Brittny Mejia is a Metro reporter covering federal courts for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she wrote narrative pieces with a strong emphasis on the Latino community and others that make up the diversity of L.A. and California. Mejia was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2021 in local reporting for her investigation with colleague Jack Dolan that exposed failures in Los Angeles County’s safety-net healthcare system that resulted in months-long wait times for patients, including some who died before getting appointments with specialists. She joined The Times in 2014.
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Feds announced criminal charges against three people who allegedly falsely claimed their properties were destroyed in the Eaton and Palisades wildfires in order to receive tens of thousands of dollars.
Terrance Owens Elliott allegedly defrauded several longtime friends of money that he used for personal expenses, including the repair of a Chevrolet truck, sneakers and a piano.
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After a five-day trial, Robert Boman, 31, was convicted on Tuesday of conspiracy to violate the anti-riot act and violating the anti-riot act, tied to his role in the Rise Above Movement.
The U.S. has charged two accused leaders of a group said to have smuggled about 20,000 migrants from Guatemala, including seven who died in a 2023 crash.
Maksim Zaitsev, 35, of Costa Mesa allegedly bit a deportation officer on the left pinky finger, breaking skin, drawing blood and breaking the finger.
Several members of a Bay Area group of computer savants and vegan activists have been investigated, criminally charged or deemed persons of interest in violent incidents that have resulted in six deaths across the U.S.
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