News Releases & Advisories

July 3, 2025: DA Hochman Announces Guilty Verdict in Murder of 7-Year-Old Girl by Her Mother, Boyfriend in Hawthorne

LOS ANGELES – A jury convicted Ida Helen Brockman and her boyfriend, Malachi Xavier Whalen, of the torture and murder of Brockman’s 7-year-old daughter, A’Miya D., at their Hawthorne residence in September 2021.

July 1, 2025: Additional Charges Filed in Connection to Immigration Protests

LOS ANGELES – More than 40 people have been charged in connection with the immigration protests last month, including a 17-year-old juvenile accused of attempted murder, a man accused of assaulting an officer with a flagpole and two people who allegedly assaulted Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department horses in separate incidents, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced today.

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