LADA Media Relations Archive Section


December 2004	Owner of Maintenance Company Arrested and Charged in Fraud Case One of Four Teenaged Boys Charged in Long Beach Aquarium Shark Killings Enters Plea ATTN: Assignment & News Editors Re: District Attorney Steve Cooley Oath of Office Two Sentenced in Series of Robberies at Radio Shack, Wherehouse Music Stores 16-Year-Old Pleads Guilty to Murdering CHP Officer District Attorney Steve Colley Sworn in For New Term Announces Goals For Next Four Years Husband, Associate Charged with Capital Murder in Fatal Stabbing of Long Beach Woman North Hollywood Man Sentenced in Series of Rapes and Abductions Defendant Involved in So-Called “Flashlight Case” Pleads Guilty; Sentenced to Prison Twelve Charged in Alleged Half-Million-Dollar Welfare Fraud Attn: Assignment & News Editors D.A.'s Holiday Giving Drive Kickoff Two Teens Charged With Burglary in Blake Case Colorado Couple Go To Prison For Trying To Stop Witness From Testifying Against Son D.A. Cooley Kicks Off Holiday Giving Drive Felon Convicted Of Shooting Two Sheriff’s Deputies In Bellflower Man Pleads To Running Over Victim At San Fernando Valley Recycling Center Man charged with Murder in Shooting Death of 5-Year-Old Girl School Employee Pleads Guilty to Child Molestation

November 2004	Canoga Park Man Charged in Fatal Shooting Suspected “Dreadlocks Bandit” Charged With Multiple Robberies Driver Ordered To Stand Trial on Felony Vehicular Manslaughter Charges in Santa Monica Street Market Deaths Woman Convicted of Killing Newborn Son Four Teenaged Boys Charged in Long Beach Aquarium Shark Killings Man Charged With Capital Murder in Fatal Stabbing of Long Beach Woman ATTN: Assignment & News Editors Re: International Association of Chiefs of Police Convention Byron Lee Murder Suspect Charged With Apparent Gang Shooting in September Woman and Boyfriend Charged With Child Abuse, Murder in Death of 5-Year-Old Girl, Alleged Abuse of 6-Year-Old Boy Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley Unveils Website Devoted To Mexico Extradition Issues During International Conference Attn: Assignment & News Editors Victim Center Opening at King/Drew Medical Center Convicted Baseball Bat Killer Given 26-Year-To-Life Prison Term Attn: Assignment & News Editors New Child Abuse Guidelines Press Conference Deputy Dist. Atty. Selected As “Prosecutor of the Year” Woman Convicted Of Running Down, Murdering 65-Year-Old Man With Her Car

October 2004	Los Angeles County Real Estate Manager Charged With Perjury, Failure To Disclose Property Ownership LAUSD Teacher Charged With Child Molestation Felon Sentenced to Death in One of County's First “Cold Hit” Cases Mother Charged With Murder of Newborn Found On Catalina Express Boat Former Attorney Pleads to Grand Theft, Unlicensed Practice of Law Two San Fernando City Employees Charged With Embezzling Public Money Hollywood Man Pleads In Fatal Shooting of Car Theft Suspect Men Convicted of Perjury after Trying to Get Out of Traffic Ticket Las Vegas Man Charged With Attempted Murder of Long Beach Waiter Former Business Partner Ordered to Stand Trial in Mickey Thompson Murder Case Community Activist Pleads Guilty to Hit-and-Run and Perjury District Attorney’s Office Honors Courageous Citizens Casden Properties Vice President, 14 Others Plead in Illegal Campaign Financing Scheme Five Azusa Street Gang Members Convicted In Murderous 2002 Crime Spree Airport Baggage Handler Pleads Guilty to Theft North Hollywood Man Pleads to Series of Rapes & Abductions Alleged Long Beach Freeway Rapist Charged Store Owner Convicted of Income Tax Evasion & Food Stamp Fraud Attn: News & Sports Assignment Editors Re: James Butler “The Harlem Hammer” Professional Boxer Charged With Sportswriter’s Murder Former Compton Board Member Charged With Embezzlement Attn: Assignment Editors Re: David Michael Porter Alleged Street Gang Member Charged With Murdering 14-Year-Old Boy In South L.A. Man Sentenced in Fatal Dodger Stadium Shooting Convict Charged With Serial Strangulation Murders of 10 Women On-Leave Sheriff’s Deputy Charged in West Valley Barricade Attn: Assignment & News Editors Re: Chester D. Turner

