News Releases & Advisories

April 24, 2026: Man Charged With Series of Sexual Assaults in Single-Day Crime Spree in the San Fernando Valley

SAN FERNANDO, Calif. – A 29-year-old man was charged today with a series of sexual assaults in the San Fernando Valley that occurred within a matter of hours last week involving eight victims.

April 23, 2026: Man Charged With Stabbing Long Beach Police Officer Multiple Times

LONG BEACH, Calif. — A 44-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after he stabbed a Long Beach Police officer multiple times while the officer and his partner were responding to a call on April 17.

April 23, 2026: Man Charged With Murder in Stabbing That Killed Burbank Schoolteacher, Seriously Injured Daughter

BURBANK, Calif. — A 30-year-old man was charged today with murder in the stabbing of first-grade teacher Arti Varma, 59, and the attempted murder of her 25-year-old daughter, Meera Varma, at their home in Burbank.

April 22, 2026: Man Charged With Murder After Elderly Victim Beaten, Set on Fire in Downtown LA

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LOS ANGELES — A man was charged today with murder in the killing of an 84-year-old man living with dementia who had wandered from a convalescent home before being brutally beaten and set on fire in downtown Los Angeles.

April 20, 2026: Man Pleads Guilty in Death of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Recruit, Injuring Other Recruits in Wrong-Way Crash in Whittier

NORWALK, Calif. – Nicholas Gutierrez, 25, pleaded guilty today to a fatal wrong-way crash that resulted in the death of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s recruit Alejandro Martinez-Inzunza and caused severe injuries to several other recruits in November 2022 in Whittier.

April 20, 2026: Singer D4vd Charged With Capital Murder of 14-Year-Old Girl

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced that musician David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, was charged today with murdering 14-year-old Celeste R., whose body was found decomposed and dismembered in his car that had been impounded in September 2025.

April 17, 2026: Judge Dismisses Case Against Two Torrance Police Officers Charged With Killing Man Who Possessed Altered Air Rifle

LOS ANGELES – A judge has dismissed an indictment charging two Torrance police officers with voluntary manslaughter in the 2018 shooting death of 23-year-old Christopher Deandre Mitchell, who was sitting in a suspected stolen car with an altered air rifle between his legs.

April 17, 2026: Los Angeles County District Attorney Calls for Passage of AB 2727 to Limit Elder Parole for Violent Sex Offenders

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman today announced support for state Assembly Bill 2727, bipartisan legislation authored by Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen (D-10), to restrict elder parole for violent sex offenders and ensure all sex offenders granted parole are screened under the Sexually Violent Predator Act for potential civil commitment before they are released from prison.

April 17, 2026: Correctional Officer, Suspected Drug Trafficker Charged With Smuggling Cocaine Into Los Angeles County

LOS ANGELES – A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officer and a suspected drug trafficker have been charged with smuggling cocaine into Los Angeles County after 20 kilograms of cocaine was found at a stash house in Rowland Heights.

April 14, 2026: Man Charged With Murder in DUI Crash That Killed Two Pedestrians in North Hollywood

VAN NUYS, Calif. — A suspected drunk driver was charged today with two counts of murder in connection with a crash that killed two pedestrians in North Hollywood.

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