News Releases & Advisories

August 7, 2026: Man Charged in Sexual Assault of Woman in North Hollywood, Additional Victims Sought

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - A 27-year-old man is charged with sexually assaulting a woman after she left a North Hollywood gym on July 19. Investigators believe there are more victims.

August 7, 2026: Prosecutors File Brief Detailing Case Against LAPD Officer Charged With Illegally Recording Colleagues

LOS ANGELES – Prosecutors today filed a 26-page preliminary hearing brief that provides additional details and context about a Los Angeles police officer who has been charged with illegally recording portions of confidential conversations with 16 colleagues without their permission instead of going through the proper administrative channels when he heard racist, sexist or homophobic comments.

August 6, 2026: Man Sentenced to Life Plus Seven Years in Prison for Attempted Murder Hate Crime on Metro Bus

LOS ANGELES — Gerald Pitts today was sentenced to life plus seven years in state prison with the possibility of parole for the attempted murder of Santos Tejas Gonzalez during a brutal, unprovoked hate crime attack aboard a Metro bus in March 2023.

August 6, 2026: Son of Grammy-Nominated Opera Singer Jubilant Sykes Arraigned for Singer’s Murder

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The 31-year-old son of Grammy-nominated opera singer Jubilant Sykes was arraigned today in the fatal stabbing of his 71-year-old father at the family’s Santa Monica home in December 2025.

August 5, 2026: Man Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Murder of Off-Duty Monterey Park Police Officer Gardiel Solorio

NORWALK, Calif. - A 24-year-old man was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting Monterey Park Police Officer Gardiel Solorio, who was killed while he was off-duty in a gym parking lot in 2022.

August 3, 2026: Bell Police Officer Charged With Illegally Accessing DMV Information, Placing GPS Tracking Device on Ex-Girlfriend’s Car

LOS ANGELES – A Bell police officer has been charged with illegally accessing a California Department of Motor Vehicles database to get information about his ex-girlfriend’s former boyfriend and illegally placing a GPS tracking device on the ex-girlfriend’s vehicle.

July 31, 2026: Man Convicted of 2019 Murder of Off-Duty LAPD Officer in Lincoln Heights

LOS ANGELES — A 27-year-old man was found guilty today of the 2019 murder of Los Angeles Police Officer Juan Diaz while he was off duty in Lincoln Heights.

July 31, 2026: LAPD Officer Charged With Illegally Recording Colleagues Without Their Knowledge

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles police officer was charged today with illegally recording portions of conversations of fellow officers while he was assigned to a unit that conducted background investigations for candidates seeking employment with the department.

July 31, 2026: Virgin Scent Executives and the Company Plead No Contest to Criminal Environmental Charges in 2021 Carson Warehouse Fire

LOS ANGELES —Three executives of Virgin Scent and the company were sentenced today after pleading no contest to one felony and four misdemeanor environmental crimes stemming from the improper storage of alcohol-based hand sanitizers that sparked a massive fire at the business' Carson warehouse in 2021 and the subsequent illegal discharge of hazardous waste into the municipal storm drain system.

July 27, 2026: D4vd Ordered to Stand Trial for Murdering, Dismembering 14-Year-Old Girl

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge today ordered David Anthony Burke, also known as D4vd, to stand trial on charges he murdered 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose decomposed and dismembered body was found in the front trunk of his car last year.

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