LADA Media Relations Archive Section 2010


December 2011	Child Talent Manager Charged in Sex Abuse Case Man Pleads to Drunken Driving Fatality Two Plead Guilty in Campaign Money Laundering Scheme Clark Gable’s Grandson Pleads Guilty to Pointing a Laser at an Aircraft Man Sentenced to Prison for Shooting at Neighbor’s Dog Two Charged in Food Stamp Fraud Sting DA Investigators Join State and County Authorities in Multi-Agency “Sweep,” Arrest More Than a Dozen People Accused of Public Assistance Fraud Jury Recommends Death for Serial Killer Former LAUSD Officer Sentenced in Hoax Shooting Former Antelope Valley College Employee Pleads Guilty to Grand Theft Jury Convicts One of Three Men Charged with Attempted Murder, Kidnapping Burbank Man Pleads to Assaulting Wife Woman Sentenced in 2009 Fatal Shooting Former LAFD Captain Sentenced in Woman’s Murder L.A. Physician Sentenced to Prison for Sexually Assaulting Female Patients Former Civilian in Covina Police Charged with Misappropriation Man Sentenced to Life in Former DJ Murder Teen Sentenced in Fatal Wilson High Shooting Jury Convicts Last Defendant in Turnbull Canyon Kidnapping Man Charged in Shooting at Chinese Consulate Man Sentenced in Fatal Nightclub Shooting District Attorney’s Holiday Giving Drive Delivers Cheer Former Santa Clarita Building Inspector Pleads Guilty San Gabriel Woman Sentenced in Gang Murder Two Convicted of Illegally Selling Pot at Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Bellflower High School Coach Charged with Molesting Girl for Five Years Death Row Inmate Charged with 1989 Long Beach Wilson High Murder Former Covina Police Records Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Misappropriation D.A. Warns of “Robo-Call” Banking Scam Zubek Charged with Double Homicide San Diego County Man Charged in Burglary Husband Pleads in Foster Child’s Death Alleged Cemetery Burglars Charged Palmdale Man Convicted in Million-Dollar Public Assistance Fraud Case

November 2011	Five Charged in S.W.A.T. Stolen Weapons Case Illinois Man Charged with Stalking Selena Gomez Man Charged in Walmart Fatal Beating Convicted Killer Guilty of Additional Slayings Illinois Man Charged with Stalking Selena Gomez Man Convicted of 24-Year-Old Huntington Park Murders Pair Charged with Murder of Pregnant Girlfriend in 2001 Man Convicted of Murdering Former DJ Man Convicted of Murdering Former DJ Five to Receive Courageous Citizen Awards Five to Receive Courageous Citizen Awards Three Charged in Online Rental Scam LAFD Captain Charged with Attempted Drug Possession Los Angeles Man Charged in Train Station Stabbing D.A Steve Cooley Warns of Phony Fire Inspectors D.A Steve Cooley Warns of Phony Fire Inspectors Gang Member Sentenced in Chinatown, Wilshire Area Murders Former Beverly Hills Schools Official Convicted Man Convicted of Director’s Murder 7-year Prison Term, More than $3.7 Million Restitution in NBC Executive’s Death Antelope Valley Couple Pleads in Dog Fighting Case

October 2011	Rapper Pleads in Felony Case Ex-boyfriend Charged in Fatal South Gate Stabbing Gardena Man Sentenced in Sexual Assault, Murder of Elderly Woman Jurors Convict Man Accused of Shooting at Neighbor’s Dog Teacher Sentenced in Child Sex Abuse Case San Gabriel Valley Man Sentenced in 2009 Hatchet Murder Former Sheriff's Sergeant Convicted of Sex Assault, False Imprisonment Superintendent Indicted for Alleged Misappropriation of Funds Elderly Man Sentenced in Wife’s Beating, Stabbing Death Founder of Nonprofit Refugee Center Pleads in Conspiracy, Fraud Case Former Youth Pastor Sentenced for Sexual Molestation Onion Field Killer Denied Compassionate Release Healthcare Fraud STARS Hawthorne Felon Sentenced in Kidnapping Case Former MLB Player Pleads in Auto Theft Case Jury Convicts Real Estate Agent of Stealing Nearly $1 Million Alleged Child Molester Charged in Shopping Mall Attack Sheriff’s Deputy Charged with Child Sex Crimes Teens Charged with Murdering Girl’s Parents Man Sentenced in 2009 Hit-and-Run Case Pasadena Man Convicted in Fatal Night Club Shooting Woman Pleads to Fourth of July Traffic Death Man Convicted in 1998 Fatal Shooting of Tourist Defendant Sentenced to Prison in Celebrity Burglary Case Former InsideOUT Executive Charged with Grand Theft Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads to Drunk Driving, Leaving the Scene Man Sentenced in Double Murder Case Man Charged in Beverly Hills Murder

