News Releases & Advisories

August 9, 2024: District Attorney Gascón Announces Murder Charge Against Man in Fatal Road Rage Incident in West Hollywood

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Ramon Casas has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally assaulting a man in a 7-Eleven parking lot in the city of West Hollywood.

August 8, 2024: Actor Gabriel Olds Charged with Sexual Assault of Three Women in Los Angeles County Between 2013-2023

LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that actor Gabriel Olds has been charged with allegedly sexually assaulting three women whom he dated in the Los Angeles area between 2013-2023.

August 7, 2024: Freddie Lee Trone Convicted in Murder of Rap Artist PnB Rock in South Los Angeles in 2022

SOUTH LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón today announced that Freddie Lee Trone was convicted by a jury today in the murder of Rakim Hasheem Allen, also known as rap artist PnB Rock, at a South Los Angeles restaurant on September 12, 2022. Trone also was convicted of two counts of second-degree robbery, and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery.

August 6, 2024: DA Gascón Announces Charges Against Man in Sexual Assault of Two Boys in Los Angeles County, Seeks Additional Victims

SOUTH GATE, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Andrew Sandoval of the city of South Gate is charged with allegedly sexually abusing two boys between November 2015 and this year within Los Angeles County.

July 30, 2024: District Attorney Gascón Announces Charges Against Father of Missing Girl in Monterey Park

MONTEREY PARK, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Jeffery Chao has been charged with allegedly stealing/concealing his 15-year-old daughter and falsely filing an emergency report after he reported her missing on July 16 in the city of Monterey Park.

July 29, 2024: District Attorney Gascón Announces Charges of Murder and Attempted Murder in Fatal Sword Attack in San Dimas

SAN DIMAS, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Weichien Huang has been charged with allegedly murdering her wife and attempting to murder her mother-in-law with a sword (katana) at their home in the city of San Dimas on July 18.

July 25, 2024: Los Angeles Police Officer Braxton Shaw Pleads No Contest to Falsifying Police Reports in 2018

LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón today announced that Los Angeles Police Officer Braxton Shaw entered a plea of no contest in case BA488467 to six felony counts of filing a false police report.

July 25, 2024: District Attorney Gascón Announces Charges Against Men in Murder of Street Vendor in Long Beach

LONG BEACH, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Rahman Abdallah and Raylon Akers have been charged with allegedly murdering a street corn vendor, Yener Ramirez, in the city of Long Beach on March 20. Another man, James Havlicheck, also was charged with accessory after the fact in the killing of Ramirez.

July 18, 2024: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Charged with Assaulting an Inmate at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in 2022

LOS ANGELES, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Maria Torres is charged with allegedly assaulting an inmate with pepper spray at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in the city of Los Angeles on January 20, 2022, and then falsifying a report regarding the incident.

July 18, 2024: District Attorney George Gascón Announces Charges Against Boxer Ryan Garcia in Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills Vandalism

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Ryan Garcia has been charged with allegedly vandalizing the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills in the city of Beverly Hills on June 8.

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