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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

After a 20-day trial, a jury on Friday found four gang members from Pomona and Mexican Mafia ... in U.S. maritime and territorial zones: Michael Lerma, 68; Carlos Gonzalez, 41; Juan Sanchez ...

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 ...

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 ...