The son of a former top Hollywood executive has been charged with murdering his wife and in-laws after cameras allegedly caught him dumping an apparent torso in a dumpster.
Samuel Haskell, 35, was arrested last week but has since been charged with three counts of murder for allegedly murdering his wife, 37-year-old Mei Haskell, and her parents, 72-year-old Gaoshan Li and 64-Year-old Yanxiang Wang, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in <a href="https://da.lacounty.gov/media/news/man-charged-murder-his-wife-laws-tarzana#:~:text=November%2013%2C%202023%3A%20Man%20Charged,Wife%2C%20In%2DLaws%20in%20Tarzana&amp;text=Los%20Angeles%20County%20District%20Attorney,Wang%2C%2064%2C%20in%20Tarzana." target="_blank" rel="noopener">a press release</a>.
“These shocking and gruesome crimes have sent shockwaves through our community. We stand with the victims’ loved ones during this unimaginably difficult time and will do everything in our power to ensure justice is served,” District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement. “Our Major Crimes Division will work tirelessly to bring about a prosecution that reflects the severity of this devastating crime.”
Mei and her parents, who lived with Haskell in Los Angeles’ Tarzana neighborhood, were last seen on November 6. On November 7, Haskell allegedly hired day laborers to take away three large trash bags from his home, claiming the bags were full of rocks.
“When we picked up the bags, we could tell they weren’t rocks,” one of the workers <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/day-laborers-hired-by-tarzana-murder-suspect-to-move-body-parts-human-remains-encino/3266061/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NBC Los Angeles in Spanish.
The men said the bags weighed about 50 pounds each. While hauling them away, they stopped to look inside the bags and found body parts.
“I started seeing body parts, a belly button,” the worker told the outlet. “I was astonished. Of course, I felt bad. We had been tricked.”
The workers said they returned the bags to Haskell, as well as the money he paid them, saying they didn’t want to be involved. Haskell allegedly told them the body parts were Halloween props.
The workers told the outlet that they tried to tell police about the body parts. They said they were first sent to LAPD, who reportedly told them to call 911.
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After the workers left, Haskell was allegedly seen on surveillance cameras loading a large trash bag into his Tesla. A different camera allegedly showed him placing this trash bag in a dumpster.
On November 8, a homeless person was looking through the dumpster and found a woman’s torso in a garbage bag. Police arrived and processed the scene, finding information that led them to a home in the West Valley. The home, which belongs to Haskell, was searched, and police found blood. They then learned that Haskell lived at the home with his wife, in-laws, and three children. The children have been located and are currently in the care of family members.
Haskell’s father, Samuel Haskell Sr., previously was a powerful Hollywood agent who represented stars as famous as Dolly Parton before he retired in 2005.
If convicted, Haskell could face the death penalty, though California hasn&#8217;t put anyone to death in 17 years. In 2019, Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2019/03/13/governor-gavin-newsom-orders-a-halt-to-the-death-penalty-in-california/">issued</a> an executive order placing a moratorium on the death penalty.

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Son Of Prominent Former Hollywood Exec Charged With Murdering Wife, In-Laws

