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Those dollars have been won through cases the district attorney has joined against major corporations, including price-gouging lawsuits against Walmart and Lowe’s, an environmental lawsuit against Tesla and a case alleging deceptive business practices by HelloFresh, a meal-kit subscription company.
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
In a statement, the Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery thanked the district attorney's office and local police departments and said the group had worked extensively with all parties involved in the investigation that led to Gerlach's arrest.
—Emma Caughlan, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
Two years later, Judge John Toomey, a Vietnam War combat veteran, worked with the Suffolk district attorney’s office, the local VA health care system and a small group of volunteers known as the Green Jackets to create the Suffolk County Veterans Treatment Court.
—Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Chris Hopper, a spokesman for the district attorney’s office, said in a statement that the office generally does not prosecute facilities.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
In a statement, the Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery thanked the district attorney's office and local police departments and said the group had worked extensively with all parties involved in the investigation that led to Gerlach's arrest.
—Emma Caughlan, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
Two years later, Judge John Toomey, a Vietnam War combat veteran, worked with the Suffolk district attorney’s office, the local VA health care system and a small group of volunteers known as the Green Jackets to create the Suffolk County Veterans Treatment Court.
—Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Chris Hopper, a spokesman for the district attorney’s office, said in a statement that the office generally does not prosecute facilities.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for district attorney
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According to Victoria Burton-Harris, the chief assistant prosecuting attorney in Washtenaw County, the home invasion charge is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $2,000 fine.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
12 Dec. 2025
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The prosecution’s case was built from the more than three years of investigative work from over 20 people in the prosecuting attorney’s office and countless law enforcement officers in the Kansas City metro, Thompson said.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
25 Nov. 2025
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Martinez was charged with assault of a federal employee, but prosecutors dropped the charges six weeks later.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Police, prosecutors and the family of Gastonia homicide victim John Luke Moore gathered at police headquarters Wednesday to plead with the public for information in the 2021 case.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
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West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is preparing for his team of lawyers to make their argument in front of the top court, a case defending the state's Save Women's Sports Act, which prohibits those who were assigned male at birth from playing on competitive female sports teams.—
Lauren Linder,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Many others — Democrats, lawyers and other law enforcement officials — have watched the video with the conclusion that the ICE agent’s life was not at risk and the woman was not trying to ram her vehicle into him, based on the positioning of the tires.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
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“District attorney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/district%20attorney. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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