WEST SACRAMENTO – California Highway Patrol Public Safety Dispatchers Association (CHP-PSDA) Vice President Victor Tovar met with four CHP dispatchers...
EUREKA - On May 22, 2018, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU), along with California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) wardens, served search warrants in the Rancho Sequoia area of Humboldt County to investigate the illegal...
PORTERVILLE – On May 17, 2018, California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents posted a 25-day Notice of Suspension at the Sunshine Handy Mart in Porterville. The suspension follows an investigation in which undercover agents report purchasing drug...
FRESNO – On May 10, 2018, California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents posted a 20-day Notice of Suspension at Lewis Market in Fresno meaning the market will not be able to sell alcoholic beverages for 20 days. The license is suspended...
FORT BRAGG - On May 10, 2018, Charles Wendell Holmes, 49, of Fort Bragg, was found guilty of driving a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs causing bodily injury to another. According to evidence processed by the California Department of Justice...
SACRAMENTO – California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members working as investigators, agents and enforcement representatives from numerous departments make up California’s Labor Enforcement Task Force (LETF) which is cracking down on...
SACRAMENTO — On May 4, 2018, May Levy, 27, of Walnut Creek, pleaded guilty to conducting an illegal gambling business in 11 Northern California communities, collecting up to $4,000 per week on behalf of the Gohar organization. According to court documents,...
SACRAMENTO – As communities in Napa County begin to recover from the devastating October 2017 wildfires, investigators with the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) have teamed with local law enforcement to protect fire survivors from being scammed...
LOS ANGELES – On May 4, 2018 the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced the results of a recent enforcement operation in Los Angeles County aimed at combating unlicensed vehicle dismantlers. DMV investigators targeted 24 locations in...
SAN DIEGO- On May 7, 2018, California Department of Insurance investigators arrested Michael David Wolf, 59, of Moorpark, a licensed insurance agent, along with Randall Keith Smith, 60, of Oceanside on 16 felony counts including grand theft, forgery,...
SAN MATEO- On April 27, 2018, Michael Williams, 34, of Daly City, was arrested on 21 felony counts of insurance fraud and grand theft after allegedly working for multiple employers while collecting more than $85,000 in workers' compensation benefits...
MODESTO – On May 1, 2018, Kevin Jerome Barnes, Jr., 21, of Modesto was sentenced to a maximum sentence of six years in state prison following his August 2017 conviction of being an accessory to murder. Crucial evidence in the case were .40 caliber shell...
SANTA ANA – On May 2, 2018, Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens announced the arrest of 85 suspects, the seizure of 36 firearms, including four assault weapons; 14 pounds of methamphetamine, three pounds of heroin;...
SACRAMENTO – On April 26, 2018 the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) announced it will receive $19,980 in restitution from two men who pleaded no-contest to theft charges involving a multi-year recycling fraud scheme...
UKIAH – On April 27, 2018, a Mendocino County Superior Court Jury found Caleb Dain Silver, 27, a transient on the Mendocino coast, guilty of the first-degree murder of Dennis Boardman, 67, in December 2015. The jury also found true, special allegations...
FRESNO - A Modesto doctor accused of selling prescription drugs for cash and for no legitimate medical reason to undercover agents was arrested by California Department of Justice special agents on April 26, 2018. The arrest of Sawtantra Kumar Chopra,...
VENTURA – In an effort to remove firearms from the possession of those who are prohibited by law from having them, California Department of Justice (DOJ) special agents from Fresno to San Diego, conducted a two-day operation in Ventura County April 23-24,...
