News Releases & Advisories

January 3, 2025: DA Hochman Announces Charges in Shooting of Two Security Guards at Downtown Los Angeles Target Store

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced today that a 25-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder in the shooting of two security guards at a Target store in downtown LA on Dec. 30.

January 2, 2025: DA Hochman Announces Charges Against Beverly Hills Doctor in Sexual Assault, Additional Victims Sought

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced today that Beverly Hills physician Babak Hajhosseini, 42, is charged with sexually assaulting a woman in the city of Los Angeles on August 18.

December 31, 2024: Man Charged in Fatal Stabbings of Three Family Members at Baldwin Park Home

POMONA, CA – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced today that murder charges have been filed against a man accused of fatally stabbing three of his family members – an 8-year-old girl, a 16-year-old boy, and a 44-year-old woman – in their Baldwin Park home.

December 27, 2024: Opportunity to Join a LA County District Attorney’s Office Advisory Board

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office is excited to announce an opportunity to join its Advisory Boards. Advisory Boards will play a critical role in helping ensure that the District Attorney’s Office remains informed and responsive to issues of concern to various communities and interest groups in Los Angeles County. The application process is open to all interested residents.

December 24, 2024: DA Hochman Announces Charges Against Man in Murder of Azusa Teenager

AZUSA, CA – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced today that Daniel Rodriguez, 18, is charged with murdering 17-year-old Angelina Gonzales at his home in the city of Azusa on December 20.

December 24, 2024: DA Hochman Announces Charges Against Covina Teacher Involving Sexual Assaults of Two Female Students

COVINA, CA – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced today that Covina high school teacher Joshua Daniel McGinn, 41, is charged with committing sex acts upon two underaged female students beginning in 2022.

December 23, 2024: DA Hochman Announces Vacated Convictions for Wrongly Imprisoned Woman and Man in 2007 East Hollywood Murder

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced today that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William C. Ryan vacated the convictions and ordered the immediate release of Charlotte Pleytez and Lombardo Palacios, each who spent more than 17 years in prison for an East Hollywood murder in 2007.

December 20, 2024: DA Hochman Announces Child Sex Abuse Charges Against Piano Teacher in Los Angeles County

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced today that 41-year-old Beverly Hills music teacher Hovanes John Jihanyan is charged with sexually abusing his 13-year-old piano student between August 1 and November 9, 2024. The victim turned 14 during the time of the alleged abuse.

December 16, 2024: DA Hochman Announces Additional Charges in Murder of Woodland Hills Dr. Hamid Mirshojae

WOODLAND HILLS, CA – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced today that Ahang Mirshojae, aka Ahang Kelk, is charged in the murder of her former husband, Woodland Hills Dr. Hamid Mirshojae, who was shot and killed outside of his medical clinic on August 23.

December 13, 2024: DA Hochman Announces Charges in Murder of Woodland Hills Dr. Hamid Mirshojae

WOODLAND HILLS, CA – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced today that Evan Hardman, Sarallah Jawed and Ashley Rose Sweeting are charged in the death of Dr. Hamid Mirshojae outside of his Woodland Hills medical clinic on August 23.

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