criminalists are assisting the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office in identifying body parts that were discovered in the water on July 24 and July 26, 2018. Criminalists are gathering DNA evidence from...
FRESNO – On July 23, 2018 Scott Radtke, 56, of Clovis, was arraigned on a nine-count indictment charging him with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection suspected fraudulent activity at his Clovis car dealership California Motoring Company....
MARTINEZ - Nine Contra Costa County restaurants are now facing more than $200,000 in administrative fines for failing to provide workers’ compensation insurance. On June 26 and July 20, 2018, investigators from the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office,...
LONG BEACH – On July 24, 2018 the Labor Commissioner’s Office announced that it issued wage theft citations of $1.9 million to Fullerton Pacific Interiors Inc. for failing to properly compensate 472 workers on 26 construction projects throughout Southern...
LOS ANGELES - On July 20, 2018, the California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR), along with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, served a search warrant at Vernon Smog Star, a licensed smog check station in Los Angeles. According to BAR,...
