Tag: California crime

One-Man Crime Spree Leads to 3 Carjackings, 2 Injured Police Officers

LOS ANGELES—A man who allegedly stole a vehicle in Ventura County on July 19 and fled into Los Angeles County was eventually boxed in by pursuing officers and arrested after carjacking two other vehicles, leading police on a car chase that led back to Ventura County, topping 100 mph, and causing a crash which injured…


One-Man Crime Spree Leads to 3 Carjackings, 2 Injured Officers in Southern California

LOS ANGELES—A man who allegedly stole a vehicle in Ventura County on July 19 and fled into Los Angeles County was eventually boxed in by pursuing officers and arrested after carjacking two other vehicles, leading police on a car chase that led back to Ventura County, topping 100 mph, and causing a crash which injured…


OC Woman, Three Others Arrested in Alleged Business Fraud Scheme

LOS ANGELES—The owner of a now-shuttered Orange County healthcare business management services company and three others were arrested on July 19 on a nine-count federal indictment alleging they defrauded lenders and investors out of millions of dollars via false claims that the owner’s struggling business was booming. Tammy Le, 48, of San Clemente, the former…


4 Arrested in Alleged Multi-Million Business Fraud Scheme

LOS ANGELES—The owner of a now-shuttered Orange County healthcare business management services company and three others were arrested July 19 on a nine-count federal indictment alleging they defrauded lenders and investors out of millions of dollars via false claims that the owner’s struggling business was booming. Tammy Le, 48, of San Clemente, the former owner…


Garden Grove Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Prostitute and Robbery

A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty on July 18 and was immediately sentenced to three years in prison for choking an underage prostitute until she passed out and hitting her with a brick in Stanton. Margarito De La Cruz Guigui of Garden Grove pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon, assault with force likely to…


Garden Grove Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Underage Prostitute, Robbery

A 34-year-old man pleaded guilty on July 18 and was immediately sentenced to three years in prison for choking an underage prostitute until she passed out and hitting her with a brick in Stanton. Margarito De La Cruz Guigui of Garden Grove pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon, assault with force likely to…


Laguna Beach Man Pleads Guilty to Flying Drones Near Aircrafts, Prompting Dangerous Emergency Responses

Laguna Beach resident Alexander Milinovic pleaded guilty July 13 to three criminal charges for recklessly operating a drone near various aircraft multiple times—including close to a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter mid-flight. The 62-year-old pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft between June 2022 and March 2023, according to a…


San Diego Man Sentenced to 32 Years to Life in Prison for Killing Girlfriend

SAN DIEGO—A San Diego man convicted of killing his girlfriend and dumping her body in Mexico was sentenced on July 17 to 32 years to life in state prison. Nery Roberto Garcia, 36, was found guilty by a San Diego jury on May 15 of first-degree murder in the slaying of 48-year-old Faviola Calderon. The…


Man Shot to Death at Downtown LA Recording Studio

LOS ANGELES—A man was shot to death in the early morning on July 17 at a recording studio in downtown Los Angeles. The shooting was reported just after midnight at 924 S. San Pedro St., according to a dispatcher at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center. Arriving officers found the 25-year-old man suffering from…


85-Year-Old Man Killed, Grandson Injured by Hit-and-Run Motorist in South Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES—Authorities sought the public’s help on July 14 to find the hit-and-run motorist responsible for killing an 85-year-old man and injuring his adult grandson as both men were crossing a street in the Baldwin Hills area. Paramedics sent to the 4200 block of Santa Rosalia Drive about 9:30 p.m. Thursday took both men to…