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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has an uphill battle to re-election as he faces nine challengers who want to take his job in March.
The top prosecutor <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/us/gascon-recall-district-attorney-los-angeles.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survived</a> a recall effort last year, but his progressive criminal justice reform policies have continued to come under fire from critics who accuse him of being soft on crime.
Gascón&#8217;s nine challengers are all prosecutors or former prosecutors, and <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-22/los-angeles-district-attorney-2024-election-candidates-george-gascon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">most have</a> strong words to say about how they think his policies have failed to address crime.
One of those challengers is Deputy District Attorney Maria Ramirez, who has worked in the DA’s office for 30 years and <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-22/los-angeles-district-attorney-2024-election-candidates-george-gascon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claims</a> she was demoted for challenging Gascón&#8217;s policies on sentencing enhancements and whether juveniles could be tried as adults. She is one of about 20 prosecutors suing Gascón for retaliation or defamation — accusations he has denied.
Also running is Deputy District Attorney John McKinney, who is one of Gascón&#8217;s most outspoken critics. McKinney has promised to “repeal and replace” every policy Gascón put in place on the DA&#8217;s first day back in 2020.
McKinney has also slammed Gascón&#8217;s ban on prosecutors accompanying victims to parole hearings.
Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Hatami, a longtime child abuse prosecutor and Army veteran, runs an X account that consistently attacks Gascón, <a href="https://twitter.com/jonathanhatami" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highlighting</a> specific incidents of crime in the city.
Nathan Hochman, a former federal prosecutor, is also running against the DA and has <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-22/los-angeles-district-attorney-2024-election-candidates-george-gascon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">compared</a> Los Angeles to &#8220;Gotham City&#8221; with its &#8220;rampant crime.&#8221;
Deputy District Attorney Eric Siddall, who has prosecuted gang members, was previously a vice president of the union representing line prosecutors. His union managed to slow down Gascón&#8217;s criminal justice reform agenda when their 2021 lawsuit was granted an injunction.
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Superior Court Judge Craig Mitchell, another former prosecutor, was a deputy district attorney for 11 years in the city, and said Gascón &#8220;places criminals over victims and ideology over common sense.&#8221;
Mitchell started the “Skid Row Running Club,” a jogging group for those at risk of homelessness and addiction.
Jeff Chemerinsky, the former head of violent crimes prosecutions for the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles, has prosecuted high-level members of MS-13.
Superior Court Judge Debra Archuleta, another veteran Los Angeles County prosecutor, said that under her watch, “violent criminals will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
David Milton, a retired Superior Court judge and Los Angeles County prosecutor, as well as an Army veteran, has <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidSMilton1/status/1686798673139867648" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> Gascón &#8220;soft on crime&#8221; and is running to replace him.
Some of Gascón&#8217;s challengers have already made impressive fundraising hauls.
Hochman <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-22/los-angeles-district-attorney-2024-election-candidates-george-gascon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took</a> an early fundraising lead with $665,000 raised in the first half of this year.
Judge Craig Mitchell&#8217;s campaign has pulled in $100,000 as of last weekend.
&#8220;Your belief in our vision for a fair and just legal system has been the driving force behind this campaign,&#8221; Mitchell told supporters in a statement. &#8220;Together, we can restore equal justice under the law in the County of Los Angeles.&#8221;
Last year, Gascón avoided a recall by about 40,000 signatures. However, the 28% signature rejection rate was the highest on record compared to past recalls.
Polling at the time <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-26/california-election-2022-bass-leads-caruso-poll">suggested</a> Gascón would likely have been recalled if the measure made the ballot.
Violent crime in Los Angeles has fallen overall since last year, but the city is dealing with rampant theft, including a recent string of smash-and-grab robberies, <a href="https://lapdonlinestrgeacc.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/lapdonlinemedia/cityprof.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to police data.
Robbery and property crime are up in all categories since two years ago. Personal theft is up a whopping 41% since 2021.
Meanwhile, the DA&#8217;s office is also battling a caseload crisis.
Gascón is not the only progressive prosecutor in a major city to attract a wave of criticism for his handling of violent crime.
Last year, San Francisco residents voted overwhelmingly in June to recall progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin over his failure to control crime in the city. Philadelphia considered ousting its progressive district attorney last year as well.

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An alleged gang member who was on probation for <a href="https://abc7.com/uber-crash-south-la-suspect/13719075/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attempted</a> murder killed two sisters and their friend when he crashed into their <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/uber" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Uber</a> at up to 100mph over the weekend, police said Wednesday.
Gregory Black, 31, was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/suspect-los-angeles-crash-killed-3-woman-gang-member-probation-related-murder-case-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> with three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter for the deaths of sisters Juvelyn Arroyo and Veronica Amezola, both 23, and their friend Kimberly Izquierdo, 27.
Los Angeles police investigators said Black is a gang member with a long criminal rap sheet and was on probation for attempted murder when he T-boned the women&#8217;s Uber as they headed home from a concert early Saturday morning.
Black was speeding in a white Mercedes-Benz and blasted through multiple red lights before he crashed into the Uber going up to 100 mph in a 35 mph zone, the LAPD said.
The Uber sedan spun around five times before stopping at a curb, according to police. The Uber driver and a passenger who was sitting in the front seat were injured and are recovering, but the sisters and their friend were sitting in the back seat and did not survive.
All three women died at the scene.
The fatal crash happened near Century Boulevard and Vermont Avenue just south of downtown Los Angeles.
&#8220;It&#8217;s obvious when you see these videos, that it&#8217;s vehicular homicide all the way,&#8221; LAPD Detective Ryan Moreno <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/suspect-los-angeles-crash-killed-3-woman-gang-member-probation-related-murder-case-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;It looked like a bomb went off.&#8221;
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Black also survived with minor injuries, including a fractured ankle.
Moreno&#8217;s &#8220;pretty checkered past&#8221; includes three felony convictions, Moreno said. Authorities also found a loaded gun in his car.
&#8220;Mr. Black is going to prison,&#8221; Moreno <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/uber-crash-south-los-angeles-investigation-details-charges-announced" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;He has an extensive criminal history. I&#8217;m 100% confident he&#8217;s going to go to prison. This man should never come out and see the light of day.&#8221;
Investigators are still looking into whether drugs or alcohol were involved in the crash.
&#8220;It&#8217;s almost worse that there isn&#8217;t any kind of alcohol or DUI,&#8221; Moreno <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/suspect-los-angeles-crash-killed-3-woman-gang-member-probation-related-murder-case-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;You&#8217;re actually sober and you&#8217;re actually driving like that sober? Who&#8217;s going to get behind the well and drive 100 mph and run red lights?&#8221;
Black was arrested and is currently being held at the Los Angeles County jail on a $4 million bond.
He faces from 20 years to life in prison for each of the three gross vehicular manslaughter charges. He is set to appear in court on September 5.
The deceased women&#8217;s families <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/uber-crash-south-los-angeles-investigation-details-charges-announced" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the three were heading home from a concert when the fatal accident happened.
In recent years, critics have blamed Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon for what they say are soft on crime policies that allow criminals to walk free despite serious criminal histories.
Last summer, two cops in the Los Angeles area were <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-06-15/gunman-in-killing-of-el-monte-police-officers-was-on-probation-for-gun-charge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gunned down</a> by an alleged gang member who was on probation for an illegal gun charge. The gunman had been convicted previously of burglary and car theft and charged with possessing methamphetamine. He had also allegedly violated his probation but had not been arrested before the fatal cop shooting occurred.

