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.
“Illegal fireworks are not just dangerous, they’re criminal,” District Attorney Hochman said. “If you set off explosives in our neighborhoods, injure our residents, damage our homes, and terrorize our communities, we will come after you with the full weight of the law. Do not gamble with your freedom this Fourth of July.”Read more...
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.
“While we will always defend the right to peacefully protest, we will not disregard criminal behavior that puts the lives of officers and others at risk or compromises public safety,” District Attorney Hochman said. “There is a clear and distinct line between lawful expression and unlawful conduct. Our job as prosecutors is to ensure those who engage in violence and destruction are held accountable for their actions.”Read more...
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.
“I fiercely support the right to peacefully protest and to free speech, but my office will also fiercely prosecute those who decide to cross a line into criminal conduct,” District Attorney Hochman said. “We will protect those who hurl insults; we will prosecute those who hurl bricks, cinderblocks or fireworks at officers. An attack on our officers or on public or private property is an attack on all of us, and such criminals will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”Read more...
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced that a 22-year-old man was charged today with murdering Baldwin Park Police Officer Samuel Riveros who responded to a call of a man who had been fatally shot in a Baldwin Park neighborhood over the weekend.Read more...
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced today that Atlas Iron and Metal Corp. has pleaded no contest to five felony counts of hazardous waste disposal at an unpermitted site, resulting in the immediate and permanent closure of all operations on its premises.
“This outcome shuts down a dangerous facility that has threatened this community for more than 75 years. Today, Watts is safer and the children and educators at Jordan High School can now breathe easier — literally and figuratively,” District Attorney Hochman said. “We will relentlessly pursue any business that poisons our neighborhoods. Let this be a warning — if you break the law and put public health at risk, we will hold you accountable.”
