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On the day of her murder, Laura Sardinha was on a call with her mother and her best friend, sounding relieved to have cut ties with Craig Charron. The call was interrupted when Charron barged in and began his brutal assault.
FBI agent Richard Miller acknowledged his secret dealings with the Soviets, but claimed he did so to infiltrate Soviet intelligence and redeem his career.
Jeffrey Ferguson’s first trial in his wife’s fatal shooting ended with the jury deadlocked after eight days of deliberations. Jurors at the second trial took just one day to find him guilty of second-degree murder.
Six years after a jury acquitted Modesto defense attorney Frank Carson and his codefendants in an alleged murder conspiracy, Stanislaus County has agreed to settle a malicious prosecution lawsuit for $22.5 million, one of the largest payouts of its kind.
An LAPD spokesperson said it was too soon to say whether three shootings, which took place within a mile of each other, were related.
Former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu was sentenced Friday to two months in federal prison in a sprawling FBI corruption probe linked to the since-scuttled sale of Angel Stadium.
A new book by former L.A. prosecutor Marcia Clark raises questions about the tactics used to convict Barbara Graham, the brassy “dice girl” who in 1955 was executed at San Quentin for the murder of a Burbank widow.
After eight days of deliberations, the jury was split 11 to 1 in favor of convicting Jeffrey Ferguson, who said he fumbled and accidentally fired, killing his wife.
Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, an experienced gun owner, shot his wife in their family room in August 2023 after an evening of heavy drinking. His attorneys will argue it was an accident.
Six months after an American man whisked his infant son out of Italy against the mother’s wishes, a federal judge has ruled that she can return with the child to her native Italy.