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Los Angeles Alleged Gang Member On Probation For Attempted Murder Crashes Into Uber, Kills Two Sisters And Friend

A California man convicted of attempted murder in 1990 has been declared innocent and released from prison.
Daniel Saldana, 55, was sentenced to 45 years in prison for allegedly shooting into a car containing six teenagers who were just leaving a high school football game on October 27, 1989. Two of the students were injured but survived, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said in <a href="https://da.lacounty.gov/media/news/district-attorney-gasc-n-announces-exoneration-man-custody-over-33-years" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a press release</a>. Two people were said to have been the shooters, mistaking the teens for gang members.
Even though it was believed two people were the shooters, Saldana and two others were charged with six counts of attempted murder and one count of shooting at an occupied vehicle, the district attorney’s office said. Saldana, who was 22 at the time of the shooting and working full time as a construction worker, was convicted and sentenced to 45 years to life in state prison.
In 2017, one of the other men convicted of the crime said at his parole hearing that Saldana wasn’t involved in any way and wasn’t present for the shooting, according to the DA’s office. A former deputy district attorney who was present at the hearing reportedly did not share the information with Saldana or his attorney.
That information was finally shared with the DA’s office in February 2023, and the district attorney’s office launched an official investigation. The office’s Conviction Integrity Unit prioritized their investigation, and after a “thorough investigation,” along with an investigation by the DA’s office with the Baldwin Park Police Department, it was determined that Saldana had not committed the crime.
“As prosecutors, our duty is not simply to secure convictions but to seek justice. When someone is wrongfully convicted, it is a failure of our justice system and it is our responsibility to right that wrong. We owe it to the individual who was wrongfully convicted and to the public that justice is served,” Los Angeles District Attorney Gascón said in a statement.
At a press conference on Thursday, Saldana and Gascón discussed the exoneration, with Saldana saying he was grateful to those who set him free.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a struggle, every day waking up knowing you&#8217;re innocent and here I am locked up in a cell, crying for help,&#8221; Saldana said, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daniel-saldana-california-man-cleared-shooting-freed-33-years-prison/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CBS News</a>.
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Gascón also apologized to Saldana and his family.
&#8220;I know that this won&#8217;t bring you back the decades you endured in prison,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But I hope our apology brings some small comfort to you as you begin your new life.&#8221;
Gascón did not elaborate on what evidence concluded Saldana was innocent, and his office didn’t respond to a Daily Wire request for more information prior to press time.

Daniel Saldana

He Spent 33 Years In Prison For A Crime He Didn’t Commit. He Was Just Declared Innocent And Freed.

He Spent 33 Years In Prison For A Crime He Didn't Commit. He Was Just Declared Innocent And Freed.

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A Los Angeles jury has awarded $1.5 million to prosecutor Shawn Randolph after she claimed that District Attorney <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/newsom-ducks-judging-george-gascon-as-soft-on-crime-da-faces-recall/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George Gascon</a> retaliated against her for questioning his policies.
According to the suit Randolph filed in October of 2021, she was given a transfer that she claimed was punitive after she raised questions about Gascon&#8217;s criminal justice reform policies – policies that critics have said amount to him simply being &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/f-george-gascon-young-mother-who-was-carrying-baby-when-teenage-driver-hit-her-lashes-out/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">soft</a>&#8221; on crime.
Fox News National correspondent Bill Melugin shared the update in a tweet, noting that Randolph&#8217;s lawsuit was one of many such suits accusing Gascon&#8217;s office of retaliation.
&#8220;BREAKING: A Los Angeles jury has just awarded prosecutor Shawn Randolph $1.5 million after she sued DA @GeorgeGascon, alleging retaliation &amp; punitive transfer after speaking out against his policies. This verdict is the first of 17 lawsuits against Gascon alleging retaliation,&#8221; Melugin tweeted.
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In early 2021 when I still worked at <a href="https://twitter.com/FOXLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FOXLA</a>, L.A. County quietly settled with prosecutor Richard Doyle for a sum in the high six figures the day after I aired an investigation about Gascon’s alleged retaliation against Doyle for refusing to drop an <a href="https://t.co/pC0AdfFpqZ">https://t.co/pC0AdfFpqZ</a>… <a href="https://t.co/rfSml8ZNac">https://t.co/rfSml8ZNac</a>
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Melugin went on to note that <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/la-county-settles-with-veteran-prosecutor-after-fox-11-report-details-allegations-of-gascon-retaliation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another prosecutor</a> — Richard Doyle — had filed a similar suit against Gascon&#8217;s office that was settled quietly for a six-figure payout in 2021. Doyle claimed that he had been transferred after objecting to Gascon&#8217;s decision to drop a case involving three people who had attempted to wreck a train during an anti-police protest.
Melugin&#8217;s tweet triggered a response from Twitter owner Elon Musk, who asked whether Gascon was the villain from &#8220;Beauty and the Beast — only to be quickly corrected by former Trump attorney and adviser Jenna Ellis.
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Gascon&#8217;s office released a statement following Monday&#8217;s verdict — which was published in a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/george-gascon-critic-awarded-1-5-million-in-workplace-retaliation-lawsuit-shawn-randolph/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from CBS News — maintaining that everything they had done had been above-board and in an effort to serve the best interests of the people. The statement also left the door open for a possible future appeal.
&#8220;We are disappointed by the jury&#8217;s verdict, and stand by our decision to reassign this and other attorneys to new positions within the office,&#8221; Gascon&#8217;s office said in a statement. &#8220;As any manager will tell you, moving around personnel in order to improve the level of representation this community receives is absolutely critical to a functioning office. We will consider our options over the next several days.&#8221;

