James Queally

Staff Writer

James Queally writes about crime and policing in Southern California for the Los Angeles Times. A part of the team of reporters that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the 2015 terror attack at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, Queally has written extensively about violence, police pursuits, street racing and hate crimes since coming to The Times. A Brooklyn native, he moved West in 2014 after spending five years covering crime and police news for the Star-Ledger in New Jersey. In that time he profiled Frank Lucas, the drug kingpin who inspired the film “American Gangster,” and wrote a series of stories that revealed how the state’s largest police departments failed to solve thousands of nonfatal shootings, which led to policy changes. Not content with real-life crimes, he also makes up fictional ones: Queally’s debut crime novel, “Line Of Sight,” will be published by Polis Books in 2020.

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Harvey Weinstein verdict: The case now moves to Los Angeles

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Harvey Weinstein verdict: The case now moves to Los Angeles

While the New York chapter of Harvey Weinstein’s criminal prosecution is over, pending an appeal and sentencing, the legal saga will soon move to L.A.
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Harvey Weinstein verdict: Jurors took women’s harrowing testimony to heart

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Harvey Weinstein verdict: Jurors took women’s harrowing testimony to heart

To some legal experts, the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault trial came down to one question jurors would have to sort out.
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Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape in sexual assault trial

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Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape in sexual assault trial

Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of rape and a felony sex crime Monday in his sexual assault trial. Later in the day, he was taken to a hospital with chest pains.

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Jurors took women’s harrowing testimony to heart
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Police unions, justice reformers battle for dollars in bitter L.A. County D.A. race

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Police unions, justice reformers battle for dollars in bitter L.A. County D.A. race

The donations represent the political canyon between incumbent Jackie Lacey and George Gascón — law enforcement unions on one side, progressive donors on the other.
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Second defendant pleads guilty in 1993 Westlake apartment arson that killed 10

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Second defendant pleads guilty in 1993 Westlake apartment arson that killed 10

Johanna Lopez is expected to be sentenced to 22 years in prison for her role in blaze, which police say was set by gang members over an attempt to stop drug dealing.
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Kamala Harris endorses George Gascón in competitive Los Angeles County D.A.’s race

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Kamala Harris endorses George Gascón in competitive Los Angeles County D.A.’s race

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris said George Gascón will provide “real justice for every Angeleno.” Gascón is in a fight to unseat Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey.
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How Jackie Lacey’s and George Gascón’s time in office shapes the L.A. County D.A.'s race

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How Jackie Lacey’s and George Gascón’s time in office shapes the L.A. County D.A.'s race

Jackie Lacey and George Gascón combine for more than 60 years of experience in law enforcement, yet their visions to run the nation’s largest local prosecutor’s office couldn’t be more different. The Times reviewed crime data, filing rates and other metrics to compare their respective terms in Los Angeles and San Francisco

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Kamala Harris endorses Gascón in competitive D.A. race
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As Harvey Weinstein’s fate heads to jurors, who will they believe?

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As Harvey Weinstein’s fate heads to jurors, who will they believe?

A jury of seven women and five men will begin deliberating Harvey Weinstein’s fate next week. After weeks of emotional testimony, the case will likely come down to how a jury weighs each accuser’s stories against a defense that aimed to paint each alleged rape as a consenting affair
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Prosecution ends Harvey Weinstein case, calling ex-mogul an ‘abusive rapist’ who relied on ‘power, manipulation’

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Prosecution ends Harvey Weinstein case, calling ex-mogul an ‘abusive rapist’ who relied on ‘power, manipulation’

The prosecution’s closing argument was designed to undercut the seeds of doubt planted by Harvey Weinstein’s attorneys over three weeks of testimony.
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Harvey Weinstein is ‘an innocent man,’ defense says at closing argument of New York trial

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Harvey Weinstein is ‘an innocent man,’ defense says at closing argument of New York trial

In a scathing closing argument, Harvey Weinstein’s attorney attacked prosecutors before pleading with the jury to acquit the mogul of sexual assault.