News Releases & Advisories

August 19, 2024: District Attorney Gascón Announces Murder Charges in Actor Johnny Wactor Shooting Death

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón today announced murder charges in the shooting death of actor Johnny Wactor, who was killed in May during a suspected catalytic converter theft attempt.

August 12, 2024: District Attorney Gascón Announces Attempted Murder Charge Against Man in Attack of Woman at Pasadena Metro Station

PASADENA, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Juan Flores has been charged with allegedly attempting to murder a woman at a Metro station next to the 210 Freeway in the city of Pasadena after he physically assaulted her and threw her into oncoming traffic on the freeway’s carpool lane on August 7.

August 9, 2024: DA Gascón Announces Charges Against Man in Sexual, Physical Assault of Woman While Walking Her Newborn in Brentwood

BRENTWOOD, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Abraham Shily is charged with sexually and physically assaulting a mother as she was walking her one-month-old infant in the Brentwood neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles on July 16.

August 9, 2024: District Attorney Gascón Announces Murder Charge Against Man in Fatal Road Rage Incident in West Hollywood

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Ramon Casas has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally assaulting a man in a 7-Eleven parking lot in the city of West Hollywood.

August 8, 2024: Actor Gabriel Olds Charged with Sexual Assault of Three Women in Los Angeles County Between 2013-2023

LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that actor Gabriel Olds has been charged with allegedly sexually assaulting three women whom he dated in the Los Angeles area between 2013-2023.

August 7, 2024: Freddie Lee Trone Convicted in Murder of Rap Artist PnB Rock in South Los Angeles in 2022

SOUTH LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón today announced that Freddie Lee Trone was convicted by a jury today in the murder of Rakim Hasheem Allen, also known as rap artist PnB Rock, at a South Los Angeles restaurant on September 12, 2022. Trone also was convicted of two counts of second-degree robbery, and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery.

August 6, 2024: DA Gascón Announces Charges Against Man in Sexual Assault of Two Boys in Los Angeles County, Seeks Additional Victims

SOUTH GATE, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Andrew Sandoval of the city of South Gate is charged with allegedly sexually abusing two boys between November 2015 and this year within Los Angeles County.

July 30, 2024: District Attorney Gascón Announces Charges Against Father of Missing Girl in Monterey Park

MONTEREY PARK, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Jeffery Chao has been charged with allegedly stealing/concealing his 15-year-old daughter and falsely filing an emergency report after he reported her missing on July 16 in the city of Monterey Park.

July 29, 2024: District Attorney Gascón Announces Charges of Murder and Attempted Murder in Fatal Sword Attack in San Dimas

SAN DIMAS, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Weichien Huang has been charged with allegedly murdering her wife and attempting to murder her mother-in-law with a sword (katana) at their home in the city of San Dimas on July 18.

July 25, 2024: Los Angeles Police Officer Braxton Shaw Pleads No Contest to Falsifying Police Reports in 2018

LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón today announced that Los Angeles Police Officer Braxton Shaw entered a plea of no contest in case BA488467 to six felony counts of filing a false police report.

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