News Releases & Advisories

September 4, 2026: Violent Sexual Predators Convicted of Sexually Exploiting Women in Long Beach and Antelope Valley

LOS ANGELES — Calvin Lane was out of custody on reduced bail when he absconded before closing arguments last week at his trial for sex trafficking a young woman and a teenage girl in Los Angeles and Long Beach. Dijon O'Neal, a convicted violent sex offender, was on parole when he sexually assaulted three more women at knifepoint. Both sexual predators were convicted in August 2026 of multiple felonies.

September 4, 2026: Hacienda Heights Woman Charged with Felony Wage Theft, Tax Fraud at Diamond Bar Care Facility

LOS ANGELES — A 59-year-old Hacienda Heights woman has been charged with six felony counts for allegedly stealing more than $121,000 in wages from employees at an unlicensed residential care facility in Diamond Bar and failing to pay required employment taxes.

September 4, 2026: Man Found Factually Innocent of 2013 Attempted Murder of Two Brothers in Lynwood

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles County judge today found a 38-year-old man factually innocent of a 2013 drive-by shooting that seriously injured two brothers. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office’s Justice Conviction Review Unit and the California Western Innocence & Justice Clinic cited new evidence that came to light after sentencing and pointed to another individual who allegedly committed the crime.

September 2, 2026: Man Who Killed Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer Found Legally Sane by Jury

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles County jury today found that Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar, 32, was legally sane when he killed Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer in September 2023, rejecting Salazar’s not guilty by reason of insanity defense.

September 2, 2026: Lomita Man Held to Answer on Felony Hate Crimes for Allegedly Threatening to Shoot Up Jewish Community Center

LOS ANGELES — A 43-year-old Lomita man who previously faced a gun-related felony case and was ordered to complete an anti-bias program has been held to answer on felony hate crime charges for allegedly threatening to shoot up the Jewish Community Center in Redondo Beach, including hundreds of children.

September 2, 2026: Ex-Accounting Manager Charged With Stealing Over $2.5 Million From California Clothing Company Karen Kane

LOS ANGELES — A former credit and accounting manager of family-owned women’s clothing company Karen Kane has been charged with illegally funneling over $2.56 million in company funds into her personal bank accounts over a 10-year period.

August 31, 2026: Former LAPD Officer Charged in 2015 Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Man in Venice

LOS ANGELES – Former Los Angeles Police Officer Clifford Proctor has been indicted for the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Brendon Glenn during an altercation in Venice more than a decade ago.

August 28, 2026: Diamond Bar Caretaker Found Guilty of Murdering Two Elderly Women in Assisted Living Facility

DIAMOND BAR, Calif. — A Los Angeles County jury found caretaker Jianchun Li guilty of murdering two elderly women at an assisted living facility in Diamond Bar in June 2023 and also found that he was legally sane when he committed the crimes. Li faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.

August 24, 2026: Man Convicted of 2023 Murder of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer in Palmdale

LOS ANGELES – A 32-year-old man was found guilty today of fatally shooting Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer in broad daylight three years ago in Palmdale.

August 20, 2026: To Encourage Whistleblowers to Come Forward, LAPD Officer’s Illegal Recording Charges Reduced to Misdemeanors

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman has announced that, to encourage whistleblowers to come forward, charges filed against a Los Angeles police officer accused of illegally recording confidential conversations of his colleagues without their knowledge are being reduced to misdemeanors.

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