News Releases & Advisories

September 18, 2026: Lake Hughes Animal Rescue Operator Charged With 35 Counts of Animal Cruelty and Code Violations

LANCASTER, Calif. — A 57-year-old Lake Hughes woman who operated animal rescue Rock ‘N’ Pawz was charged today with 35 felonies and misdemeanors after allegedly keeping more than 300 animals in inhumane and unsanitary conditions, including animals suffering from dehydration, severe injuries and starvation. She is also accused of violating multiple county codes, including operating an animal kennel without required land-use approval, maintaining unsanitary conditions and having structures with unpermitted construction, plumbing, electrical and grading work.

September 17, 2026: Driver in Deadly High-Speed Metro Crash in Chatsworth Charged with Murder, Driving Under the Influence

CHATSWORTH, Calif. – A 36-year-old driver was charged today with murder and driving under the influence after plowing into a Metro bus at a high rate of speed, killing two people and injuring five others in Chatsworth earlier this week.

September 15, 2026: District Attorney Hochman Announces Death Penalty Won’t Be Sought in Reiner Murder Case

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced today that his office will not seek the death penalty against Nick Reiner, who is accused of murdering his parents last December in their Brentwood home.

September 14, 2026: DA Hochman Op-Ed - Is Mental Illness Legal Insanity: What Lindsay Clancy Would Face in California

There is little dispute that Lindsay Clancy was mentally ill when she killed her three young children in Massachusetts. Before the killings, she struggled with depression, anxiety, insomnia, paranoia and suicidal thoughts. She sought treatment from multiple providers, spent time in a psychiatric hospital and took numerous medications. After strangling her children, she attempted suicide by jumping from a second-story window. She survived but was left paralyzed.

September 11, 2026: DA Hochman Statement on the Placement of Sexually Violent Predator Harold Wachter in the Antelope Valley

LOS ANGELES – After strenuous opposition by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, the Los Angeles County Superior Court approved placing sexually violent predator Harold Wachter in the city of Lancaster.

September 4, 2026: Violent Sexual Predators Convicted of Sexually Exploiting Women in Long Beach and Antelope Valley

LOS ANGELES — Calvin Lane was out of custody on reduced bail when he absconded before closing arguments last week at his trial for sex trafficking a young woman and a teenage girl in Los Angeles and Long Beach. Dijon O'Neal, a convicted violent sex offender, was on parole when he sexually assaulted three more women at knifepoint. Both sexual predators were convicted in August 2026 of multiple felonies.

September 4, 2026: Hacienda Heights Woman Charged with Felony Wage Theft, Tax Fraud at Diamond Bar Care Facility

LOS ANGELES — A 59-year-old Hacienda Heights woman has been charged with six felony counts for allegedly stealing more than $121,000 in wages from employees at an unlicensed residential care facility in Diamond Bar and failing to pay required employment taxes.

September 4, 2026: Man Found Factually Innocent of 2013 Attempted Murder of Two Brothers in Lynwood

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles County judge today found a 38-year-old man factually innocent of a 2013 drive-by shooting that seriously injured two brothers. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office’s Justice Conviction Review Unit and the California Western Innocence & Justice Clinic cited new evidence that came to light after sentencing and pointed to another individual who allegedly committed the crime.

September 2, 2026: Man Who Killed Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer Found Legally Sane by Jury

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles County jury today found that Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar, 32, was legally sane when he killed Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer in September 2023, rejecting Salazar’s not guilty by reason of insanity defense.

September 2, 2026: Lomita Man Held to Answer on Felony Hate Crimes for Allegedly Threatening to Shoot Up Jewish Community Center

LOS ANGELES — A 43-year-old Lomita man who previously faced a gun-related felony case and was ordered to complete an anti-bias program has been held to answer on felony hate crime charges for allegedly threatening to shoot up the Jewish Community Center in Redondo Beach, including hundreds of children.

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