September 2011	Suspect to be Arraigned in Gold Line Stabbing Former "Playmate" Sentenced to State Prison After Pleading in Domestic Violence Case Former Santa Clarita Building Inspector Charged with Accepting Bribes Trucker Sentenced to Prison in Angeles Crest Fatal Accident Murder Charges Filed Against Woman Involved in Fatal Car Crash in Pomona Mother Pleads to Fatally Stabbing Young Daughter Second Teen Convicted in Fatal Wilson High Shooting LAUSD Officer Convicted in Hoax Shooting Two Plead in Dykstra Case Former ESPN Commentator Pleads to Stalking Ex-Girlfriend Man Pleads to Fatally Shooting Executive Pair Pleads in Calabasas High School Anti-Semitic Vandalism Case Four Indicted in 2009 North Hollywood Murder Salsa Instructor Convicted of Rape, Sexual Assault Gunman Sentenced in Compton Triple Murder Man Sentenced in Baldwin Park Traffic Fatality Metal Shredding Company Settles Air Pollution Case Teacher Pleads to Molesting Young Student Culver City Man Arraigned in Child Sex Case La Mirada Man Charged in Hit and Run Death Defendant Pleads in Celebrity Burglary Case Two Charged in Barbershop Owner’s Murder Former Medical Marijuana Dispensary Owner Sentenced Canyon Country Man Charged with Neighbor’s Murder Former Police Detective Pleads in Fraud Case Lancaster Mother Charged with Drunken Driving, Child Abuse Son Pleads to Fatally Stabbing his Mother LAPD Officer Charged with Domestic Violence Canoga Park Gang Members Convicted of Racially Motivated Shooting

August 2011	16-Year Sentence in 110-Pound Methamphetamine Case Inglewood Man Charged with Attempted Murder of His Mother Former Police Officer Pleads No Contest in Hit-and-Run Collision Man Charged with Attempted Murder in Stabbing Attack Northridge Woman Pleads in Pedestrian Death Three Arrested on Charges of Illegally Producing, Selling Unpasteurized Milk Former Marine Charged with Arson Felon Charged with Motel Murder Teen Pleads in Fatal Wilson High Shooting Youth Pastor Charged with Sexual Molestation Six Charged in Northridge Drug Case Former Irwindale Official Sentenced for Misappropriating Public Funds Whittier Man Sentenced to Death for Murders Jury Recommends Death for Woman Who Killed Husband, Two Young Sons Man Receives Life Sentence in Tarzana Shooting, Standoff Two Plead in Attempted Murder of USC Track Athlete Man Convicted of Machete Murder Sentenced D.A Seeks Supreme Court Review of Ban on DNA Collection Jury Convicts L.A. Physician of Sexually Assaulting Female Patients Pastor Pleads to Unlawful Sex with a Minor Employee Sentenced to LWOP in Workplace Double Murder Man Pleads Guilty to Murder, Assault of Elderly Woman Man Pleads in Match.com Sexual Assault Case Driver Convicted of Murder in Fatal Pursuit Naval Recruiter Charged with Sexual Assaulting Potential Recruit Northridge Woman Sent to Prison in Pedestrian Death CVS Pharmacy Agrees to Settle $2 Million Consumer Lawsuit Woman Pleads, Sentenced in Texting-While-Driving Death Day-Care Operator Sentenced to Prison for Having Sex with 13-Year-Old Godson Grocer Accused of EBT Fraud Clark Gable’s Grandson Charged Four to Be Honored in Long Beach for Heroism Murder Suspect Charged in Police Shooting Husband Charged with Murder in Supermarket Stabbing Yogurt Store Owner Charged with Kidnapping, Attempted Murder of Employee Corona Man Sentenced to 127 Years to Life for Carjack, Murder Suspect Indicted in Quadruple Hollywood Homicide Alleged Gang Member Charged with Murder in Death of Pizza Deliveryman Ex-Marine Convicted of Rape, Attempted Murder of Hawthorne Woman Three Alleged Gang Members Charged in Christmas Day Murder

