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District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that several members of an international theft group entered guilty pleas this week to first-degree burglary and conspiracy charges.

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Rotherie Durell Foster (DOB 11/03/85), of Camarillo, has been charged with the murder of Jose Velasquez. Foster is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. in courtroom 13 of the Ventura County Superior Court. District Attorney Erik Nasarenko and Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff will hold a joint news conference at 12:00 p.m. prior to the arraignment.

The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office is reviewing a case submitted to our office, involving the disappearance and murder of Jose Velasquez. Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff and District Attorney Erik Nasarenko will hold a joint news conference on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, at noon.

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Tyler Clark (DOB 03/04/88), of Ventura, was sentenced to 11 years in state prison after being convicted of a hate crime stabbing.

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko will be publicly sworn into office on January 11, 2023, at the Museum of Ventura County. During his remarks, Nasarenko will address the alarming increase in fentanyl-based case filings seen in Ventura County, which have risen 3,428 percent in three years.

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that five defendants have been charged with crimes related to operating an illicit commercial sex organization out of Ventura and Port Hueneme massage businesses.

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko is warning the public against driving while impaired by drugs or alcohol as the holiday weekend approaches. In 2022, over 2,600 DUI related cases were submitted to the Ventura County District Attorney’s office by law enforcement. While the overall DUI numbers have edged down slightly compared to last year, felony alcohol DUI with injury cases spiked ten percent in 2022.

Today the Ventura County Sheriff and District Attorney’s Offices announce the complete joint investigation into sexual abuse allegations at The Thacher School.

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced that charges have been filed against Keith David McDowell-Satyananda (DOB: 10/30/76), of Los Angeles, for a suspected DUI crash that killed one victim and injured another. The defendant entered pleas of not guilty to the charges at today’s arraignment.

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Parole Board denied the release of inmate Andrew Stuart Luster (DOB: 12/15/63) after a senior prosecutor argued that the convicted rapist continues to represent a threat to public safety and should remain incarcerated in state prison.