OC Superior Court Judge Israel Claustro helped defraud a worker’s compensation program, according to a signed plea agreement ...

An Orange County Superior Court judge Friday dismissed a murder charge against a 59-year-old man accused of fatally shooting ...

An Orange County Superior Court judge and former local prosecutor has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge after federal ...

Israel Claustro agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to one count of mail fraud at his next court date in U.S. Central District ...

Superior Court Judge Israel Claustro "deeply regrets" his role in operating a workers compensation medical office while ...

Orange County Superior Court Judge Israel Claustro was charged in federal court Wednesday with workers’ compensation fraud ...

LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- An Orange County Superior Court judge who allegedly admitted killing his wife was ordered Thursday to stand trial on a murder charge stemming from her shooting during an argument ...

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SANTA ANA, Calif. — A California judge who allegedly pulled a gun from his ankle holster and fatally shot his wife will have his day in court. Opening statements are slated for Wednesday in the murder ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday nominated two long-tenured trial court judges to the appellate benches, one in San Francisco and the other in Orange County. Judge Charles Smiley, who has served as a ...

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An elected Orange County Superior Court judge has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge in a multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud a state workers’ compensation program, the U.S. Attorney’s ...