September 2004	ATTN: Assignment & News Editors Re: Conference on Elder Abuse: Making a Difference Couple Charged with Attempted Murder Former Alhambra Council Member Charged With Bribery Of Vice Mayor Manslaughter, DUI Charges Filed in San Fernando Valley Street Racing Death Final Defendant Sentenced in Hoover High Killing Sheriff’s Deputy Indicted on Sex Charges Statement by D.A. Steve Cooley on Ruling by Judge Thomas F. Nuss Sheriff’s Deputy Indicted on Sex Charges Alleged Union Station Rapist Charged Man Accused of Running Down Victim at Recycling Center Charged with Murder Thirteen Alleged Welfare Cheats Targeted in D.A. Sweep ATTN: Assignment Editors - Belmont Shore Rapist Investigative Team to Be Honored At DNA Awareness Ceremony Felony DUI Charges Filed Against Actor/Author San Fernando Valley Man Charged With Murder in Wrong-Way Traffic Death Attn: Assignment Editors Re: Miguel Magallon & Orvis Anthony Arraignments Burbank Man Charged With Murdering His Mother Convicted Belmont Shore Rapist Sentenced To More Than 1,000 Years in Prison Statement By Dist. Atty Steve Cooley On The Jailhouse Witness Protection Task Force Report Eight Accused of Stealing More Than $2.2 Million From The Gas Company Attn: Assignment & News Editors RESCUE Youth Program Graduation Former EIDC Head Sentenced For Embezzling Public Money Former Assistant Principal Pleads to Sending Herself Fake Threats Former Entertainment Industry Executive Pleads No Contest to Wiretapping Competition Lakewood Man Convicted In Eight-Hour Domestic Violence Standoff Man Sentenced to 45 Years to Life In Prison For Fiery Crash That Killed Two Former Brentwood Attorney Charged With Embezzling From Clients D.A. Inquiry on King/Drew Trauma Center Closure Jury Returns Death Verdict for Man Convicted of Killing 3 Brothers Man Charged With Shooting Attorney Outside Van Nuys Courthouse Found Incompetent To Stand Trial Record Producer Indicted For 2003 Murder of Actress Husband Charged with Attempted Murder in Chain Saw Attack Priest Charged with Sexual Molestation Former Judge Charged With Embezzlement & Theft from an Elder

August 2004	Murder Charge Filed Against Alleged Gunman in Fatal Shooting of 6-Year-Old ATTN: News and Assignment Editors, Reporters Attn: Assignment Editors Re: Randolph Steve Webster Domestic Violence Hotline Adds More Languages Couple Convicted of Murdering Woman’s Former Husband for Insurance Money One Defendant Pleads In Fatal Shooting at Dodger Stadium Long Beach Man Convicted of Being Belmont Shore Rapist Australian Charged With Additional Counts in Lakers Playoff Ticket Scam Capital Murder Charge Filed Against Alleged Gang Member in County Officer’s Killing Flashlight Beating Suspect Charged with Auto Theft, Evading an Officer Man Convicted of First-Degree Murder in Fatal Dodger Stadium Shooting Man Pleads Guilty to First-Degree Murder of 4-Year-Old Boy ATTN: News and Assignment Editors Re: Courageous Citizens Ceremony Long Beach Man Sentenced to 60 Years to Life in Prison for DUI Traffic Deaths of Four District Attorney Honors Courageous Citizens in Long Beach Former Claremont Professor Convicted of Falsely Reporting a Hate Crime Alleged Shooter Charged in County Officer’s Murder Statement on the Miller Arrest Investigation Former Hooters Manager Goes to Prison for Clandestine Recording of Job Applicants LAPD Officer Charged with Soliciting Money from a Victim Glendale Man Charged With Stalking Former Girlfriend

