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Central Coast Man Arraigned on Federal Grand Jury Indictment Charging Him with Making Threats to Bomb Synagogues
A San Luis Obispo County man was arraigned today on a three-count federal grand jury indictment charging him with threatening via social media last summer to bomb every synagogue within a 20-mile radius. Elijah Alexander King, 36, of San Luis…
Bay Area Man Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Prison For Stealing Trade Secret Technology Designed For Missile Launch Detection
A San Francisco Bay Area man and former engineer at a Southern California company was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison for stealing trade secret technologies developed for use by the United States government to detect nuclear missile…
U.S. Arrests Five Socal Residents Wanted By Germany For Roles in €300 Million Fraud Scheme
U.S. Arrests Five Fugitives in California Wanted by Germany for Massive Fraud Scheme The United States arrested five international fugitives at the request of the Federal Republic of Germany, which has charged the individuals for their roles in a network…
Florida Man Arrested on Charges for Maliciously Starting What Became the Deadly Palisades Fire
A former Pacific Palisades resident now living in Florida has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with maliciously starting what eventually became the Palisades Fire of January 2025, one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles…
United States Sues Southern California Edison, Seeking Tens of Millions of Dollars in Damages for Eaton and Fairview Fires
The United States filed two lawsuits seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages against Southern California Edison Co. (SCE), alleging the company’s negligence caused the deadly Eaton and Fairview fires, which burned tens of thousands of acres of National…
Veteran Charged with Defrauding Navy of $9 Million by Bid-Rigging and False Billing with Insider Who Was Paid Kickbacks
A Navy veteran has been charged with defrauding the Navy out of more than $9 million through a bid-rigging and contract steering scheme that involved paying kickbacks and other benefits to a co-conspirator, who was a Navy insider at the…
Victorville Man Found Guilty of Transporting 15-Year-Old Girl from San Luis Obispo County to Mexico for Illicit Sexual Activity
A San Bernardino County man who posed online as a teenage boy and enticed a 15-year-old girl to have a sexual relationship before bringing her to Mexico has been found guilty on all federal charges he faced at the conclusion…
Southern California Edison Agrees to Pay United States $82.5 Million to Resolve Lawsuit Stemming from 2020 Bobcat Fire
Southern California Edison (SCE) has agreed to pay the United States $82.5 million – the largest-ever wildfire cost recovery settlement by the United States in the Central District of California – to resolve claims on behalf of the U.S. Forest…