Two Los Angeles County residents and one from Texas are facing federal charges for allegedly seeking disaster relief funds by falsely claiming their properties were damaged in the Eaton and Palisades wildfires, despite having no residences affected by the disasters, officials announced Wednesday.

The defendants, who were arrested this week after being charged with defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency, are:

— Tyrone D. Barnes Jr., 38, of Paramount allegedly submitted a disaster relief claim to FEMA for an Altadena property owned by other individuals who did not know him. The true owners of the property contacted FEMA about potential assistance, which is when they learned another person had already submitted an application in relation to their property;

— Hedeshia Robertson, 36, of Lakewood is accused of having filed a fraudulent application for FEMA benefits seeking benefits related to a damaged residence in Pacific Palisades that she did not have any connection to. As a result of her fraudulent application, Robertson allegedly obtained almost $25,000 in federal relief benefits to which she was not entitled. At the time of her arrest, Robertson also allegedly attempted to obtain additional FEMA benefits for a purported property lease in San Francisco; and

— Joyce Turner, 55, of Rosharon, Texas allegedly submitted an application claiming her home had been destroyed in the Eaton fire, but she appears never to have lived in California and, in fact, had no...

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