News Releases & Advisories

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

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.

April 14, 2026: Former UCLA Doctor James Heaps Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assaults, Sentenced to Over a Decade in Prison

LOS ANGELES – James Heaps, 69, was sentenced to 11 years in prison and required to register as a sex offender for life after he pleaded guilty today to sexually assaulting five female patients from 2011-2018 while working as an obstetrician-gynecologist at UCLA. Heaps pleaded at a pretrial hearing just two months after a California appeals court overturned his 2023 conviction due to an error by the trial judge.

April 10, 2026: Probation Officers Accused of Falsifying Medical Notes to Dodge Juvenile Hall Duties

LOS ANGELES — Three Los Angeles County probation officers have been charged with misdemeanor counts of altering medical records to avoid being assigned to full duties at juvenile detention facilities.

April 10, 2026: Former Medical Examiner Investigator Pleads No Contest to Stealing from the Deceased

LOS ANGELES – Adrian Muñoz, 36, pleaded no contest today to stealing items from deceased individuals during his employment as a medical examiner investigator with the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner.

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