Michael Lerma, 68, was convicted of racketeering and murder in a trial that showed how he called the shots for gangs in his hometown of Pomona and took over his wing of a federal jail in downtown Los ...

Four men federal authorities describe as gang members from Pomona with ties to the Mexican Mafia were found guilty of murder Friday. A jury found Michael Lerma, 68, a.k.a. "Pomona Mike" and "Big Mike, ...

Federal prosecutors have charged a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy with smuggling heroin into a jail where he was ...

The defendants, Michael Lerma, Carlos Gonzalez, Juan Sanchez, and Jose Valencia Gonzalez, face mandatory life sentences.

After a 20-day trial, a jury on Friday found four gang members from Pomona and Mexican Mafia members guilty of racketeering-related crimes, including the murder of a federal inmate at the ...

There are almost 140 members of the Mexican Mafia, most incarcerated in prisons or jails, according to the U.S. Attorney’s ...

Four men federal authorities describe as gang members from Pomona with ties to the Mexican Mafia were found guilty of murder Friday. A jury found Michael Lerma, 68, a.k.a. "Pomona Mike" and "Big ...

After a 20-day trial, a jury on Friday found four gang members from Pomona and Mexican Mafia members guilty of racketeering-related crimes, including the murder of a federal inmate at the Metropolitan ...

LOS ANGELES -- In Pomona, Michael Lerma is a “mythical” figure, his attorney says. Lerma, 68, hasn’t walked the streets of his hometown on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County since the ...