News Releases & Advisories

October 17, 2024: Three Relatives Sentenced for Bilking $222,793 From Dozens of Victims for Fraudulent Immigration Services in L. A.

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón today announced that three members of a South Los Angeles family—Judith Gil, Oscar Mauricio Gil and Minerva Gil—were sentenced October 15 for scamming 73 immigrants by unlawfully providing legal services for residency or work permits. The trio was sentenced by Judge Drew E. Edwards to pay total restitution of $222,793 to the victims in addition to 10 years of probation.

October 16, 2024: Statement from Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on the Ongoing Review of the Menendez Brothers’ Case

In response to today’s news conference by the Menendez brothers’ defense and family members, we want to take a moment to express our empathy for all the victims involved in these tragic incidents.

October 16, 2024: DA Gascón Announces Charges Against Son in Father’s Murder in Mount Baldy in Unincorporated Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES COUNTY - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Emir Abadzic Lowe is charged with murdering his father, Christian Lowe, in Mount Baldy in unincorporated Los Angeles on October 12.

October 11, 2024: DA Gascón Announces Charges Against Mother in the Death of Her Three-Month-Old Baby in Porter Ranch

PORTER RANCH, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Jalyn Simone SmithJermott is charged with murdering her three-month-old baby in the city of Porter Ranch. The baby’s father, Eric Shannon Johnson also is charged in the case with child abuse.

October 11, 2024: DA Gascón Announces Plea and 15-Year-to-Life Sentence in Sexual Assault of Two Boys in Los Angeles County

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that on October 9, Andrew Sandoval was sentenced by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Margaret Bernal to 15 years to life on each count, to be served concurrently. Sandoval pleaded no contest in case 24DWCF00722 to two felony counts of oral copulation with a child 10 years or younger.

October 10, 2024: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads No Contest in Off-Duty Hit-and-Run Crash in 2018

COVINA, CA- Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Orlando Sotomayor Flores pleaded no contest on October 8 in case BA488122 to one felony count of reckless driving involving alcohol, causing injury; and one misdemeanor count of hit-and-run causing injury after he was involved in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 10 in the city of Covina that injured one person in March 2018.

October 9, 2024: DA Gascón Provides Update on Brian Warner, aka Marilyn Manson Case

LOS ANGELES – Statement from Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón on the status of Brian Warner, aka Marilyn Manson’s case review by the office’s Sex Crimes Division:

October 9, 2024: Lamps Plus Settles Consumer Protection Lawsuit for $4.1 Million

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Lamps Plus, Inc. and its affiliates will pay $4.1 million to settle a civil lawsuit that alleged the California corporation engaged in false advertising and unfair competition.

October 9, 2024: Man Found Guilty in Death and Physical Assault of Seven-Week-Old Baby in South Pasadena in 2022

SOUTH PASADENA, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón today announced that Christopher Lashun Richmond was convicted by a jury on October 7 in the death of his seven-week-old baby and injuring the child’s mother. Richmond faces 26 years to life in state prison.

October 8, 2024: Man Charged in Crash that Killed Manhattan Beach Police Officer Chad Swanson

COMPTON, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that a man has been charged in the Oct. 4 crash that killed 35-year-old Manhattan Beach Police Officer Chad Swanson, who was riding his department motorcycle to work.

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