Chino Hills man sentenced for fatal drunken driving crash
SANTA ANA -- A drunken driver from Chino Hills has been sentenced to 31 years in state prison for killing an 18-year-old woman last year in a traffic collision. Robert Charles Serrano, 37, left a Santa...
View ArticleFather and son from Inland Valley convicted in federal corruption case
LOS ANGELES -- Two Inland Valley men were convicted of federal corruption charges this afternoon in connection with a scheme to solicit bribes from immigrants, according to a news release. Fernando...
View ArticleFinal defendant sentenced in Montclair woman's slaying
POMONA -- A 33-year-old man was sentenced to eight years in state prison today after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter for his role in a Montclair woman's shooting death. Cesar Sierra and two...
View ArticleConstruction worker charged with bribing Chino Hills building inspector
CHINO -- The superintendent of a home construction project has been charged with a felony for allegedly bribing a building inspector for the city of Chino Hills. Nelson Chu, 61, of Rowland Heights is...
View ArticleAttorney questions mental health of Pomona boy charged with murder
POMONA -- The prosecution of a 15-year-old boy charged with murdering his grandfather was suspended this week after the boy's attorney expressed doubts about the boy's mental state. Mario Sandoval is...
View ArticlePomona driver sentenced to a year in jail for fatal collision
Pictured: Ruben Vasquez CHINO -- A man convicted of vehicular manslaughter in connection with a fatal traffic accident was sentenced today to a year in jail. Sentencing for Daniel Briones Rosas of...
View ArticleWoman sentenced for murder at Pomona mental-health facility
WEST COVINA -- A woman convicted of murdering a fellow resident at a Pomona mental-health facility has been sentenced to 26 years to life in prison, a prosecutor said. Nicole Ann Stewart was sentenced...
View ArticleOntario woman acquitted of murder; jury deadlocks on lesser charge
SAN BERNARDINO -- A jury found an Ontario woman not guilty of murdering her husband today and deadlocked on a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter, the woman's attorney said. Mia Gonzales shot and...
View ArticleVictim's relatives 'devastated' by acquittals in murder case
Pictured: Mia Gonzales UPDATE at 4:05 p.m. Friday: Deputy District Attorney Mary Izadi said today that a decision hasn't been made on whether to retry the case or offer Mia Gonzales a plea agreement....
View Article'Granny Bandit' pleads not guilty to robberies
FONTANA -- A 50-year-old woman dubbed the "Granny Bandit" pleaded not guilty today to four counts of robbery. Dodi Wasbotten of Fontana entered the pleas during a brief arraignment in Fontana Superior...
View ArticleNonprofit's former treasurer sentenced for embezzlement
RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- The former treasurer of a local nonprofit group was sentenced to six months in jail today for embezzling about $89,000 from the organization. Deron Edward Lane, 44, pleaded no...
View ArticleFontana DMV employee sentenced for falsifying records
FONTANA -- A former Department of Motor Vehicles employee convicted of falsifying records was placed on probation for three years today at her sentencing hearing in Fontana Superior Court, her attorney...
View ArticlePlea deal near in Chino city attorney's DUI case
WEST COVINA -- Chino's longtime city attorney may soon admit to a criminal charge in his case for allegedly driving drunk, his attorney told a judge today. Jimmy Gutierrez, Chino's city attorney since...
View ArticleMemorial planned for slain Chino Hills woman
Friends of a Chino Hills woman slain by her husband have scheduled a candlelight memorial this week to mark the one-year anniversary of the woman's death. Iman Wahid, 33, was stabbed to death on May...
View ArticleChino city attorney convicted of reckless driving in DUI case
WEST COVINA -- Chino's longtime city attorney pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of reckless driving today in his case stemming from an arrest on suspicion of drunken driving. Jimmy Gutierrez's...
View ArticleCriminal charges denied in death at construction site
CHINO -- A construction superintendent and the company he works for pleaded not guilty Monday to criminal charges filed in connection with a worker's death. Yeong Hak Song, 57, fell 19 feet to his...
View ArticleJudge reduces bail for Ontario woman charged in husband's slaying
SAN BERNARDINO -- A judge reduced bail today for an Ontario woman who faces criminal charges in connection with her husband's shooting death. Mia Gonzales was acquitted by a jury last month of first-...
View ArticleAnonymous tips aided police in arrests for Easter Sunday killing
Pictured (L-R): Jon Flores and Joseph Arrez.ONTARIO -- The two alleged gang members charged with carjacking and murdering a man on Easter Sunday were tied to the killing through assistance from...
View ArticlePolice arrest murder suspect who pushed trash can containing man's partial...
ONTARIO -- A woman was arrested on suspicion of murder Sunday after police found her walking with a trash can that contained an unidentified man's partial remains. Carmen Montenegro, 51, was arrested...
View ArticleMissing Diamond Bar man may be corpse found in Ontario trash can
Pictured: Carmen Montenegro during her arraignment today. Authorities said today that that the dismembered corpse found in a woman's trash can in Ontario may be her former boyfriend -- a 63-year-old...
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