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I’m far enough away from Los Angeles that I don’t have to worry about offending District Attorney George Gascón by “misgendering” or “deadnaming” James Tubbs, who is not only a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/transgender-child-molester-hannah-tubbs-gloats-laughs-over-light-sentence-in-jailhouse-phone-call" target="_blank" rel="noopener">child-molesting monster</a>, but also a man pretending to be a woman.
Tubbs has played Gascón for a fool ever since he was busted for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in the women’s restroom of a Denny’s. At this point, it is starting to seem like Gascón enjoys being humiliated by the man called James Tubbs.
Did I mention that James Tubbs is a man?
Tubbs, who is now 27, pleaded guilty last year to grabbing the poor girl by the throat and molesting her in a locked stall until someone heard her cries for help and chased him away. Here’s the catch, and where he first out-lawyered the hapless Gascón: The crime happened on New Year’s Day in 2014, just two weeks before Tubbs turned 18. Even though he was a grown man when he got caught via DNA evidence five years later, he was a minor when he committed the crime. In George Gascón&#8217;s mind, that meant the man called James Tubbs had to be prosecuted as a juvenile.
Tubbs, who falsely began claiming he is a woman right after he got caught, was sentenced to two years in a girls’ juvenile detention center.
And now, Gascón has taken his slavish devotion to sticking up for the man called James Tubbs to yet another level of identity idiocy. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/la-da-gascon-suspends-prosecutor-misgendering-deadnaming-trans-child-molester-accused-murder">According to Fox News</a>, he suspended one of his own prosecutors for referring to Tubbs as a man and using his given name instead of “Hannah,” the name James Tubbs likes to call himself as part of his new fake identity as a woman.
You would think Gascón would reserve his compassion for victims of crimes, not men like Tubbs who perpetrate them. Tubbs even got caught rubbing Gascón’s nose in his own stupidity last year, when Fox News reporter Bill Melugin obtained a recording of him boasting in a phone call to his father about getting a slap on the wrist.
&#8220;So now they&#8217;re going to put me with other trannies that have seen their cases like mine or with one tranny like me that has a case like mine,&#8221; Tubbs laughed in the recorded call. &#8220;So when you come to court, make sure you address me as her.&#8221;
James Tubbs is a man, and a very bad man. Since his guilty plea in the attack of a child in a women’s restroom, he has also been accused of beating a fellow man to death with a rock and dumping his body in a river. Now he is facing a murder charge and is being held in the Kern County Jail, where sensible officials properly list him as “<a href="https://itsapps.kerncounty.com/Iframed/nonCMS/InmateSearch/inmate_srch.asp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Edward Tubbs</a>.”
Believe it or not, Gascón is an Army veteran, a former police chief, and a onetime Republican. Somewhere along the way, perhaps while serving as San Francisco’s district attorney, he transitioned into an embarrassingly woke, criminal-coddling caricature. He has survived multiple recall efforts, and knowing California, has a limitless political future.
James Tubbs is a man. George Gascón ought to start acting like one again.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles County</a> authorities charged the man accused of fatally shooting Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell with one count of murder on Ash Wednesday.
O’Connell, 69, of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, was shot dead in his home in the suburb of Hacienda Heights on Saturday just before 1 p.m. Nearly 48 hours into the homicide investigation, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department authorities announced the arrest of 65-year-old Carlos Medina of Torrance, California, in connection to O’Connell’s death.
Medina is the husband of O’Connell’s housekeeper and had previously worked at the bishop’s residence and told authorities the bishop owed him money.
“This was a brutal act of violence against a person who’s dedicated a life to making our neighborhoods safer, healthier, and always serving with love and compassion,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said, according to <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/da-to-announce-charges-against-man-accused-of-killing-la-bishop/3100981/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_LABrand" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC</a>.
The office of Gascón also filed a special allegation against Medina for using a gun during the commission of O’Connell’s murder at the clergyman’s home.
Gascón said Medina faces up to 35 years to life in prison.
O’Connell was named Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles by Pope Francis in 2015. He served as chairman of the interdiocesan Southern California Immigration Task Force, which helped respond to an influx of immigration from Central America in recent years. He was chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert G. Luna said on Monday detectives investigating the death of O’Connell received a tip from a concerned individual who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/la-county-sheriff-names-suspect-arrested-in-killing-of-los-angeles-bishop" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described</a> the person of interest as “acting strange, irrational, and made comments about the bishop owing him money.”
Law enforcement found O’Connell dead in his bed on Saturday from a single gunshot wound after a deacon from the church dialed 911 upon checking on the bishop because he was late for a meeting, Luna said.
Authorities did not recover a firearm at the scene or detect any signs of forced entry at the bishop’s home. However, after canvassing the neighborhood for surveillance footage, detectives discovered recordings Sunday that showed a dark-colored compact SUV that had pulled into the bishop’s driveway, stayed for a short time, and left the location.
The sheriff said authorities received a tip Medina had left Los Angeles County and was believed to be in the Central California area until later returning to his home at approximately 2:00 a.m. on Monday.
Authorities surrounded Medina’s residence and called for the suspect to surrender.
At approximately 8:00 a.m., Medina exited his residence and surrendered — he was taken into custody without further incident.
“Although our priority before 8 a.m. this morning was to apprehend the suspect — and we did by some amazing detective work,” Luna said. “Our next priority is to get him prosecuted.”
Luna said a motive for O’Connell’s murder had not been determined.
While serving as an associate pastor, O’Connell focused part of his ministry on helping communities with gang violence and poverty in southern Los Angeles.
“My heart grieves,” Luna said. “Although I personally did not know the bishop, I cannot tell you how many phone calls I’ve received over the last 48 hours from people who have worked with him in different capacities,” adding that the bishop was a pillar in the Los Angeles community known for his peacemaking and passion for serving those in need.
During the press conference, Archbishop of Los Angeles José H. Gomez said that O’Connell was “a good friend to Los Angeles.”
“Out of His love for God, he served the city for more than 40 years as an immigrant from Ireland,” Gomez said. “Every day, he worked to show compassion to the poor, the homeless, to the immigrant — and to all those living on society’s margins.”
“He was a good priest, a good patient, and a man of peace, and we’re very sad to lose him.”