July 2011	Man Charged with Disobeying Paris Hilton Stay-Away Order Three Charged in Massive Ponzi Scheme Two Charged with Pointing Lasers at Aircraft Glendale Man Charged with Pointing Laser Beam at Police Helicopter Burbank Man Charged with Murdering Wife Insurance Fraud Convict Sentenced to 3 Years for Not Paying Restitution Fugitive Pleads Guilty, Sent to Prison in 2000 Attack on Sheriff’s Deputy Berry Stalker Charged One of Four Irwindale Officials Pleads Guilty Fugitive Arrested in 2009 Murder Rapper Charged with Assault Weapon Possession, Domestic Violence Suspected Hilton Stalker Charged with Felony Vernon's Former City Manager Pleads Guilty Parolee Charged in Three-Hour Freeway Chase Employee Convicted of Fatally Shooting Boss, Co-Worker Woman Sentenced to Four Years in Child Care Fraud Scheme Woman Sentenced to Four Years in Child Care Fraud Scheme Felon Pleads Guilty to Murdering Two Women Man Pleads No Contest to Attempted Murder in Rose Bowl Melee Permanent Gang Injunction Issued for 16 Square Miles of San Gabriel Valley Two Charged in Dodger Stadium Attack Pico Rivera Man Charged with Murder Sheriff’s Deputy Charged with Drunken Driving Man Convicted of Ax Murder of Wife Man Convicted of Murder in Machete Attack Fourth Man Convicted in Gang Killing Trucker Convicted of Vehicular Manslaughter

June 2011	Teen Pleads, Sentenced to Prison in Peninsula Crash that Killed Four Former Long Beach Police Officer Sentenced in Embezzlement Case Northridge Man Sentenced in Family’s Slaying Covina Father Pleads Guilty to Toddler’s Murder Former MLB Player Charged Elderly Victim Recovers Home Pilfered by Phony Bishop Former LAUSD Official Ordered to Repay School, PTA Convicted Gunman in West Covina Double Murder, One Other Sentenced Man Sentenced to LWOP for Racially Motivated Gang Slaying Corona Man Pleads in San Fernando Valley Carjacking, Murder Case Man Charged with Murder in Family Dispute Woman Recognized for Testifying Against Family Member Charged with Murder Man Pleads Guilty to Fatally Stabbing North Hollywood Bride-to-Be Capital Murder Charges Added in Armed Robbery Spree Teacher’s Aide Charged with Molesting Student Man Charged with Girlfriend’s Murder Alleged Cop Impersonator Charged with Molesting Minor Girls Asserted Gang Member Charged with Last Month’s Murders of Toddler, Uncle Gang Member Sentenced in Teen’s Slaying Quartz Hill Mother Sentenced in Toddler’s Death Alleged Serial Armed Robber Arrested on Warrant Former CSUN Student Pleads to Possession of a Firearm On Campus Man Pleads in 2008 Sexual Assault Cold Case Man Convicted of 25-Year-Old Torrance Murder Activist Pleads Guilty to Voter Registration Fraud Crooked Smog Check Technician Sentenced in Fraud Case Champion of Extradition Law Reform Named 2011 ‘Prosecutor of the Year’ Former Temple City Mayor Sentenced to Prison Man Pleads to 2002 Street Racing Deaths Pair Charged In Series of Armed Robberies Around the San Fernando Valley Man Convicted of Murder In Fatal Traffic Collision Bellflower Woman Pleads In Animal Cruelty Case San Gabriel Woman Convicted In Fatal Shooting of Popular High School Student Father, Son Charged in Pit Bull Attack on Man Man Sentenced in Fatal DUI Case Motorist Sentenced to Prison in Cyclist’s Death Phony Army Commander Pleads Guilty, Sentenced Teen Charged In Double Homicide at a Venice Park Police Officer Pleads in Workers' Compensation Fraud Case

