On December 22, police with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Department took three men into custody after alleging that they had attempted to sneak drugs and paraphernalia into a jail. The authorities said that the men had tried to smuggle the undisclosed...
California doctor accused of selling prescriptions
On Dec. 11, a physician was arraigned in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco on drug charges and charges of conspiracy on suspicion of writing phony prescriptions for potent painkillers. Federal drug agents alleged the doctor wrote prescriptions for oxycodone and...
Man taken into custody for renting out homes he didn’t own
A 50-year-old California man has been sentenced to four years of incarceration after he was found to be renting Orange County homes he didn't own to unsuspecting tenants. He accomplished this unusual feat by filing quitclaim deeds against the homes. The properties...
California doctor, son in custody for selling prescription pills
A Drug Enforcement Administration affidavit alleges that a California doctor and son sold prescription pills and marijuana to drug dealers. The doctor is accused of abusing his medical license to prescribe the drugs, great amounts of which were reportedly discovered...
California mayor’s husband pleads not guilty to drug charges
The husband of the Montebello mayor has pleaded not guilty to several drug charges stemming from alleged sales of methamphetamine. Some of the drug crime activities were said to have taken place near a middle school, although the man's attorney denies these claims....