A Memorial For Murdered Auxiliary Bishop David OConnell In Hacienda Heights

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Leftist Los Angeles County DA George Gascón is directing prosecutors to let illegal immigrants under criminal investigation claim the charges could have “adverse immigration consequences” and thus avoid deportation.
The policy recommends that prosecutors examine alternatives to criminal convictions “such as avoiding charging for criminal enhancements, which can significantly increase one&#8217;s prison sentence, ‘that would turn an otherwise immigration neutral offense into an immigration damaging one,’” Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/los-angeles-county-da-gascon-issues-directives-avoid-adverse-immigration-consequences">reported</a>.
“Sources within the L.A. DA&#8217;s office say this new directive from George Gascon allows anyone under criminal investigation to contact the DA&#8217;s office before a case is filed and notify them that charges could have ‘adverse immigration consequences,’” Fox News reporter William La Jeunesse <a href="https://grabien.com/story.php?id=404279&amp;utm_source=cliplist&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=cliplist20221208&amp;utm_content=story404279">stated</a>. “And if alternatives exist, DAs are told to pursue those instead.”
Speaking of the deportation of illegal immigrants due to criminal convictions, La Jeunesse stated, “Gascon does not want that to happen, telling his deputies don’t go to court, don’t file charges, plead it down, dismiss, or seek diversion without flagging immigration.”
“All charging determinations shall be undertaken with the goal of avoiding or mitigating adverse immigration consequences,” Gascón’s directive reads.
Tiffany Blackwell, communications director for the DA&#8217;s office, informed Fox News Digital, “We’ve consulted with our staff, community stakeholders and immigration experts to craft a comprehensive immigration policy that protects vulnerable victims and prioritizes safety while attempting to avoid overly punitive consequences for the accused. We believe that we have achieved that result.”
Meanwhile, La Jeunesse reported, deputies in Gascón’s office expect multitudinous requests from immigration lawyers, resulting in U.S. citizens facing more serious charges than illegal immigrants.
“That’s saying we’re giving better deals to someone because of their immigration status,” Eric Siddall, vice president of the Association for Deputy District Attorneys of Los Angeles County, told Fox News Digital.
In June, Gascón, whose soft-on-crime policies have been blamed for putting residents at risk, was harshly criticized after a notorious criminal murdered two police officers after he was given probation instead of a jail term in 2020 over an illegal gun charge.
Justin William Flores, on parole at the time of the shooting, made a plea deal whereby he received two years probation and 20 days in jail in 2020 because of Gascón’s policy of not prosecuting three-strike cases. Prior to Gascón’s policy, Flores could have been sent back to prison for a minimum of three years, as he had already served time in prison twice for felony burglary and car theft. Flores had been barred from carrying a gun since 2011.
“Court records also showed at least a dozen other prosecutions, many resolved with no contest pleas and probationary sentences, for charges such as driving with a suspended license, being under the influence of a controlled substance, or resisting arrest,” <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/el-monte-officers-murdered-alleged-killer-on-probation-for-illegal-gun/2917849/">NBC Los Angeles</a> reported. “Law enforcement sources told the I-Team they believed at least one of the two murdered officers would have recognized Flores on sight and by name.”
Gascón&#8217;s office defended the decision of the softer sentence for Flores, stating, “The sentence he received in the firearm case was consistent with case resolutions for this type of offense given his criminal history and the nature of the offense. At the time the court sentenced him, Mr. Flores did not have a documented history of violence,” <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10922519/LA-DA-George-Gascon-condemned-revealed-duty-cops-murdered-man-probation.html">The Daily Mail</a> reported.

