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An Orange County man pleaded guilty today to firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa in March 2022 and planning to attack an electrical substation in Orange, and further admitted to plotting an attack on Dodger Stadium last year on a night celebrating LGBTQ pride. Tibet Ergul, 22, of Irvine, pleaded guilty to one felony count of conspiracy to damage an energy facility and one misdemeanor count of intentional damage to a reproductive health services facility. "This defendant's...
f U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California New York City man was sentenced today to 310 months in federal prison for kidnapping a 68-year-old woman with dementia at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center in July 2021, then obstructing an FBI investigation into the abduction. Johnny Ray Gasca, 53, of Bronx, New York, was sentenced by United States District Judge André Birotte Jr. At the conclusion of a six-day bench trial, Judge Birotte on June 13 found Gasca guilty...
The FBI has seen a significant increase in financially motivated sextortion schemes online. Victims are typically males between the ages of 14 to 17, but any child can become a victim. Offenders are usually located outside the United States. Due to this disturbing trend, the FBI is warning individuals who have a child in their life about the dangers of online activity that may lead to the solicitation and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual acts. Children who access the Internet via...
A California woman pleaded guilty Thursday to fraudulently submitting claims to governmental and private insurance programs during the COVID-19 pandemic for expensive and medically unnecessary respiratory pathogen panel (RPP) tests. "Those who stole from government health programs during the COVID-19 pandemic not only violated federal law, they betrayed the public trust," said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. "As this action to disrupt a $359 million scheme, and the Department's recent annou...
Mark Ridley-Thomas was sentenced Monday to 42 months in federal prison for a bribery and fraud scheme in which the longtime politician demanded benefits for his son from a university dean in exchange for Ridley-Thomas' political support for lucrative Los Angeles County business. Ridley-Thomas, 68, of Los Angeles, was sentenced by United States District Judge Dale S. Fischer, who also ordered Ridley-Thomas to pay a $30,000 fine. At today's hearing, Judge Fischer said Ridley-Thomas engaged in a...
A California man was found guilty in the District of Columbia today of two felony offenses related to his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Eric Christie, 56, of Los Angeles, California, was found guilty of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon and...
Southern California Hospital at Culver City, in collaboration with the city's police department, this week held a comprehensive, pre-planned active shooter drill designed to protect patients, staff and the public in the event of such an incident occurring at the facility. During the nearly 90-minute drill, hospital officials and police department SWAT team officers tested their procedures, processes, and tactics in response to a simulated emergency call reporting a lone gunman at the hospital. As se...
