News Releases & Advisories

July 29, 2024: District Attorney Gascón Announces Charges of Murder and Attempted Murder in Fatal Sword Attack in San Dimas

SAN DIMAS, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Weichien Huang has been charged with allegedly murdering her wife and attempting to murder her mother-in-law with a sword (katana) at their home in the city of San Dimas on July 18.

July 25, 2024: Los Angeles Police Officer Braxton Shaw Pleads No Contest to Falsifying Police Reports in 2018

LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón today announced that Los Angeles Police Officer Braxton Shaw entered a plea of no contest in case BA488467 to six felony counts of filing a false police report.

July 25, 2024: District Attorney Gascón Announces Charges Against Men in Murder of Street Vendor in Long Beach

LONG BEACH, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Rahman Abdallah and Raylon Akers have been charged with allegedly murdering a street corn vendor, Yener Ramirez, in the city of Long Beach on March 20. Another man, James Havlicheck, also was charged with accessory after the fact in the killing of Ramirez.

July 18, 2024: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Charged with Assaulting an Inmate at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in 2022

LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Maria Torres is charged with allegedly assaulting an inmate with pepper spray at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in the city of Los Angeles on January 20, 2022, and then falsifying a report regarding the incident.

July 18, 2024: District Attorney George Gascón Announces Charges Against Boxer Ryan Garcia in Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills Vandalism

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Ryan Garcia has been charged with allegedly vandalizing the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills in the city of Beverly Hills on June 8.

July 16, 2024: DA Gascón Announces Charges Against Man Who Targeted Two Los Angeles Police Officers With Machine Gun in Willowbrook

WILLOWBROOK, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Malcolm Darnell Guss, Jr., is charged with shooting at Los Angeles police officers Stefan Carutasu and Joshua Rodney during a traffic stop on July 3 in Willowbrook, an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County.

July 16, 2024: Michael Terry Sentenced to 32 Years in Prison in Shooting Death of Los Angeles Rapper Vincent Cohran Jr., Known as Slim 400

INGLEWOOD, CA – Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón today announced that Michael Terry was sentenced by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Altus Hudsonto to 32 years in state prison in the shooting and killing of Los Angeles rapper Vincent Cohran Jr., known as Slim 400, in the city of Inglewood in December 2021.

July 16, 2024: Mother Charged with Murder in Fentanyl-Related Deaths of Toddler Twins

CANOGA PARK, CA- Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that a woman has been charged with murder in the deaths of her three-year-old twin sons who were allegedly exposed to drugs laced with fentanyl, the highly potent synthetic opioid.

July 12, 2024: Inglewood Teacher Charles Wright Convicted of Murdering a Woman and Sexually Assaulting Another Woman in 2005, 2006

INGLEWOOD, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Charles Wright, a former Inglewood middle school teacher, was convicted by a jury on July 10 of murdering 21-year-old Pertina Epps on April 26, 2005, and kidnapping and sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman on September 17, 2006.

July 10, 2024: Jameelah Michl Sentenced to 35 Years to Life in Murder of Social Justice Advocate Michael Latt at his Los Angeles Home in 2023

LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón today announced that Jameelah Michl was sentenced by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kerry White to 35 years to life in state prison in the shooting and killing of Michael Latt during an attack in his home in the Mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles in November 2023.

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