July 2004	Crescenta Valley High Teacher Charged With Felony Pornography Statement Regarding Second LAPD Use of Force Investigation La Puente Man Charged in Chinatown Cold Case Murder Man Pleads Guilty to Fatally Stabbing Teen at Hoover High School Four Years Ago Sante Kimes Convicted of 6-year-old Kazdin Murder 16-Year-Old to Stand Trial in CHP Officer’s Murder Former UCRA Director Sent to Prison for Misappropriation of Funds Bail Bond Company Employee Charged With Forgery, Perjury Kobe Bryant Witness Case Defendant Sent to Prison Former Hooters Manager Pleads to Clandestine Recording of Job Applicants Husband & Wife Charged in Second Pimping and Pandering Case School Employee Arrested, Charged With Child Molestation Three Asian Gang Members Get Life Terms For Little Tokyo Murder Statement By District Attorney Steve Cooley Antelope Valley Woman Sentenced in Chihuahua Animal Cruelty Case Couple Charged in Beverly Hills Auto Scam Father Indicted with Capital Murder of 4-Year-Old Daughter Felon Charged with 1991 "Cold Case" Rape, Murder of 93-Year-Old Woman Two Redondo Beach Residents Charged with Securities Fraud Former Entertainment Industry Executive Charged with Wiretapping Competition Gene Therapy Pioneer Charged with Child Molestation

June 2004	Attorney, Seven Others Charged with Illegally Contributing to Hahn Mayoral Campaign D.A. Will Seek Death Penalty Against Accused Burbank Police Officer Killer Man Charged With Murdering His Two Small Children Grandson Charged with Grandmother’s Murder Retired Priest Charged with Child Molestation Former Business Partner Charged in 1988 Mickey Thompson Murders Australian Charged with EBAY Scam to Sell Bogus Lakers Playoff Tickets Teen Sent to Prison for 16 Years for Post Prom Party Shooting Six Indicted in Alleged Prostitution Business in Inglewood Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley Appoints Blue Ribbon Panel to Review Recent Jailhouse Attacks ATTN: Assignment Editors RE: Keven Lee Graff Man Charged With Capital Murder in Fatal Stabbings of Two in Hollywood Palmdale Man Given 35-year-to-life Term for Sexually Assaulting Child Man Accused of Kidnap-Rape of Young Woman in Santa Clarita Valley Man Pleads Guilty to DUI Traffic Deaths of Four Marine Sentenced to Prison for Manslaughter in Two Separate Car Crashes Three Asian Street Gang Members Convicted of Little Tokyo Murder Attempted Murder, Hate Crime Charges Filed in Hollywood Shooting Man Received Three Consecutive Life Sentences for 1994 Murders Parents Ordered to Stand Trial in Alleged Torture Murder of 22-Month-Old Son Former EIDC Manager Pleads to Forging City Document Los Angeles D.A. Makes Clean Sweep of Top CDAA Statewide Awards Alleged Gang Member Convicted of Murder in Fatal Traffic Collision Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley's Statement on Police Arrest of Car Pursuit Suspect Statement on Compton Car Chase Case ATTN: New & Assignment Editors RE: Mickey Thompson Murder LAPD Officer Charged With Theft From LAX Skateboarders’ Mentor Sentenced to Consecutive Life Prison Terms

