District Attorney's Office

Attorneys for Bill Cosby Lay Out Why Supreme Court Should Toss Conviction

October 1, 2020

Cosby’s lawyers remain convinced that since Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele invited the testimony of five women who allegedly had encounters with Cosby in the 1980s, there was no reason to bring up the comedian’s alleged behavior from the 1970s. ... read more »

L.A. Attorneys Create Task Force to Address Swindling in State of Emergency

March 13, 2020

Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer and District Attorney Jackie Lacey today announced the formation of a task force aimed at protecting people from price gouging and false claims on products sold during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. ... read more »

Three Baltimore Men Exonerated After Nearly Four Decades in Prison

December 6, 2019

Marilyn Mosby, the Baltimore City State's Attorney, reopened the case earlier this year because of lingering questions and recent revelations of corruption in the city's police department that allegedly stretched back for decades. ... read more »

OIG Review Reveals Deputy Misconduct

July 26, 2019

Deputies found to have assaulted their wives and driven under the influence at more than 100 miles per hour are among those who remain employed by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, according to a report discussed with the Board of Supervisors this week. ... read more »

Man Indicted for Nipsey Hussle Killing

May 23, 2019

A 29-year-old man pleaded not guilty today to a grand jury indictment charging him with the March 31 killing of Nipsey Hussle and the wounding of two other men in front of the rapper’s clothing store in South Los Angeles. ... read more »

Oversight Commission Asks Inspector General to Review Deputy Cliques

April 26, 2019

The watchdog panel that oversees the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department asked the county's inspector general to conduct an inquiry into secret deputy cliques that have proliferated for years and been implicated in violence against jail inmates and harassment of fellow deputies. ... read more »

Former NFL Cornerback Pleads No Contest to Trying to Kill Ex-Girlfriend

December 6, 2018

Brandon Browner, 34, was immediately sentenced to eight years in state prison following his plea in a Pomona courtroom to one felony count of attempted murder and two misdemeanor counts of cruelty to a child involving the woman's two children. ... read more »

Woman Sues Alleging Sexual Assault by Uber Driver

June 7, 2018

The plaintiff is identified only as Jane Doe in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit filed against Uber Technologies Inc. and Alaric Spence, alleging sexual battery, false imprisonment, battery, civil rights violations and intentional infliction of emotional. ... read more »

Woman, Two Others Charged in Connection with Hit-and-Run Fatal Crash in Playa Vista

March 2, 2018

Woman, Two Others Charged in Connection with Hit-and-Run Fatal Crash in Playa Vista ... read more »