Category: district attorney

Suspect Arrested in Connection with Assaults of Women in Aliso Viejo

A 51-year-old Riverside Army Veteran was arrested and charged with kidnapping three women in Aliso Viejo, California, after being connected to additional crimes. Robert Daniel Yucas, a cargo pilot for Kalitta Air, was on a return flight from China when he was arrested in Anchorage, Alaska on Sept. 16, for allegedly sexually assaulting two women…


California District Attorney Warns of Anti-Cop and Anti-Victim Agenda | District Attorney Todd Spitzer

Los Angeles and San Francisco are taking a relaxed approach to crimes, and California is reducing the sentences of over 70,000 inmates. My guest is Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer, who also served as the chair of the California Assembly Committee on Prison Construction and Operations. He discusses a group of California’s district attorneys…


New US Attorney for San Francisco Bay Area Must Be Selected With Care

Commentary Recently, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California David Anderson left office after being asked to resign. The person who will be selected to replace him should not be in or of the San Francisco Democratic Party. The yet-to-be-appointed U.S. Attorney should also not be a member of what is commonly referred to…


California Killer Videoed Toasting DA Directive on Early Release for Prisoners

Phillip Dorsett, a convicted California killer, was caught on video toasting a directive from Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón in his cell, celebrating his possible early release. Gascón called for possible resentencing of prisoners who have already served 15 years in prison. Dorsett was sentenced to 40 years to life for killing a rival…


Orange County DA Files Charges Against Predator for 1981 Murder

Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer has filed special circumstance murder charges against a man accused of abducting, sexually assaulting, and killing two boys in the 1980s in Southern California, after newly implemented directives from Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon forced L.A. prosecutors to dismiss the special circumstances and enhancements in the multiple murder…


Judge Deals Blow to LA District Attorney’s New Policies

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has suffered a setback in the first legal challenge to his controversial criminal justice reform policies. On Feb. 8, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant granted a preliminary injunction that prohibits Gascón from ordering his prosecutors to carry through some of his directives. “Judge Chalfant’s ruling…


Costa Mesa Bar Owner Charged with Illegally Operating During COVID-19 Pandemic

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS)—The owner of a Costa Mesa bar has been charged with illegally operating during curfew hours for nonessential businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced Dec. 31. Roland Michael Barrera—who owns the Westend bar—is set to be arraigned June 22 on a misdemeanor count of violating and…


California Supreme Court Renders Human Trafficking Decision Based on Orange County Case

In a ruling based on an Orange County conviction, the California Supreme Court ruled Dec. 28 that human traffickers who attempt to prostitute minors will receive the maximum prison sentence allowed under state law, even if they are actually communicating with undercover law enforcement personnel. The decision reverses an earlier ruling by the state’s Fourth…


Huntington Beach Crime Scene Investigator Charged With Swallowing Evidence

The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has charged a former Huntington Beach Police Department crime scene investigator with stealing drugs from a suspect’s vehicle, swallowing the evidence, and then driving a police vehicle home while under the influence. Sean Patrick Lotts, 53, of Huntington Beach, has been charged with one misdemeanor count of embezzlement by…