News Releases & Advisories

March 6, 2025: DA Hochman Announces Sexual Assault, Child Abuse Charges in West LA Attack on Woman and Child

LOS ANGELES — District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman today announced that Ishmail Bangura, 33, has been charged with assaulting a 63-year-old woman during a first-degree residential burglary with the intent to commit rape and attacking a young child in the West Los Angeles neighborhood of Sawtelle on Feb. 27.

March 3, 2025: DA Hochman Announces Grand Theft and Conspiracy Charges Against Current and Former Employees of California State University, Long Beach

LONG BEACH, CA — District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman today announced that one current and one former employee of the California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) Athletics Department have been charged with stealing approximately $36,560 from the university through fraudulent time sheets certifying hundreds of hours of nonexistent work between January and December 2022.