San Francisco, California - A federal grand jury issued a new indictment Monday against Henry Lo, the former Chief Financial Officer of San Francisco-based Absolutely New, Inc., announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson. The indictment alleges Lo committed numerous acts of fraud even as he was being prosecuted for other crimes.

San Francisco, California - Justin Everett Crutchfield and Demontae Terrell Toliver pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to posting information about a minor on the Internet to solicit prostitution customers, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David Johnson.

Fresno, California - Scott Allen Pieracci, 54, of Modesto, was arraigned today before United States Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin on federal wire fraud charges for a scheme to defraud his employer, a Modesto car dealership, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.

Moffett Field, California - NASA and the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International will cosponsor the 2015 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management Convention: A New Era in Aviation. The event will be held Tuesday, July 28 through Thursday, July 30, at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California.

Fresno, California - Monday an indictment was unsealed charging Pablo Cesar Sahagun, 26, of Bakersfield, in connection with laser strikes of a police helicopter and possessing seven bombs, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. The indictment was returned by a federal grand jury on July 16, 2015.

Sacramento, California - Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) released the following statement regarding Acting Governor Newsom’s State of Emergency declaration after this weekend’s storm which wore out the Tex-Wash bridge on the Interstate 10 highway corridor: