District Attorney's Office

Reviews of four police shootings — two of them deadly — and an in-custody death by the district attorney’s office determined the officers involved acted reasonably in defense of themselves and/or others and would not be criminally prosecuted.

Family members of police shooting victims were among those gathered outside the Hall of Justice Downtown Friday morning to announce a new campaign “Prosecute or Resign.” They want District Attorney Summer Stephan to hold officers accountable for what they call abusive and illegal behaviors. “We need to have accountability for these officers,” said Maria Hoyt, aunt of police shooting victim…

The coalition wants the District Attorney to prosecute officers for alleged abusive and illegal behavior.

Law enforcement agents who fired their service weapons at suspects in three no-fatal incidents dating back to 2015 were cleared by the San Diego County District Attorney’s office of criminal liability.

The San Diego County District Attorney has asked the courts to reduce 25,000 marijuana convictions from felonies to misdemeanors and dismiss an additional 1,000 misdemeanor convictions completely.

A man convicted of separate knifepoint sex assaults in Southern California dating back to 1995 will spend the next half century in prison, a judge decided Thursday.

The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office released helicopter footage from a 2017 officer-involved shooting, and officer-worn camera footage from two in-custody death incidents from 2018 and 2020. All three incidents were reviewed by the DA and the law enforcement personnel involved in each were cleared of criminal liability. 2017 Officer-Involved Shooting in Old Town Thermographic helicopter footage from a…

The San Diego County District Attorney’s announced that dozens of alleged drug dealers have been indicted and arrested in a major sting operation across the East Village area.

The District Attorney’s Office announced the indicted of dozens of alleged drug dealers in the East Village area.

A Los Angeles man accused of intentionally setting a tent ablaze on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, killing a homeless man, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a capital murder charge.

Domestic violence is impacting thousands of San Diegans every single year, and while the statistics are startling local law enforcement agencies believe the numbers don’t tell the entire story of the under-reported crime.

Domestic violence impacts thousands of San Diegans every year. The District Attorney announced a new campaign on Tuesday that will help healthcare professionals better identify domestic violence strangulation. NBC 7’s Danny Freeman examines the new initiative and NBC 7 Investigates brings you the numbers on domestic violence.

A year after the San Diego District Attorney’s Office cleared officers and deputies involved in the arrest of Earl McNeil, a citizen’s review board found that one deputy broke department policy.

Deputies said they placed a shirt over McNeil’s mouth and nose as he spit at them, claiming he was HIV positive. NBC 7’s Alexis has more.

A parolee charged with trying to kill his 8-month-old son in a vacant Los Angeles apartment was ordered Monday to stand trial on attempted murder and child abuse charges.

The City of San Diego has agreed to pay $275,000 to two people who were shot by a police officer in 2014 while they were inside their Encanto apartment.

NBC 7 Investigates reports on a couple who were shot inside their Encanto apartment by a police officer and then filed a lawsuit against the City of San Diego.

Another alleged victim of former Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Fischer, accused of sexually assaulting and harassing 21 women while on duty, has filed a lawsuit against the County of San Diego for sexual misconduct, as well as allegations the county had known that Fischer had assaulted other women and refused to act.

Newly released video shows the threatening gesture an armed man allegedly made towards a family in a Del Taco in Lemon Grove before deputies responded and shot him to death.

NBC 7’s Steven Luke explains the details of the latest allegation against the San Diego deputy.