News Releases & Advisories

September 26, 2024: District Attorney Gascón Announces New 25-Count Grand Jury Indictment Against Atlas Metal, Owners

WATTS, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that the S&W Atlas Iron and Metal Corp., and its owners were charged in a new 25-count indictment, which includes a charge related to the explosion in a Aug. 12 blast at the scrap metal recycler, adjacent to Jordan High School in Watts.

September 25, 2024: Grand Jury Indictment Unsealed: Suspected Serial Rapist Charged in 26-Count Indictment Involving 11 Victims

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Terrance Hawkins was indicted by the Los Angeles County Criminal Grand Jury. He is charged in a 26-count indictment involving 11 victims throughout the county that includes forcible rape, intimate partner violence, and stalking.

September 24, 2024: DA Gascón Announces Man Found Guilty of Killing Three People and Injuring Two Others in Gardena and Lynwood in 2018

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón today announced that Selvin Fabian Salazar was found guilty by a jury on September 19 of shooting and killing Dolores Sanchez and Francisco Montes, and attempting to murder two others on July 31, 2018, in the cities of Gardena and Lynwood. A fifth victim, Saith Pedraza, also was shot by Salazar that same day and died two years later from his injuries.

September 24, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Groundbreaking LADA-Sponsored AI Porn Bills Into Law

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today the successful passage and signing of two trailblazing LADA-sponsored bills written to protect Californians from sexually explicit AI images on social media and to close the revenge porn AI loophole. Both pieces of legislation, SB 926 and SB 981, were signed into law on Sept. 19 by California Governor Gavin Newsom.

September 23, 2024: Freddie Lee Trone Sentenced to 31 Years to Life for Murder of Rap Artist PnB Rock in South Los Angeles in 2022

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Freddie Lee Trone was sentenced to 31 years to life in prison for the murder of Rakim Hasheem Allen, also known as rap artist PnB Rock, at a South Los Angeles restaurant on September 12, 2022. Trone also was convicted of two counts of second-degree robbery, and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery.

September 23, 2024: DA Gascón Announces Public Service Campaign on Sexual Assault and the Legal Requirements for Consent

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office today announced a public service campaign to educate Angelenos on sexual assault and the legal and ethical requirements for consent in recognition of National Campus Safety Month. The office’s multimedia campaign includes social media, billboards, and bus stop ads near LA’s largest college campuses as part of a comprehensive approach to combatting sexual violence through prevention, education, and prosecution.

September 20, 2024: DA Gascón Announces Charges Against a West Los Angeles High School Guidance Counselor in Sexual Assault of Student

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that West Los Angeles high school guidance counselor Julie Tichon is charged with having an unlawful sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male student between February and March 2024.

September 19, 2024: Woman Charged in Pepper Spray Attack on Teens

CARSON, CA- Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that a 36-year-old woman has been charged in connection with a violent pepper spray attack on a group of teenagers at a Taco Bell in Carson, an incident captured on video and widely circulated online.

September 19, 2024: DA Gascón Highlights LADA Office’s Consistently Strong Murder Filing Rates Since 2016

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office is proud to announce that its annual murder filing rates from 2016 to 2023 have remained consistent, demonstrating a steadfast commitment to justice for victims of violent crime. The filing rates reflect the percentage of murder cases filed out of the total number of potential cases presented by law enforcement.

September 19, 2024: Man Charged with Murder in Shooting Death of 17-Year-Old High School Senior

LONG BEACH, CA- Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that a 34-year-old man has been charged with the murder of 17-year-old Briana Soto, fatally shot in March, and four counts of attempted murder in connection with a separate shooting a month later.

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