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Los Angeles prosecutors have brought arson charges against six men who set small blazes around the county in the wake of the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires.
Michael Gennaco, a former federal prosecutor with decades of experience reviewing police use-of-force cases, will serve as the special prosecutor overseeing two high-profile shooting cases.
While wildfires displaced dozens of judges, prosecutors, attorneys, defendants and jurors, L.A. county officials kept the nation’s largest nonfederal court system open. Some say it led to health risks and put defendants in jeopardy.
L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman announced looting charges Monday, and also said one man was charged with arson for starting a blaze in an Azusa park.
The Palisades fire continues to threaten Brentwood and Encino, where an all-out aerial assault continues.
One person died from a suspected overdose and two others were hospitalized, disrupting a murder trial and other court proceedings scheduled to proceed Friday despite fires burning in Los Angeles.
Juan Sierra, 33, who was arrested Thursday on a suspected probation violation, is identified as a ‘person of interest’ in the Kenneth fire.
Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales Arzola died of drug overdoses in November 2021 after meeting “freelance entertainment planner” David Pearce. Prosecutors have since charged Pearce, who allegedly provided drugs to both women, with murder and multiple sexual assaults.
When Johnny Wactor found people trying to steal his catalytic converter last May, one thief yelled ‘No!’ before his companion opened fire, a detective testified.
A man who police say shot two Target security guards after he was confronted during an attempted theft was charged with attempted murder, and will also face charges in a third downtown L.A. shooting.