District Attorney George Gascon details three misdemeanor charges filed against Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, following an alleged domestic violence incident at Mirkarimi’s home on New Years Eve

Leftist L.A. DA Tells Prosecutors To Give Illegals Under Criminal Investigation A Way To Avoid Deportation

Leftist LA DA Tells Prosecutors To Give Illegals Under Criminal Investigation A Way To Avoid Deportation

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Thousands of convicted pedophiles in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california">California</a> served less than a year in prison after committing lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old, according to an investigative <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11453859/Thousands-convicted-pedophiles-California-getting-year-prison-time.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a>.
The Daily Mail analyzed a statewide database of sex offenders that showed more than 7,000 child molesters were released within months after federal authorities sentenced them to prison.
Former Los Angeles sex crimes prosecutor Samuel Dordulian told Daily Mail that the statistics &#8220;shocked&#8221; him, adding the reality is &#8220;frightening for society.&#8221;
&#8220;Statistics clearly show that pedophiles don&#8217;t get reformed,&#8221; Dordulian said. &#8220;They&#8217;re going to come out, and they&#8217;re going to commit again. Letting these people out early, we&#8217;re allowing for a lot more victimization — and that&#8217;s terrifying.&#8221;
California law requires sex offenders to register their address and update their location upon moving with the Department of Justice. Those names and other personal details are then placed in a public database under Megan&#8217;s Law, which the Clinton administration passed in 1996 after a pedophile murdered 7-year-old Megan Kanka.
According to the report, 54,986 sex offenders were listed on the website in July 2019, of which 76% committed offenses involving children.
The average pedophile served two years and ten months in prison.
One of the examples outlined in the Daily Mail report said an offender in the database named Carlos Alexander Nahue, 48, of Reseda, California, lives one block from Royal Montessori School daycare and three blocks from Reseda Elementary School after allegedly being convicted of &#8220;continuous sexual abuse of a child&#8221; in 2015.
Authorities charged Nahue in October 2014. He pled no contest to the crime in January 2015, which resulted in a judge sentencing him to only two days in an L.A. county jail and five years of probation.
According to the database, some pedophiles committed misdemeanors, such as indecent exposure or attempting to send lewd pictures to children, and convicts received less jail time. However, the most common offenses were &#8220;lewd or lascivious acts&#8221; against children under 14 years old, and 7,152 pedophiles who committed this crime served less than a year.
Dordulian said the statistics were &#8220;&#8216;surprisingly very low.&#8221;
&#8220;In my days [in the L.A. DA&#8217;s office], we made every effort to get as long of a prison sentence as we could because we knew that the minute they&#8217;re going to come out, they&#8217;re more likely to re-offend and another child&#8217;s gonna get harmed,” he told Daily Mail.
Dordulian said as a lawyer who represents victims of sexual abuse, California Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s policies shorten prison sentences to reduce the population locked up.
&#8220;That has been the push for the last at least five years: letting people out of prison much earlier than what their sentences were for,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But these types of individuals, they&#8217;re not amenable to rehabilitation, and studies have shown that. They&#8217;re gonna harm another child — It&#8217;s a very, very scary trend.&#8221;
A spokesperson for the state&#8217;s attorney general told Daily Mail that &#8220;public safety is a top priority for the California Department of Justice,&#8221; adding that the issue generally falls on the responsibility of local district attorneys, courts, and state lawmakers.
&#8220;Our office actively works with law enforcement across the state to protect our state&#8217;s children and families, whether that&#8217;s through conducting sting operations targeting sexual predators, issuing guidance to reduce harm to sexually exploited youth, or launching Human Trafficking and Sexual Predator Apprehension Teams,&#8221; the spokesperson said.
Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami, a child abuse prosecutor in the Los Angeles District Attorney&#8217;s Office, said the situation was &#8220;a disgrace&#8221; to Daily Mail, adding the problem is only getting worse under his boss George Gascón, who supported Proposition 57, which allows early parole for nonviolent felons.
&#8220;Thousands of child victims are being denied justice, and George Gascón and his group of radical prosecutors can care less,&#8221; Hatami said.
Hatami said the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation stopped notifying the child victims and their families of such early releases.
&#8220;It&#8217;s shameful,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Furthermore, most of these sex offenders who are released early have not been rehabilitated whatsoever. This will clearly endanger our future generation of children and our entire community — it&#8217;s a disgrace that the state of California is not prioritizing the safety and well-being of our children.&#8221;

