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Fox 11 Los Angeles: Man Arrested for Kidnapping, Sex with Minor; Glendale PD Say Gascon’s Office Recommended $0 Bail

Simon Lopez, a transient, was charged with unlawful sex with a minor, oral copulation of a minor, domestic violence, contact with a minor for sexual offense, and possession of child porn. Glendale PD’s Chief of Police Carl Povilaitis said that the office of LA County District Attorney George Gascon recommended bail be set at $0, but a […]

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The Daily Mail: Dad of Three Is Killed after Confronting a Car Thief on LA Street

A California father of three was shot dead days before Christmas by a burglar he and other neighbors chased down in a Los Angeles suburb. Joey Casias, 38, was killed in Covina, about 20 miles outside L.A., where homicide figures have soared 52 percent in the past two years and Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon is under fire for

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KTLA: L.A. County D.A. George Gascon’s Chief of Staff Arrested for Public Intoxication

The chief of staff for the Los Angeles County district attorney was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication earlier this month, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. Joseph Iniguez, 36, serves as the chief of staff for George Gascon, who oversees the nation’s largest local prosecutorial office. Iniguez told the Times that his arrest was retaliation for

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Los Angeles Daily News: Juveniles Can Avoid Jail for Robbery, Burglary, Arson under New Policies by DA Gascon

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon is expanding a program allowing juveniles to potentially avoid prosecution for a host of violent crimes, including robbery, burglary, arson, sexual battery and assault without the use of a firearm. Details of the Restorative Enhanced Diversion for Youth program are outlined in an internal memo from Chief Deputy

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Kathleen Cady: Will Gascon’s ‘Policy Considerations’ Turn a Murderer into a Millionaire

In 1997 defendant Kenji Howard was convicted of murder of Arkett Mejia, attempted murder of Travon Johnson and two others, and shooting at an occupied vehicle. Recently, the conviction was overturned because of “new” evidence, essentially a statement by his co-defendant who has nothing to lose. On December 2, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office

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Fox 11 Los Angeles: Point of View: In Support of Recalling George Gascon

LOS ANGELES – It’s been about a year since George Gascon took office as LA County DA, so how’s he doing?  Well, crime is spiking in ways we couldn’t even imagine a couple years ago with brazen armed robberies in broad daylight in the Fairfax district and Beverly Hills, in people’s driveways and even at home parties. 

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The Daily Mail: Australians Warned to Leave Los Angeles Amid Ultraviolent Crime Wave

Aussie tourists have thrown their support behind Martha Kalifatidis after she issued a dire warning about Los Angeles’ crime and homelessness crisis. The Married At First Sight star, 33, made headlines on Monday after she shared an Instagram post detailing her ‘horrifying’ experience in the City of Angels, after travelling to the U.S. for a holiday with her fiancé Michael Brunelli last

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Digging In with Debra J. Saunders: With Prosecutors Like This, Who Needs Public Defenders?

On Dec. 8, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon put out a paper that reviews his first year in office. Gascon famously has hired former deputy public defenders to prosecute (or not) crimes in his jurisdiction. He has ended the death penalty for murders in Los Angeles, ditto sentencing enhancements and he has worked to remove cash bail for

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