May 2004	Ex-con Charged With Attempted Murder of Los Angeles Police Officer Attorney, Eight Others Arrested in Auto Insurance Task Force Investigation ATTN: Assignment Editors Re: Phil Specter Attn: Assignment & News Editors Re: Dave's March for Justice Rally Long Beach Man Charged with Capital Murder for Allegedly Killing Witness in Jail Man Convicted of Kidnapping Teen Pleads in Post Prom Party Shooting Attn: Assignment & News Editors Re: Court Calendar & Computer Problems Attn: Assignment & News Editors Re: Environmental Scholarships Former Compton Mayor; City Manager Go to Prison for Misappropriating Public Funds Attn: Assignment & News Editors Re: Former Hooters Employee Former Sony Pictures Vice President Receives Five-Year Prison Term For Theft Former Hooters Manager Accused of Secret, Illegal Recording of Job Applicants D.A. Cooley's Budget Hearing Remarks In Front of the Board of Supervisors 14-Year-Old Charged as Juvenile in Shooting Death of 11-Year-Old Cousin Man Accused of Making False Bomb Threat at Long Beach City College Ex-Con Pleads No Contest to Burglarizing City Attorney's Home Victims Split More Than $400,000 in Restitution West Covina Firefighter Enters Plea in Theft Case College Secretary Charged with Unlawful Sex with Minor Civil Settlement Reached in Consumer Action against Department Store Chain Former EIDC Head Pleads To Embezzling Public Money PETCO Settles California Consumer Protection Lawsuit Man Pleads to 1994 Triple Murder Case; Victims’ Bodies Never Found

April 2004	Lancaster Man Pleads in Death of 1-Year-Old Boy 16-Year-Old Pleads in Compton Gang Killing Case Statement on the Thomas Lee Goldstein Dismissal Reseda Man Sentenced to Life Plus More Than 200 Years in Prison in Bus Hijacking Case 17-Year-Old Sent to Prison for Life for Hate Crime Murders Hollywood Man Charged with Murder of Fleeing Car Theft Suspect Former Citizen of the Year Sent to Prison for Life Attn: Assignment, News Editors Re: Michelle Green-Egberts Charges Filed Against Woman who Allegedly Claimed to be Singers Tour Manager Eight Charged in Alleged Opium Smuggling Case Attn: Assignment, News Editors Re: Protecting Our Kids Information Fair Former Long Beach Police Officer Charged with Stalking, Making Criminal Threats Man Pleads in Kobe Bryant Witness Case Man Indicted for Murder In 12-Year-Old Killing of Model Father, Mother Charged with Infant’s Injury Attn: Assignment & News Editors DA Cooley to Receive Justice Armand Arabian Award Young Woman Sent to Prison for Life in Murders of Four Family Members D.A. Statement on Superior Court’s Proposed Realignment D. A. to Receive Project Sister Award Father Charged with Murdering Month-Old Son; Mother Charged with Child Abuse 16-Year-Old Charged With Murdering CHP Officer Claremont Professor Charged With Falsely Reporting a Hate Crime Garcia Indicted in Burbank Officer’s Slaying Antelope Valley Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder Attn: Assignment & News Editors 19th Annual Courageous Citizen Awards District Attorney’s Office Honors Courageous Citizens Marine Pleads to Manslaughter Charges in Two Separate Car Crashes

March 2004	Attn: News Editors District Attorney Availability Eight Family Members of Lynwood City Councilman Plead No Contest to Voter Fraud Man Convicted of 15-Year-Old Murder Sent to Prison for 25-to- Life Term Movie Grip Ordered to Stand Trial for Murder of One Woman and Sexual Assaults of Two Others Man Charged with Three-Month String of Long Beach Robberies Duarte Father Charged with Three Counts of Murder Final Defendant in Santana Murder Case Convicted of Murder Woman Who Kept More than 230 Chihuahuas Convicted of Animal Cruelty Man Pleas to Manslaughter in Fatal Porter Ranch Crash Baldwin Park Councilman Pleads No Contest to Unlawful Use of City Badge Adult, Three Teens Charged with Double Homicide in Freeway Shooting Buttafuoco Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud Woman Sentenced in Echo Park Kidnapping Attn: Assignment Editors - Christopher Rocancourt Skateboarders’ Mentor Pleads to Child Molestation; Faces Life in Prison Los Angeles Jury Convicts Man of Felony Animal Cruelty for Shooting Dog Koklich Sentenced for Murder of Wife Man Charged with Murdering Elderly Cerritos Couple International Con Man Sent to Prison Man Sentenced in Fatal Porter Ranch Crash Attn: Assignment Editors L.A. Superior Courts Closed March 31, 2004 Two Sun Valley Men Plead Guilty for Role in Fatal Burbank Police Officer Shooting