Thousands Of Pedophiles Serve Less Than One Year In California Prisons: Report

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Charges against the CEO of an election technology company have been <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/charges-dropped-against-election-software-ceo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dismissed</a> after Los Angeles County prosecutors found “potential bias” in an investigation. 
Last month, the Los Angeles County District Attorney&#8217;s Office brought charges against Eugene Yu, the head of Konnech, an election technology business out of Michigan. The charges concerned allegations of keeping information about poll workers on servers in China. Yu has maintained that he never provided any data to China. However, if the allegations were true, they would violate the company’s contract with L.A. County. 
The district attorney’s office said that the investigation was initiated because of a concern raised by Gregg Phillips, who is connected to True the Vote, a nonprofit out of Texas that aims to promote election integrity.
&#8220;We are concerned about both the pace of the investigation and the potential bias in the presentation and investigation of the evidence,&#8221; Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s office <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/la-dismisses-charges-against-ceo-election-software-firm-2022-11-10/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. &#8220;As a result, we have decided to ask the court to dismiss the current case, and alert the public in order to ensure transparency.”
&#8220;Mr. Yu&#8217;s good name was tarnished by false narratives from fringe conspiracy theorists who bragged about enlisting Los Angeles prosecutors to further their political agenda,&#8221; Gary Lincenberg, an attorney for Yu in the criminal case, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/la-dismisses-charges-against-ceo-election-software-firm-2022-11-10/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. &#8220;Mr Yu is an innocent man.”
New charges could still be brought as the Los Angeles Superior Court judge agreed to the dismissal without prejudice.
Over the summer, True the Vote announced that it had discovered and downloaded Konnech’s poll worker information from China-based servers. The group <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/technology/konnech-eugene-yu-charges-dropped.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> gave no proof but said it had given a hard drive to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
Phillips and Catherine Englebrecht, who is also connected to True the Vote, were sued by Yu over hacking and defamation allegations. They were put in jail on October 31 after they refused to provide information on a &#8220;confidential FBI informant&#8221; connected to their alleged hack of Konnech’s information. They were <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/07/true-the-vote-jail-release/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">imprisoned</a> for contempt of court and released earlier this week. 
After her release, Engelbrecht <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/07/true-the-vote-jail-release/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Texas Tribune that she was “hours from home” and could not do an interview. 
“Those who thought that imprisoning Gregg and I would weaken our resolve have gravely miscalculated. It is stronger than ever,” Engelbrecht said in a statement. “We are profoundly grateful for that. We will continue to protect and defend those who do the vital work of election integrity, and we will make sure that their findings become a matter of public record.”

