Brittny Mejia

Eugene “Big U” Henley, a Crips leader who helped launch Nipsey Hussle’s career and was dubbed rap’s “godfather,” has been accused of murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion and fraud, federal authorities announced Wednesday. As part of Henley’s purported grip on Los […]

Federal authorities this week announced that more than a dozen Rollin’ 60s Crips members and associates — including Eugene “Big U” Henley — have been charged in a sprawling criminal case. Henley, who helped launch rapper Nipsey Hussle’s career, has

The packages in a California mail facility were labeled as almonds and chocolate cookies. But inside were dozens of turtles wrapped in socks to keep them from moving and alerting authorities. They were among around 2,100 turtles federal authorities say

A suspect arrested earlier this month in connection with a fatal shooting during a catalytic converter theft in Inglewood is now facing federal charges for allegedly illegally reentering the United States after being deported. Jose Cristian Saravia-Sanchez, 30, of El

Three people have been arrested and charged with fraudulently trying to obtain tens of thousands of dollars in federal disaster-relief money by falsely claiming their properties were destroyed in the Eaton and Palisades wildfires, federal authorities announced Wednesday. Joyce Turner,

A federal jury this week convicted a man accused of being a member of a white supremacist group on rioting charges, bringing to a close a case that dragged on for seven years. After a five-day trial, Robert Boman, 31,

A San Bernardino pastor and onetime city council candidate was arrested this week on suspicion that he swindled longtime friends and a nonprofit corporation tied to another church out of more than $230,000, according to federal authorities. Terrance Owens Elliott,

A man fatally shot his older brother after witnessing him choke their 80-year-old mother in her home in Beverly Grove, police say. The Los Angeles Police Department responded to the shooting at around 1:25 p.m. Friday in the 400 block

Federal authorities in Los Angeles have arrested and charged two alleged leaders of a criminal organization said to have smuggled a little more than 20,000 undocumented immigrants from Guatemala to the U.S. over five years — including seven who died

A Russian national has been charged with felony assault after allegedly biting and injuring an immigration officer who had detained and arrested him Tuesday in downtown Los Angeles. Federal authorities charged Maksim Zaitsev, 35, of Costa Mesa with assault on