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Anthony Duwayne Turner pleaded not guilty to one felony count of murder and one count of first-degree residential burglary, after bank executive Michelle Avan was found dead in her home.

LAPD detectives have arrested a 52-year-old man on suspicion of the murder of Michelle Avan who was found dead inside her home in Reseda. NBC4 News reports at 9:30 p.m. on August 6, 2021.

Three South Los Angeles relatives have been charged with scamming dozens of immigrants by unlawfully providing legal services for residency or work permits.

On May 4, 2020, Christopher Bailey was pulled over by LA County Sheriff’s Deputies and beaten severely, prosecutors allege in a new federal lawsuit. Conan Nolan reports on Monday, June 21, 2021.

One of three reputed gang members charged with the attempted murder in the shooting of Lady Gaga’s dog walker and theft of her dogs was ordered to stand trial.

40-year-old journalist Margo Spann was walking her dog when she was struck and killed in an Arlington Heights crosswalk. Recent talks with LA County prosecutors have left Spann’s family worried that Granados may get no more than probation.

The driver charged in a recent deadly hit-and-run might get probation if what prosecutors reportedly told the victim’s family is true. Beverly White reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on June 10, 2021.

Organizers of an effort to recall District Attorney George Gascón collected petition signatures in his neighborhood Saturday, setting up in front of a school across from his house in the Naples area of Long Beach. NBC4 News reports at 11 p.m. on May 29, 2021.

Organizers of an effort to recall District Attorney George Gascón collected petition signatures in his neighborhood Saturday, setting up in front of a school across from his house in the Naples area of Long Beach.

Signature-gathering has been approved for the effort to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, organizers announced Thursday.

Felony charges were filed Tuesday against an off duty LAPD probationary officer whose arrest for allegedly threatening to kill his cousin and another man triggered an internal investigation into how he was hired last year despite previous off-duty incidents involving alleged excessive alcohol use, Chief Michel Moore said.

Los Angeles’ new reform-minded top prosecutor said Friday that it’s time to remove youthful offenders from California’s tough career criminal law that can greatly extend their prison time later in life. District Attorney George Gascón, who runs the nation’s largest prosecutors’ office, backed pending legislation that would prevent juvenile “strikes” from counting toward future sentencing enhancements under the state’s “three-strikes”...

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon said Tuesday his office would review past prosecutions that involved a retired LAPD homicide detective, who was apparently recorded on cell phone video in Valencia using a racial slur during an argument that followed a minor traffic collision.

Elected officials must be in office for at least 90 days before a recall effort can be launched. Gascon was sworn in on Dec. 7.

LA County District Attorney George Gascón has sent letters to every law enforcement agency in the County, demanding within 30 days the departments turn over the names of officers caught being dishonest, using excessive force, or committing other crimes or misdeeds of character.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has asked the Board of Supervisors to allow him to appoint a special prosecutor to supervise investigations into allegations of police misconduct and misuse of force.

LA County District Attorney George Gascón campaigned on reducing punishment for many offenders and rethinking the way crime is prosecuted. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021.

A judge has decided some of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon’s justice reform policies aimed at reducing punishment for some of the most serious crimes were, “unlawful,” and cannot be implemented as the new DA ordered. L.A. Superior Court Judge James Chalfant said in a ruling Monday Gascon cannot direct prosecutors to dismiss sentencing enhancements for certain...

A Manson family murder victim’s family is appalled at the new DA’s directive. Eric Leonard reported on NBC4 News on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021.

Villanueva wrote in the letter to District Attorney George Gascon, who took office Dec. 7, that the sheriff’s department has traditionally written letters expressing public safety concerns when a prisoner is scheduled for a parole hearing, and that he “cannot understand why your office is barring prosecutors from attending parole hearings.”