May 2011	Man Convicted of Murdering Parents, Former Girlfriend Former Teacher Sentenced to Prison in Unlawful Sex with a Minor Case Second Murder Charged in Fatal Gardena Auto Collision Former Temple City Mayor Convicted in Bribery, Perjury Case Third Man Convicted in 2006 Gang Murder Four Awarded Recognition for Valor Long Beach Man Sentenced in Child’s Beating Death Sheriff’s Deputy Charged with Sex Crimes Long Beach Father Pleads to Kidnapping Toddler Son Former ESPN Commentator Charged Northridge Man Pleads to Triple Murder Suspected Hostage-Taker Charged Man Charged in Cousin’s Shooting Death LAUSD Officer Indicted in Hoax Shooting Westside Attorney Sentenced to Prison in Internet Sex Task Force Sting Murder, Theft Charges Filed in Armed Robbery Spree Long Beach Man Convicted in Large-Scale Meth Case Man Sentenced in Church Carnival Shooting Three Charged in Calabasas High School Anti-Semitic Vandalism Case Husband Convicted of Capital Murder in Wife’s Slaying Man Sentenced for Murder of Parents, Former Girlfriend DA Unveils New Additions to Criminal Justice Wall of Fame Tarzana Man Convicted in Girlfriend’s Shooting, Standoff Quartz Hill Mother Convicted of Toddler’s Death Environmental Scholarship Program Marks 20th Year Man Charged with Murdering, Burying Mother Los Angeles Man Convicted of Double Murder Former Vernon City Administrator Pleads in Public Corruption Case Felony Charges Filed Against Man Accused of Shooting at Neighbor’s Dog Jury Recommends Death Against Ventura Businessman in Wife’s Slaying Retired Deputy Sheriff Sentenced to State Prison

April 2011	Awards Presented to Four Angelenos for Acts of Heroism Accused Rapist, Murderer Pleads Guilty to Decades Old Killings Man Charged in Former Roommate’s Knife Killing Whittier Man Convicted in 2004 Triple Murder Case, One Other Killing Jewelry Store Robbers Sentenced Man Pleads Guilty in Fatal Drunk Driver Case Former Sheriff’s Deputy, Wife Plead in Embezzlement Case Convicted Robber, Carjacker Sentenced to Life Jurors Convict Gang Member of Triple Murder Long Beach Shooter Sentenced El Monte Man Charged with Creating Phony Army Unit Man Charged with Murder in Fatal Gardena Auto Collision Accused Synagogue Bomber Charged Mid-City Molester Sentenced Man Convicted in Hollywood Hills Home Invasion Robbery Second Man Convicted in Racially Motivated Gang Murder Former Probation Camp Teacher Sentenced to Jail in Child Abuse Case Jurors Recommend Death for Whittier Man Convicted in 2004 Triple Murder, One Other Killing Civil Action Targets Rival San Gabriel Valley Gangs North Hollywood Murder Suspect Charged Alleged Arsonist Charged Former Pico Rivera City Councilman Sentenced Alhambra Man Sentenced in Wife’s Murder Jurors Recommend Death for Triple Murderer Gang Member Convicted in Sun Valley Teen's Slaying Man Sentenced in 2001 Tujunga Double Murder Alleged Serial Arsonist Charged in Long Beach Fires Gang Member Sentenced to Death for Harbor Gateway Murders Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for 1983 Alhambra Murder Teen Charged in Chopper Shooting Incident Motorist Convicted of Murder in Cyclist’s Death Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Koreatown Murder Man Charged with Fatally Beating Neighbor’s Dog Man Convicted of Trying to Burglarize Paris Hilton’s House

March 2011	Man Charged with 2002 Street Racing Deaths D.A. Announces New Chief Deputy Parole Officer Charged with Embezzlement Wheelchair-bound Woman Sentenced in Stabbing Murder of Teen Athlete Husband Charged with Missing Wife’s Murder Teacher Charged with Molesting Three Students Former NFL Defense End, Two Others Charged in Lancaster Murder Long Beach Man Sentenced in Child’s Dragging Death LAUSD Officer Charged in Hoax Shooting Former Bell City Manager and Three Others Ordered to Stand Trial Australian Awaiting Sentencing in Fatal Hit-And-Run Mel Gibson Charged in Domestic Violence Case Two Police Officers Plead in Auto Insurance Fraud Case Long Beach Mother Pleads to Toddler’s Death Woman Sentenced to Jail for Public Assistance Fraud LAPD Officer Convicted of Sex Assault While On Duty Two Men Sentenced in String of Robberies Targeting Videogame Retailer Former High School Teacher Pleads in Child Sex Abuse Case Rockefeller Imposter Charged in 1985 San Marino Murder Three Men Plead to Jewelry Store Robbery Former LAFD Captain Convicted of Murder Ex-Felon Charged with Kidnapping at Train Station Michael Lohan Charged Indictment of Alleged “Grim Sleeper” Serial Killer Unsealed Man Convicted in Granada Hills Carnival Shooting Third Man Sentenced in Videogame Retailer Robberies Five Plead Guilty to Taking More Than $1 Million Dollars From Los Angeles County Accused Mid-City Molester Convicted District Attorney’s Fugitive Website Relaunched Man Convicted in Shooting of 4-Year-Old Long Beach Boy Day-Care Operator Charged with Sexually Molesting 13-Year-Old Godson Magazine Salesman Sentenced to Life Term for San Fernando Valley Assault Former Medical Marijuana Dispensary Owner Pleads Asian Boyz Shot Caller Sentenced to Multiple Life Terms Rizzo, Spaccia Indicted on New Charges Lawyer Face New Charges in Auto Insurance Fraud Case Former Sheriff’s Deputy Charged with Making Criminal Threats

