Arcadia Weekly - 02/18/2019

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The 3rd Annual Oscar Film Week Returns to Culina At Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills Page 4

Los Angeles County D.A. Cracks Down on Fradulent ‘Notarios’ Page 3

Go to ArcadiaWeekly.com for Arcadia Specific News MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18 - FEBRUARY 24, 2019 VOLUME 23, NO. 7

FEDERAL INDICTMENTS TARGET SOUTH LOS ANGELES STREET GANG Suspects involved in extortion and attempted murder

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uthorities have arrested 11 members and associates of the South Los Angeles-based Florencia-13 (F13) street gang on federal racketeering, narcotics and firearms charges. One of the indictments unsealed alleges that defendants linked to the gang trafficked methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and other drugs in their territory and attempted to smuggle narcotics into the state prison system. Those arrested are among 36 members and associates of the F13 gang named in six federal grand jury indictments. One of the indictments alleges that the gang is a criminal enterprise as defined by the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. Twenty-six members and associates of the gang allegedly conspired to violate RICO and engaged in drug trafficking, illegal gambling, attempted murder and assault. The RICO indictment also alleges that the gang actively attempted to smuggle (Top left to right) Carlos Marroquin, Danny Garcia, Edwin Monroy, Elizabeth Carbajal, Gilberto. Bottom

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left to right, Victor Sillas, Noe Barocio, Manuel Diaz-Vega, Gilberto Hernandez. - Courtesy photozs / FBI

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY LEADS TRADE MISSION TO SOUTH KOREA The county will lead local business leaders on a mission to South Korea in April to expand trade and investment opportunities for the county’s investors. South Korea is California’s sixth largest export destination. In 2017, California exported more than $9.6 billion to South Korea, making California the top U.S. exporting state to South Korea. San Bernardino County companies in all industry sectors are participating or

will be invited to participate in this trade mission. Participating companies will have one-on-one, pre-qualified appointments targeted to their objectives, whether that is developing or expanding direct export sales, locating distributors or agents, or conducting market research, among other goals. Company recruitment for the South Korea mission will begin

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Riverside Sheriff’s Believe Missing Teen Was Murdered The Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept. says investigators uncovered evidence that suggests that missing Moreno Valley teen Aranda Briones was murdered, they made 2 arrests, but have not found her body. “We still need the public’s help to find Miss Briones.” On January 14, 2019, officers from the Moreno Valley Police Department began their investigation into missing 16-year-

old, Aranda Briones, who was last seen by friends and family on Sunday, January 13, 2019. The case was initially referred to Moreno Valley Investigators who began an exhaustive search for Aranda. In the days that followed, the Moreno Valley Police Department obtained the assistance of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Special

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Orange County Man Extradited From Spain For Embezzlement Emilio Vazquez is charged with embezzling $3.2M from school A man was extradited from Spain to face fraud charges for embezzlement of $3.2 million in public funds from a charter school in Santa Ana. Emilio Vazquez, 61, Irvine, was charged on March 3, 2009, with one felony count of misappropriation of public funds, one felony count of forgery, seven felony counts of conflict of interest in a

contract, two felony counts of grand theft, and sentencing enhancements for aggravated white collar crime over $500,000 and fraud or embezzlement over $500,000. Vazquez faces a maximum sentence of 19 years and eight months in state prison. He is

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