News Releases & Advisories

October 15, 2026: LADWP Employee, Three Others Charged in Graffiti Vandalism Spree Across Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) employee has been charged with 12 felony counts of vandalism and three co-defendants face additional felony charges in a yearlong graffiti vandalism spree across Los Angeles that caused businesses over $170,000 in repairs to their buildings, many historic.

October 15, 2026: Notorious Pimp Convicted of Sex Trafficking Nine Victims Including Minors, DA’s Office Prosecutes Additional Sex Traffickers

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County jury on Oct. 6 found Lebaron Alexander, a well-known pimp, guilty of sex trafficking nine women, two of whom were minors, between 2016 and 2020 in Los Angeles.

October 14, 2026: Gang Member Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Possibility of Parole for 2001 Slaying of Father, 2-Year-old Daughter

COMPTON, Calif. – A 50-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in connection with the fatal shooting of a man and his 2-year-old daughter outside their Compton home 25 years ago.

October 9, 2026: MacArthur Park Street Vendor and Domestic Violence Survivor Honored at Courage Awards Ceremony

LOS ANGELES —Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman today honored two community members, Johanna Martinez and Allie Shehorn, for their extraordinary actions at a Courage Awards ceremony hosted by the Rotary Club of Los Angeles in downtown Los Angeles.

October 7, 2026: Los Angeles Man Charged With Murdering Culver CityBus Driver

LOS ANGELES – A 55-year-old man has been charged with fatally shooting a Culver CityBus driver last week in Culver City.

October 6, 2026: Pair Charged With Conspiracy, Abusing Surrogate-Born Children in Arcadia Mansion

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced that a 66-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman were charged today with the abuse of at least 14 surrogate-born children -- some of whom were as young as 2 months old -- at an Arcadia mansion where they all lived.

October 2, 2026: Jury Convicts Nurse of Murdering Four Adults, Infant and Unborn Child in 130-MPH Windsor Hills Crash

WINDSOR HILLS, Calif. — Registered nurse Nicole Linton was convicted today of murdering six people, including a pregnant woman, her 11-month-old infant, and her unborn child when Linton drove through an intersection at 130 mph, causing a fiery crash in Windsor Hills in 2022.

October 2, 2026: Five Justice Bills Sponsored by the LA County District Attorney’s Office Signed Into Law

SACRAMENTO — Five bills sponsored by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office have been signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, strengthening public safety and advancing criminal justice in California.

October 1, 2026: Executive Director of Shuttered Antelope Valley Charter School Charged With Embezzling Over $150,000 in Public Funds

LANCASTER, Calif. — The executive director of a defunct Antelope Valley charter school has been charged in a whirlwind scheme to embezzle more than $150,000 in public funds within six months of successfully petitioning the Antelope Valley Unified High School District to establish the school and name him executive director.