News Releases & Advisories

November 21, 2025: Motion Filed to Dismiss Case Against Torrance Police Officers Charged With Killing Man Who Possessed Altered Airsoft Rifle

LOS ANGELES – A judge today was scheduled to hear a prosecution’s motion seeking to dismiss an indictment charging two Torrance police officers with voluntary manslaughter in the 2018 shooting death of 23-year-old Christopher Deandre Mitchell, who was sitting in a suspected stolen car with an altered air rifle between his legs. The hearing was postponed, however, pending a writ by the defendants asking the state Supreme Court to dismiss.

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November 20, 2025: Ex-Sheriff’s Custodian Charged With Stealing, Destroying Evidence From His DUI Arrest

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced today that a former Los Angeles County sheriff’s custodian has been charged with taking and tampering with evidence stemming from his own DUI arrest in 2024.

November 19, 2025: Man Charged in 36-Count Burglary Spree Targeting North Hollywood Eateries

VAN NUYS, Calif. – A 26-year-old man has been charged with 36 felony counts in connection with a month-long string of commercial burglaries at eateries in and around North Hollywood beginning in October.

November 19, 2025: District Attorney Hochman Announces Criminal Investigation Into Potentially Fraudulent Sex Abuse Claims Against LA County

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced a criminal investigation today into potentially false claims filed against Los Angeles County under California Assembly Bill 218, which extended the statute of limitations for reporting childhood sexual abuse.

November 18, 2025: Jury Convicts Lancaster Mother and Father of Murdering Their Two Children and Abusing Two Others

LANCASTER, Calif. — A Lancaster father and mother of four were convicted of murdering their teenage son and daughter and abusing their two younger boys in 2020.

November 17, 2025: Man Sentenced to Prison for Attempting to Pimp Woman Along Figueroa Corridor

COMPTON, Calif. – A 21-year-old man from Los Angeles was sentenced Friday to 16 months in state prison –to be served consecutively with a prior 3-year prison sentence– for engaging in commercial sex activity along the Figueroa Corridor last December.

November 13, 2025: Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office Awarded $2.2 Million OTS Grant for DUI and Vehicular Homicide Prosecution and Training

LOS ANGELES — The California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) — through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — has awarded a $2.2 million grant to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for DUI and vehicular homicide prosecution and training.

November 12, 2025: Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting Child at Hollywood Restaurant

LOS ANGELES – A 38-year-old man has been charged with allegedly sexually assaulting a young girl at a Hollywood restaurant on Nov. 5.

November 10, 2025: Five MS-13 Gang Members From Los Angeles Found Guilty of Series of Murders, Extortion and Drug Trafficking in Racketeering Case

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles federal jury today found five MS-13 Los Angeles gang members guilty in a racketeering case, including a string of killings in the Angeles National Forest and shootings that occurred in the San Fernando Valley from 2017 to 2019. LADA’s Deputy District Attorney Eric Siddall served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the case.

November 10, 2025: Baldwin Park Police Officer Charged With Stealing More Than $100,000 From Police Union’s Coffers

BALDWIN PARK, Calif. – A Baldwin Park police officer has been charged with stealing more than $100,000 from the Baldwin Park Police Association over an 18-month period when he served as the organization’s treasurer.

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