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The district attorney's charge of LAPD officer Daniel Flores with 16 felonies regarding secret tapes of officers making ugly comments is criticized as sending a wrong message. Chabria argues that protecting 'the blue wall of silence' through such charging is not justice.

Qualifying has begun for local races in the Baton Rouge region, including positions for district attorney, mayoral, police chief, and council seats, ahead of the November election.

A new Louisiana law, effective August 1, requires notifications to law enforcement, victims, and district attorneys when an inmate is improperly released. Rep. Mandie Landry authored the law in response to administrative errors leading to mistaken releases, granting correctional supervisors discretion on media alerts.

A Long Island music teacher is charged with killing his sister-in-law. The District Attorney alleges he was practicing a chokehold on a stuffed animal minutes before her death.

A Westmoreland man has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for sexually abusing a child. The sentencing was announced by the District Attorney.

Police treated a Pride dance party as a riot, leading to a confrontation with partygoers at Stud Alley. The incident is under scrutiny, and the district attorney has filed charges.

Anita Martin, 60, is accused of abandoning a young dog with a gash and leaving it tied to a gate for hours in Yonkers. She faces multiple criminal charges, including aggravated animal cruelty, as announced by District Attorney Susan Cacace.

Darren Goudeau, 64, entered a 'not guilty' plea to DWI and vehicular homicide charges after a crash that killed crossing guard Katy Wells in April. Wells, who had over 40 years of service with Seventh Ward Elementary and was retired but still working as a crossing guard, was struck while directing traffic near Gray’s Creek Elementary.

A woman has pled guilty to second-degree murder for selling a fentanyl-xylazine mixture that caused a man's death in Simi Valley, marking Ventura County's first fentanyl murder conviction. The district attorney announced the case, involving Charity Faith Wiley, a Reseda resident who sold the drug to the victim.

The District Attorney has launched a criminal investigation into New Mexico Highlands University. The article was written by Ryan Quinn.

L.A. County will pay $9.6 million to the family of Samuel Herrera Jr., a man fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies in Compton in 2020, to settle a wrongful death lawsuit. The family alleges Herrera was unarmed, targeted due to his Mexican-American heritage, and that deputies were part of a law enforcement gang, though investigations found deputies acted within the law.

Lowman Venable is accused of luring a 14-year-old girl into a cab, promising to teach her things and give her a good life before allegedly groping her. He was arrested by police and the DA.

The arson charge against the suspect in the Alexander Mountain Fire was dismissed after new evidence showed he could not have started the fire, according to the district attorney.

The murder trial of Karmelo Anthony continues in McKinney, Texas, with the district attorney pointing at him during opening arguments. The case involves a teen accused of fatally stabbing another during a track meet in suburban Dallas last year.

A district attorney has filed a lawsuit challenging a Georgia law that mandates nonpartisan elections for most local officials in five Atlanta-area counties, but not elsewhere in the state. The law removes party labels from ballots in these counties, creating a discrepancy with other parts of Georgia.

California voters are selecting candidates for various positions, including a replacement for termed-out Gov. Gavin Newsom, with the top two finishers in each race advancing to the November general election. Polls are closing at 8 p.m. after a voting period that began with mail-in ballots in early May. Local elections include district attorney races in Alameda County, San Jose City Council seats, and San Francisco measures on earthquake safety and Board of Supervisor seats.

A New York family allegedly used a trip to Disney World as a cover to torture a 7-year-old girl to death, according to a district attorney. The case highlights extreme child abuse and criminal negligence.

A New York family allegedly used a trip to Disney World as a cover to torture a 7-year-old girl to death, according to the District Attorney. The case involves severe criminal abuse and has drawn significant public attention.

A California DA, Dan Dow, is furious after a decision let a convicted murderer and rapist walk free, finding the ruling deeply troubling. The case has sparked outrage and concern. The defendant's release has raised questions about the justice system.

Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell is under investigation by the district attorney for alleged sexual assault claims. Over a dozen staffers have condemned the allegations as 'abhorrent,' adding pressure to the case.