News Releases & Advisories

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.

October 8, 2024: Long Beach Safety Officer Sentenced in Shooting Death of 18-Year-Old Woman Near Millikan High School

LONG BEACH, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that a Long Beach Unified School safety officer, Eddie Gonzalez, was sentenced to three years in prison by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Richard Goulafter he pleaded no contest to one count of voluntary manslaughter in the death of 18-year-old Manuela Rodriguez. Rodriguez was shot as she left an altercation near Millikan High School in September 2021.

October 8, 2024: DA Gascón Announces Charges Against Los Angeles Police Officer in On-Duty Assault During Domestic Violence Response

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Los Angeles Police Officer Garo Garabedian is charged with assaulting a suspect and seriously injuring him while responding to a domestic violence call in the city of Los Angeles in May 2023.

October 7, 2024: Jury Convicts Man in 1988 Kidnap, Rape and Murder of Lois Haro

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that a jury has convicted Ronald Anthony Jones of murder in the shooting death of 26-year-old Lois Haro, who was raped and killed after being kidnapped by Jones and his accomplice in 1988 at the Plaza Pasadena mall.

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