Felony Charges Piling Up Against Former Georgia Funeral Director Johnson As More Details Emerge A grand jury has handed down a total of 66 felony indictments against former funeral director Chris Johnson, who was arrested in October after authorities serving an eviction notice discovered 18 decomposing bodies in Johnson’s Douglas, […] Read More
Coming this summer is a new state law that bans unadvertised service fees, surcharges and other additional costs that are added to the end of a bill for meals or delivery service. On July 1, Senate Bill 478, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law in October, is set to […] Read More
A Colorado pastor of an online church is challenging allegations that he and his wife defrauded parishioners out of millions dollars through the sale of cryptocurrency deemed “essentially worthless” by state securities regulators. Colorado Securities Commissioner (CSC) Tung Chan filed civil fraud charges against Eligo and Kaitlyn Regalado last week […] Read More
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey will not face charges from the Newport Beach Police Department following an investigation into an alleged inappropriate relationship between the 21-year-old player and an underage girl. “After a thorough and exhaustive examination, we have completed our investigation into information that was circulating on social […] Read More
The agony that must have accompanied the final hours of Diane “Princess” Ramirez’s short life clearly haunted the prosecutors. Diane Ramírez, courtesy Ángel Cadena Ramirez. After a judge tossed out the second-degree murder charge against Michelle Morris Kerin — foster mother to the severely disabled who refused to call 911 to […] Read More
Federal authorities have charged the co-founders of Fresno startup Bitwise Industries with fraud months after the company laid off all of its employees and shut down without explanation. Irma Olguin Jr. and Jake Soberal surrendered to authorities Thursday after being charged in a federal complaint with conspiring to commit wire […] Read More
A Riverside County sheriff’s correctional deputy accused of engaging in sex acts with female inmates on home detention as part of an extortion scheme must stand trial on nearly a dozen felony counts, a judge ruled on Thursday, Oct. 5. Christian Phillip Heidecker, 32, of Menifee was arrested in September […] Read More
Hunter Biden was charged Thursday with three felonies related to lying on a 2018 application to buy a gun. But it’s hard not to conclude that his true offense is being the son of a president whom Republicans are hell-bent on vilifying and defeating. The indictment largely relies on Biden’s […] Read More
Former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu, who championed the sale of Angel Stadium to a company controlled by the team’s owner, has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges stemming from the since-scuttled deal. The charges against Sidhu in a plea agreement filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana […] Read More
