SACRAMENTO – The California Association of Criminal Investigators (CACI), an affiliate of the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association...

Freddy Gamboa is a valued member of the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) and the California Association of Criminal Investigators...

SACRAMENTO – At the request of two California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) affiliate presidents, CSLEA Senior Counsel Andrea...

By CACI Representative James Potts SAN DIEGO - On May 3, 2019, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) and California Association...

WEST SACRAMENTO – Congratulations and Kudos to California Department of Insurance Detective (CDI) Antonio Camacho who, on May 2, 2019 was awarded...

SACRAMENTO – On May 13-14, 2019, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) Senior Counsel Andrea Perez conducted two new employee...

FOLSOM - On Saturday, May 11, 2019, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) Chief Counsel Kasey Clark met with five California...

WEST SACRAMENTO – The California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) and the CHP Public Safety Dispatchers Association (CHP-PSDA) extends...

PALM DESERT -  In an effort to reduce the availability of alcohol to those under the age of 21, California Alcoholic Beverage Control agents teamed up with the Riverside County Sheriff Department’s Palm Desert Special Enforcement Team and conducted a...

FRESNO- On May 20, 2019, Jose Manuel Sotelo-Mendoza (Sotelo), 27, of Ceres, was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 15 pounds of crystal methamphetamine. Sotelo’s sentence...

RIDGECREST -  On April 25, 2019, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) suspended the annual permit to operate the Green Acres Estates mobile home park in Ridgecrest.  The suspension was the result of issues discovered by...

LOMPOC – When California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) investigators were made aware of possible shady deals taking place at Mid State Motorsports in Lompoc, deals that left consumers with vehicles in poor condition and no pink slips, they put their...

UKIAH- On May 15, 2019,  a Mendocino County Superior Court found Van Allen Hubbard, 58, of Shasta Lake guilty of driving a motor vehicle under the combined influence of drugs and alcohol, possession of a methamphetamine pipe, and possession of marijuana,...

LOLETA- On May 15, 2019, California Department of Fish and Wildlife assisted the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office in serving a search warrant to investigate illegal cannabis cultivation at a location in Loleta that did not have the required county permit...

NEEDLES- Late at night on May 8, 2019, the California Department of Food & Agriculture and the California Department of Justice stopped a Penske rental truck during a roadside enforcement operation along U.S. Highway 95 and Goffs Road. When they opened...

CHICO – On May 1, 2019, the Chico Police Department announced the March 25th arrest of a suspected rapist identified by DNA collected during a sexual assault exam of the victim.  Criminalists at the California Department of Justice identified a male DNA...

LOS ANGELES – On May 3, 2019 the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced that 15 chiropractors have been charged in a $6 million insurance fraud and illegal kickback scheme involving automobile collision medical claims. The felony complaint...

LOS ANGELES - Two people charged with taking $1.5 million from Chinese nationals in an immigration fraud scheme were arrested on May 2, 2019. Nianfei Bu, aka Allen Bu, 34, of West Covina faces 12 counts of grand theft, eight of which were for taking more...

SAN ANDREAS – On May 3, 2019, a Calaveras County Superior Court jury found Joseph Riley Bigger guilty of 14 charges of sex abuse and lewd acts involving his own daughter who was under the age of 14. “During the trial, two of our California Statewide Law...

COACHELLA VALLEY – What looked like a checkpoint at this year’s Coachella Valley and Stagecoach Music Festivals was indeed just that!  California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) investigators teamed up with the Indo Police Department to identify and...

SANTA BARBARA – On April 25, 2019 the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office announced the sentencing of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (Plains) for the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill in Santa Barbara County.  Plains was sentenced to pay more than...

ARCATA – A restaurant in Arcata is no longer allowed to sell alcohol after California Alcoholic Beverage Control Agents post a Notice of Revocation at the premises.  As of April 29, 2019, Rico’s Tacos Taqueria is prohibited from selling alcohol. ABC filed...

CARPINTERIA - On April 24, 2019, California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) wardens assisted the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Cannabis Compliance Team with the execution of a search warrant near Carpinteria. The warrant was served at a suspected...

SACRAMENTO -On April 26, 2019, Bar Shani, 27, of San Francisco, pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder money for an illegal gambling business operating in Northern California. According to court documents, between October 2016 and November 2017, Shani...