WEST SACRAMENTO – California Highway Patrol Public Safety Dispatchers Association (CHP-PSDA) Vice President Victor Tovar met with four CHP dispatchers...
VALLEJO - On Sunday, April 8, 2018, CHP-Public Safety Dispatchers Association (CHP-PSDA) purchased lunch for all of the public safety dispatchers and...
SACRAMENTO- April 8-14, 2018 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, a time to recognize our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association...
SACRAMENTO — On April 19, 2018, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the arrest and grand jury indictment of five people accused of defrauding the state’s beverage container recycling program in the amount of $80.3 million. The multi-year...
SACRAMENTO – On April 16, 2018, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed three misdemeanor charges against Melissa “Missy” Echeverria, 54, a real estate agent, for allegedly raising the monthly rent on property she owns in Novato by more than...
BAKERSFIELD - On April 12, 2018, the Kern County District Attorney’s Office announced that it filed a felony county of involuntary manslaughter against a trailer park management company as a result of findings by state investigators into the fiery death...
BELL GARDENS- On April 11, 2018, the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) announced that ABC agents arrested three people in a drug investigation at Perry Burger in Bell Gardens. They also posted a Notice of Revocation at the restaurant...
EUREKA – During the first week of April 2018, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) officers arrested three individuals for poaching more than 2,300 succulent plants near Trinidad in Humboldt County. Poaching succulents is a rising...
WOODLAND - During the first week of April 2018, special agents with the California Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Bureau of Firearms led an operation assisted by Woodland Police Department detectives and Yolo County District Attorney’s Office investigators...
SAN FRANCICO- On April 5, 2018, California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents posted a notice of indefinite suspension at La Oficina Bar on Mission Street in San Francisco. The suspension is the result of a six-month investigation by...
ANTIOCH - On April 6, 2018, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of an Antioch man allegedly involved in buying guns in Nevada that are illegal in California and then selling them in the Golden State. In March, the Contra...
LOS ANGELES – On April 3, 2018, A Los Angeles County jury convicted Oleg N. Chakov, 48, on misdemeanor charges of selling elephant ivory. Chakov was sentenced to 10 days in county jail in lieu of a $5,000 fine, three years of probation and 30 days of...
LOS ANGELES – On April 3, 2018, two executives at a Los Angeles substance abuse treatment company were arrested on charges that allege they defrauded the Medi-Cal program by submitting bills seeking more than $2 million for services that did not qualify...
VISALIA – On March 26, 2018, Pedro Sanchez, 34, of Lindsay was arraigned on a grand jury indictment on 16 felony counts including multiple counts of murder. The indictment is for gang crimes related to 2015’s Operation Red Sol gang sweep. Operation...
SACRAMENTO – On March 28, 2018, sworn peace officer-investigators with the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) conducted an enforcement operation in Rancho Cordova and Rio Linda aimed at combating unlicensed vehicle dismantlers. Based on complaints...
SAN DIEGO – California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) investigators conducted an undercover sting in San Diego County during the third week in March and cited 17 people suspected of contracting without a license. “Licensed contractors have taken...
SACRAMENTO – Despite a widespread educational campaign and the spotlight on enforcement operations, people continue to fraudulently use disabled parking placards to gain a convenient parking space. On March 28, 2018, California Department of Motor Vehicles...
LOS ANGELES – On March 26, 2018, an Orange County public adjuster was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for stealing more than $1.2 million from insurance payouts belonging to fire victims. Jose Villa, 62, of San Clemente pleaded no contest to eight...
LOS ANGELES – On March 20, 2018, former life insurance agents Mohammed Kakooza, 44, Margret Birabwa, 35, Michael Chibueze Monday, 43, and Denis Osikol, 36, all from Southern California, were arrested on multiple felony counts for their role in an alleged...