February 2011	Convicted Serial Killer Charged in New Murder Case Man Convicted of Child Dragging Death Former LAUSD Official Pleads to Stealing School, PTA Funds Former Health Inspector Sentenced in Sexual Battery Case Former Director of State Mental Hospital Convicted in Child Sex Abuse Case D.A. Warns of Public Safety Danger Under Proposed State Budget Prison Proposal Man Pleads to Sledgehammer Murder Maywood Man Charged in Mother’s Killing Lohan to be Charged with Felony Grand Theft Alleged Carjacker Convicted of Murder, Other Counts Lohan Charged with Felony Grand Theft Carson Man Sentenced in Attempted Murder of Peace Officer Former Officer Pleads to Embezzlement High School Dean Charged with Possessing Child Porn Attorney Pleads to Bringing Drugs to Court Man Convicted in Slaying of High School Athlete Arraignment Scheduled for Woman Charged with Vehicular Manslaughter Man Sentenced in Slaying of High School Athlete Gang Member Convicted of Multiple Murders, Other Crimes Current, Former Bell City Council Members Ordered to Stand Trial Attorneys Plead in Large-Scale Auto Insurance Fraud Case Man Sentenced in Ex-Girlfriend’s Stabbing Murder Two Convicted of Murdering Woman Dubbed the “Lomita Black Widow" Former High School Teacher Sentenced in 2008 Slaying Two Convicted of West Covina Double Murder Former Principal Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Sexually Molesting Students Former Principal Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Sexually Molesting Students Maximum Sentence Imposed on Former State Hospital Director Convicted in Child Sex Abuse Case Student Charged with Murder of Vocational School Instructor Jurors Convict Woman of Public Assistance Fraud Magazine salesman Convicted of San Fernando Valley Assault Jurors Convict Woman of Public Assistance Fraud

January 2011	Television Manufacturers Settle Screen Measurement Case Azusa Man Pleads to Theft of World Series Ring Culver City Driver Charged with Murder in New Year’s Eve Fatal Crash Man Charged with Murder Following Hollywood Standoff State From District Attorney Steve Cooley Re: Anna Nicole Smith Case San Bernardino Man Pleads in Malibu Attack Arraignment Scheduled for Alleged Drunken Driver Teenage Armed Robber Sentenced to Prison CHP Officer Charged with Murder Former High School Teacher Pleads to Murder Ex-Con Charged with Attacking Student Alleged Church Thief Charged Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty Two Charged with Attempted Extortion of Food Truck Vendors Uncle, Brother-In-Law Charged in Murder of Woman and Daughter Former Probation Camp Teacher Pleads to Child Abuse Gang Member Sentenced to LWOP in Teen’s Killing Manhattan Beach Police Officer Charged with Hit and Run Statement by Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley on Mel Gibson Father Charged with Murdering Infant Daughter Stevenson Ranch Man Sentenced in 2007 Stabbing Murder Gardena Teen Charged with Bringing Gun to School Father Charged with Kidnapping Son Gang Member Sentenced in Murder of Infant Boy Man Convicted in Ex-Girlfriend's Murder Former Pico Rivera City Councilman Convicted of Conflict of Interest Man Sentenced in Movie Theater Stabbing Man Pleads to Kidnapping Young Girl Man Sentenced to More than 600 Years in Sex Abuse Case Woman Pleads to Daughter’s Killing Man Accused of Stealing Church Donations Pleads Alleged Gardena Gang Member Charged with Multiple Murders Health Inspector Convicted of Sexual Battery Man Sentenced in Girl’s Kidnapping Former Health Inspector Convicted of Sexual Battery Former Attorney Sentenced Man Sentenced in South Los Angeles Gang Murders

2011 Media Archive Press Releases & News Advisories

2011 Media Archive
Press Releases & News Advisories