News Releases & Advisories

LOS ANGELES – A jury convicted Ida Helen Brockman and her boyfriend, Malachi Xavier Whalen, of the torture and murder of Brockman’s 7-year-old daughter, A’Miya D., at their Hawthorne residence in September 2021.

INGLEWOOD, CA — As Independence Day approaches, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman is warning residents not to engage in the use, possession or sale of illegal fireworks, citing a recent case in which powerful explosives injured a woman and caused destruction in an Inglewood residential neighborhood.

BELLFLOWER, CA — The operator and employee of a financial services company in Bellflower have been charged with stealing more than $1 million from 30 victims through a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scheme, preying on low-income, primarily Spanish-speaking community members who sought loans and high-limit credit lines, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced today.

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.