News Releases & Advisories

June 20, 2025: Palmdale Man Serving 57-Year Sentence for Killing Rival Resentenced After 23 Years in Prison

LANCASTER, CA – A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge today resentenced Tommy Lee Wickerd to 25 years in prison, having previously granted a petition for resentencing based on an exceptional conduct recommendation from the Secretary of California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), on Wickerd’s behalf. 

June 18, 2025: Man Charged With Child Pornography After Hidden Cameras Found in Hermosa Beach Dance Studio Bathroom

HERMOSA BEACH, CA – A Torrance man has been  charged with felony possession of child pornography and other crimes after he allegedly planted hidden cameras inside a bathroom and changing room at a children’s dance studio in Hermosa Beach, where he worked as a front desk receptionist.

June 17, 2025: District Attorney Hochman Announces Additional Charges Filed in Connection to Immigration Protests

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced today that 30 people have been charged with a variety of criminal offenses such as assaulting police officers, using a destructive device to cause injury and looting during the immigration protests in Downtown Los Angeles over the past two weeks.

June 12, 2025: Two Men Charged With Murder of U.S. Marine Peter Chounthala

BELLFLOWER, CA – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced today that two men have been charged with murder in the 2024 killing of Peter Chounthala, an active-duty U.S. Marine who was assaulted and left in the middle of a Bellflower roadway, where he was struck by a passing vehicle.

June 11, 2025: District Attorney Hochman Announces Charges Tied to Immigration Protests

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced today that more than a dozen people have been charged with various crimes, including assaulting peace officers, grand theft and vandalism during the immigration protests in Downtown Los Angeles over the past several days.

June 10, 2025: Los Angeles County Probation Officer Charged With Smuggling Drugs Into Sylmar Juvenile Hall

SYLMAR, CA — Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced today that Los Angeles County Deputy Probation Officer Michael Solis is accused of conspiring to bring alprazolam, commonly known as Xanax, into Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar in 2023.

June 6, 2025: District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman Statement on Recent Immigrant Enforcement Actions

As the District Attorney of Los Angeles County, my highest duty is to uphold the law and promote public safety while ensuring justice is administered with fairness, due process and humanity.

June 5, 2025: Long Beach School Aide Charged With Possession of Child Pornography

LONG BEACH, CA – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced that a Long Beach school aide who worked with children with disabilities was charged today with felony possession of child pornography.

June 5, 2025: North Hollywood Man Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Prison for Brutal Assault on Young Son

VAN NUYS, CA – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced today that a North Hollywood man has been sentenced to 12 years and eight months in state prison for the violent assault of his 14-month-old son that left the child severely injured.

June 4, 2025: Former Los Angeles County Retirement System Employee Charged With Grand Theft, Conflict of Interest

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced today that a 42-year-old former interim chief security officer for the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) has been charged with pocketing nearly $20,000 via a company he created while on the job and failing to disclose the conflict of interest under penalty of perjury.

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