LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced today that his office has filed 25 animal cruelty cases — including 18 felonies — over the past six weeks, underscoring his commitment to holding abusers accountable and protecting our most vulnerable.
INGLEWOOD, CA — Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced murder and attempted murder charges today against a 40-year-old campus security guard for shooting and killing a college dean and injuring another employee at Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology in Inglewood on May 2.
VAN NUYS, CA — Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced today that the District Attorney’s Office has filed its opposition to the recusal motion filed by Lyle and Erik Menendez seeking to recuse the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office from the case. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic has scheduled a hearing on May 9 to consider this motion.
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced charges today against an 18-year-old man for attempting to rob then sexually assaulting a woman at knifepoint on a Los Angeles Metro bus traveling between East Hollywood and Southwest Los Angeles.
LONG BEACH, CA — Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced today a felony animal cruelty charge against a man seen on surveillance video viciously abusing his young dog in Long Beach — a disturbing act that marks the second felony animal cruelty case captured on camera filed by the Office this week.
LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced that a 44-year-old man was charged today with cutting down multiple trees across the City of Los Angeles with a chainsaw.
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced today that a 40-year-old man has been charged with felony animal cruelty for allegedly beating his American Micro Bully with a metal chain leash in a Downtown Los Angeles apartment building.
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced that today Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge H. Clay Jacke II found Humberto “Beto” Duran factually innocent of a 1993 East Los Angeles gang murder, for which he spent 30 years in prison. District Attorney Hochman appeared in court today to state on the record the Office’s support for Mr. Duran’s motion for factual innocence.
VAN NUYS, CA — Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced today that Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic has scheduled a hearing on May 9 to determine the admissibility of recently completed Comprehensive Risk Assessments concerning Lyle and Erik Menendez, who are currently undergoing resentencing proceedings.
VAN NUYS, CA — Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced today that Graciela Castellanos, 37, is charged with murder in the drowning death of her 7-year-old daughter in Van Nuys on April 11.
