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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Michael Lerma, 68; Carlos Gonzalez, 41; Juan Sanchez, 33; and Jose Valencia Gonzalez, 44. All four males have been in federal custody since 2018. Lerma and Valencia Gonzalez were also found guilty ...

According to evidence presented during the 20-day trial, 68-year-old Michael Lerma, also known as “Pomona Mike” and “Big Mike,” a member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang ordered the murder ...

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 ...