James Queally writes about crime and policing in Southern California, where he currently covers Los Angeles County’s criminal courts and the district attorney’s office. 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 law enforcement misconduct 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. Not content with real-life crimes, he also makes up fictional ones: Queally’s debut novel, “Line Of Sight,” was published by Polis Books in 2020.
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Former Pomona City Councilman Rubio Gonzalez pleaded no contest to possession of child pornography and will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
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Kenneth Rasmuson, accused in two boys’ murders, is offered a plea deal. The case pits L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón against O.C. Dist. Atty. Todd Spitzer.
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Dist. Atty. George Gascón has requested that law enforcement agencies across L.A. County provide his office with the names of deputies and officers who have histories of misconduct that might affect their credibility in court.
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George Gascón wants the attorney who won federal convictions in the Rodney King beating to oversee police misconduct investigations in L.A. County.
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Public service law groups want a judge to bar the L.A. County court system from holding in-person traffic or eviction trials during the pandemic.
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A judge has granted large portions of a petition filed by the union representing prosecutors that will bar Gascón from enacting some of his reforms.
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The association for California’s district attorneys is feuding with L.A. County’s George Gascón. This could slow a national push to change prosecutors’ role.
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The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office will not oppose the death penalty for Michael Gargiulo, despite a ban on capital punishment imposed by George Gascón.
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The 11 have been charged in a 34-count corruption complaint, alleging they misused public funds and tried to profit off affordable housing properties.
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Video reviewed by The Times contradicts sheriff’s accounts of the incident; meanwhile, the case’s dismissal has caused waves in the D.A.'s office.