February 2004	D.A. Refiles Old Long Beach Murder After Judge Dismisses Case Prior to New Trial Jury Convicts Young Woman of Murdering Four Family Members in 2000 Parolee Sentenced in Fatal Police Pursuit Westchester Man Convicted of Murdering Wealthy Wife Jury Convicts Man of First-Degree Murder of Actor Merlin Santana D.A. Says No Third Trial for Former Inglewood Officer D.A.’s Public Integrity Unit Continues to File and Prosecute More Public Corruption Cases Gang Member Sent to Prison for Life for 2001 Murder of Glendale Woman L.A. County D.A.’s Office Active in Sponsoring Legislation Van Nuys "Faith Healer’’ Sentenced to Nine Years State Prison Former Compton Mayor Omar Bradley, Two Others Convicted LAPD Officer Sentenced on Weapons Charges Episcopal Priest Charged with Child Molestation Attn: Assignment Editors Re: Superior Court Holiday Attn: Assignment & News Editors Re: Pasadena Courageous Citizen Awards Statement By D.A. Steve Cooley on Clergy Abuse Attn: Assignment & News Editors Re: Unauthorized Practice of Law District Attorney Honors Courageous Citizens Two Charged with Capital Murder in Last Month’s Slaying of Three Men Retired Catholic Priest Held to Answer on Child Molest Charges Man Accused in Alleged Racially Motivated Attacks at Antelope Valley Taverns District Attorney Steve Cooley Announces New Initiative to Prosecute Unlicensed Attorneys Pomona Man Charged with Kidnapping North Hollywood Teacher Charged with Sex Abuse Two Men Convicted of Murdering Hardware Store Owner Convicted Felon Charged with Murder of LAPD Officer Ricardo Lizarraga Community Activist Charged with Hit-and-Run Man Sent to Prison for Life for Murdering Actor Merlin Santana Case Dropped Against Man Accused of Murdering LAPD Officer after Defendant Dies Attn: Assignment Editors No Court Calendar Major Welfare Raid Nets 20 Suspects Who Allegedly Took More Than $1 Million in Fraudulent Payments Missionary Charged With Wife’s Murder

January 2004	Vehicular Manslaughter with Gross Negligence Charges Filed against Driver in Santa Monica Street Market Deaths Judge Sentences Woman to Death for Poisoning Her Husband Woman Charged with Murder in Death of 8-Month-Old Daughter Monrovia Student Sentenced to Life in Prison for La Verne Arson Murder Doctor, Lawyer Arrested on Warrant Charging Them with Theft, Insurance Fraud La Puente Man Pleads Guilty to Vehicular Manslaughter D.A.’S Justice Unit Makes Impressive Gains In Prosecuting Corrupt Attorneys Murder Charges Added in Deaths of Two Lancaster Foster Children Compton Man Charged in Yetunde Price Murder Case Parolee Pleads No Contest in Fatal Hit-Run Korean Attorney Charged with Bribing a Witness Man Charged with Kidnapping, Rape of Former Girlfriend Hard-Core Gang Prosecutions Up Significantly Movie Grip Charged With Murder One Defendant Pleads Guilty in Merlin Santana Killing Felon Charged with Three-Year-Old Murder of Elderly West Hills Couple Female Ringleader of Largest Prostitution Ring in Los Angeles Sentenced to Prison Woman, Two Men Charged in 6-Year-Old Alleged Hate Crime Murder in Palmdale Los Angeles Man Charged with Child Abuse, Assault in Alleged Attack on Child Former High School Teacher Sentenced to 26-Year-To-Life Term for Killing Girlfriend LAPD Officer Indicted on Sexual Battery Charges Santa Clarita Man Charged with Sexually Abusing a Young Girl Over Several Years Former Attorney Sentenced to 10-Year Prison Term for Embezzling Clients’ Money

2004 Media Archive Press Releases & News Advisories

2004 Media Archive
Press Releases & News Advisories