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09/14/2026

A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) deputy was sentenced today to 21 months in federal prison for abusing his status as a law enforcement officer to threaten and intimidate adversaries of a now-imprisoned, self-proclaimed cryptocurrency businessman, and for cheating on his taxe...

Nathaniel James McGuire, 22, of Santa Maria, pleaded guilty to one count of use of a weapon of mass destruction and one ...
09/14/2026

Nathaniel James McGuire, 22, of Santa Maria, pleaded guilty to one count of use of a weapon of mass destruction and one count of malicious destruction of a building using an explosive, in connection with a bomb attack on a Santa Barbara County courthouse in September 2024.

F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli comments on today's guilty plea taken from a Santa Maria man who threw a bomb i...
09/14/2026

F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli comments on today's guilty plea taken from a Santa Maria man who threw a bomb inside a Santa Barbara County courthouse in 2024.

09/14/2026

A Santa Barbara County man pleaded guilty today to detonating a bomb at a Santa Maria courthouse in 2024, an attack that injured three people, damaged the building, and was intended to kill law enforcement officers in retaliation for local law enforcement seizing his fi****ms earlier that year.

F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli comments on the three-year federal prison sentence handed down today to a Compt...
09/11/2026

F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli comments on the three-year federal prison sentence handed down today to a Compton man who injured a federal officer during an anti-ICE riot last year in Paramount.

09/11/2026

A Compton man was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for assaulting and injuring a federal officer by throwing chunks of concrete at passing government vehicles during an anti-immigration law enforcement riot last year in Paramount.

09/11/2026

A Glendale man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to steal approximately 30 United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier vehicles as well as the mail inside them, including 100 credit and debit cards belonging to other people, some of which he then illegally used.

09/11/2026

A four-times deported illegal alien from Mexico was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for knowingly selling more than pound quantities of fentanyl pills to a buyer to whom he also sold fi****ms and ammunition.

Today, we solemnly remember the nearly 3,000 people who perished on September 11, 2001. On this 25th anniversary, we hon...
09/11/2026

Today, we solemnly remember the nearly 3,000 people who perished on September 11, 2001. On this 25th anniversary, we honor the brave first responders, the resolute members of our military, and the ordinary Americans who showed extraordinary courage and compassion in the face of tragedy. We remain grateful for their sacrifice and for the strength our nation demonstrated in the days and years that followed.

James Brass, 47, a.k.a. “Lord,” of Victorville, was arrested this morning on a two-count federal indictment charging him...
09/10/2026

James Brass, 47, a.k.a. “Lord,” of Victorville, was arrested this morning on a two-count federal indictment charging him and two other defendants with paying people on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles to sign petitions using stolen identities of registered voters to qualify initiatives on ballots in California elections. Brass is expected to make his initial appearance and be arraigned later today in U.S. District Court in Riverside.

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