Author Archives: Fred Shuster, City News Service

LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A federal judge said he does not have the authority to order that one of oldest inmates in the federal prison system — a 94-year-old man […]

LOS ANGELES — A prosecutor told jurors Tuesday, Jan. 5, that two Los Angeles men carried out a string of mostly small-scale robberies using a distinctive long-barreled six-shooter, but defense […]

LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Two Woodland Hills men were each sentenced to multiple years behind bars for running what prosecutors characterized as one of the largest Ponzi schemes ever seen […]

LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A Studio City man was sentenced to two years in federal prison for hacking into women’s email accounts to steal nude photos that were later posted […]

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The U.S. Justice Department reached a settlement agreement with Los Angeles County and its sheriff’s department to protect prisoners from suicide risks and excessive force in […]

LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Three Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were convicted on Wednesday, June 24, of beating a handcuffed visitor at a county lockup and fabricating stories to cover […]

LOS ANGELES — In a major victory for the family of the late Marvin Gaye, a federal jury found that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke lifted portions of Gaye’s 1977 […]

LOS ANGELES — The two men who beat Bryan Stow in a Dodger Stadium parking lot — leaving the San Francisco Giants fan with permanent brain injuries — are negotiating […]

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A half-dozen former members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are going to jail.  They  were sentenced Sept. 22 to prison terms ranging from nearly […]