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Two months after the effort to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón failed, the campaign committee <a href="https://www.recalldageorgegascon.com/for-immediate-release-initial-review-reveals-substantial-number-of-improperly-invalidated-signatures-recall-committee-to-file-for-injunctive-relief-against-registrar-of-voters/">announced</a> Monday it plans to sue the county’s Registrar of Voters, alleging the voter rolls were artificially inflated, and some signatures were falsely invalidated.
According to the Committee, independent and non-partisan data analysts estimated that Los Angeles County active voter rolls were allegedly overshot between at least 208,000 and up to 515,000 voters when county officials initially set the number of valid signatures for the recall to qualify.
If the estimate proves true, the effort to remove Gascón from office could have advanced onto a ballot.
“The initial review of invalidated signatures demonstrated “the Registrar’s counting process was seriously flawed, resulting in substantial errors, the wrongful invalidation of many valid signatures, and the disenfranchisement of thousands of Los Angeles County Voters,” the Committee wrote in a <a href="https://www.recalldageorgegascon.com/for-immediate-release-initial-review-reveals-substantial-number-of-improperly-invalidated-signatures-recall-committee-to-file-for-injunctive-relief-against-registrar-of-voters/">statement</a>. “These extremely disturbing findings necessitate a complete and timely review of all invalidated signatures.”
The effort to recall Gascón emerged after the controversial district attorney took office in December 2020. Critics of Gascón formed the recall after his so-called progressive policies, like eliminating cash bail for misdemeanor and some felony offenses, reformed the City of Angels.
According to the Committee, volunteers began reviewing the invalid signatures on September 6 to lawfully examine within 21 days after the Registrar’s office announced the petition had failed to meet the requirements.
The Committee claims that 39% of invalid signatures reviewed were improperly falsified as printed, non-matching, and unregistered. Others were marked invalid due to duplicate signatures, while some had filled in a different address instead of the one registered toward the voter.
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan said last August his office had finished verifying the 715,833 petition signatures sent in to recall the controversial progressive DA.
To qualify for the recall, 566,857 valid petition signatures were needed to advance.
Logan’s office reported only 520,050 valid signatures were recorded, with the remaining 195,783 signatures marked as invalid, claiming ​nearly 90,000 of them were unregistered to vote and approximately 45,000 were duplicates. ​
Officials argue such issues could have substantially affected the outcome of the recall and have accused the Registrar of placing “arbitrary and capricious limitations” on the review process that limits the number of hours, workstations, and number of reviewers to information that will help them determine whether the invalid signatures are legitimate.​”
“This review is currently being obstructed by the Registrar’s office,” the Committee <a href="https://www.recalldageorgegascon.com/for-immediate-release-initial-review-reveals-substantial-number-of-improperly-invalidated-signatures-recall-committee-to-file-for-injunctive-relief-against-registrar-of-voters/">said</a>. “The Recall DA George Gascon Committee will be filing for injunctive relief imminently and is also exploring other significant issues, such as the inaccurate and inflated number of signatures required to qualify the recall due to bloated voter rolls.”
A Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office spokesperson told The Daily Wire that officials have not seen the petition for relief yet.
Recall officials said that current restrictions imposed by the Registrar would take more than a year to review the invalidated signatures.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles</a> residents are offering new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">police</a> hires a generous incentive.
Angelenos are pooling their money to offer new cops thousands of dollars in rent money as the city battles both a crime wave and a police shortage.
The program, called Housing for Hires, awards new LAPD hires huge rent subsidies of up to $24,000 over two years for housing in the Los Angeles area.
So far, the program has <a href="https://labusinessjournal.com/real-estate/housing/lapd-moves-ahead-with-housing-plan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised</a> $2.2 million, enough money to fund rent subsidies for 200 new recruits, but the LAPD is hoping to more than double that number.
The money is not coming out of the LAPD budget, but from private donations to the Los Angeles Police Foundation, meaning residents are now willing to reach for their wallets to get more cops to live and work in the city.
Some landlords are also participating in the program, offering rent discounts to new cops.
“The overall goal is to have the real estate community come in and offer a discount to the recruits,” <a href="https://labusinessjournal.com/real-estate/housing/lapd-moves-ahead-with-housing-plan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Captain Aaron McCraney, who leads the LAPD&#8217;s Recruitment and Employment Division.
Los Angeles Police Commissioner Steve Soboroff came up with the idea for the rent subsidy program.
&#8220;The issue of recruitment of cops is now a national crisis for multiple reasons, and this arrow in our recruitment quiver has been invaluable for the safety of every Angeleno,&#8221; Soboroff said.
New LAPD officers receive a starting salary of about $80,000, so a $24,000 rent subsidy means they would be making upwards of six figures. 
However, the cost of living in Los Angeles has increased drastically over the last few years. According to one <a href="https://smmirror.com/2022/05/los-angeles-metro-sees-15-9-percent-increase-in-median-rent/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a>, the Los Angeles metropolitan area now has a median rent of over $2,200, up from less than $1,950 in 2019, a jump of nearly 16%.
Meanwhile, the police department has been dealing with a staffing shortage.
In August, Police Chief Michel Moore <a href="https://abc7.com/lapd-underemployed-officers-staffing-goals/12161466/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the force was down about 176 officers and response times for urgent calls had gotten longer due to the shortage. The pool of applicants has also gotten smaller, Moore said.
&#8220;Policing is pulling from an increasingly smaller pool of interested applicants for a variety of reasons, and so we have to be better at being upfront and being a world class agency,&#8221; Moore said.
Currently, the LAPD has just under 9,300 police officers total in the department, according to McCraney.
Meanwhile, violent crime in Los Angeles has spiraled.
As of the end of July, homicides in Los Angeles County had <a href="https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/inside-the-issues/2022/07/27/lapd-chief-addresses-the-rise-in-crime-and-violence-in-l-a--county-" target="_blank" rel="noopener">risen</a> 30% since 2020 to more than 200 homicides so far this year. Shooting victims were up 43% since 2020 to nearly 800 victims.
Some incidents have gone viral online, including looting sprees and groups of people taking over intersections to do donuts with their cars.
Police say a big driver of rising crime is Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon’s progressive policies, which tend to favor being lenient on criminals, even violent repeat offenders. Los Angeles law enforcement was particularly <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/06/16/woke-la-da-george-gascon-blamed-for-shooting-deaths-of-two-cops/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">outraged</a> after the murder of two California police officers by an alleged gang member who was out on probation.
Meanwhile the district attorney’s office often <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-da-gascon-crime-policies-over-criminalize-communities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blames</a> police for rising crime, saying cops are part of the problem. A recall effort against Gascon failed earlier this year.

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