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VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that arson and burglary charges were filed against two 16-year-old teenagers for their involvement in a fire at Hueneme High School in Oxnard.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Esperanza Venejas (DOB 11/09/96), of Chile, and Hugo Perez Martinez (DOB 08/11/95), of Chile, both suspected members of a South American Theft Group, pled guilty to felony organized retail theft.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Gerardo Miguel Rodriguez-Grajeda (DOB 10/13/85), of Oxnard, has been sentenced by Judge Ryan Wright to 16 years to life in prison for the killing of Jorge Tejada.

VENTURA, California – El Fiscal de Distrito Erik Nasarenko avisa al público que, en abril 2022, la Oficina de Alguaciles del Condado de Ventura recupero un aparato simulando ser una máquina de punto de venta de la tienda 7-Eleven en Moorpark.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko advises the public that in April 2022, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office recovered a skimming device mimicking a point-of-sale machine from a 7-Eleven store in Moorpark.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Ashley Nicole Martinez (DOB 08/26/85), of Bakersfield, pled guilty to one count of felony automobile insurance fraud.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Samir Valdenegro (DOB 01/12/01) and Theresa Valdenegro (DOB 01/30/76), both from Chile and suspected members of a South American Theft Group, were sentenced today for their respective role in conspiring to commit identity theft.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today convictions in the March 2, 2022, residential burglary in Camarillo that involved four members of a suspected South American Theft Group.

VENTURA, California – El Fiscal de Distrito Erik Nasarenko avisa al público que la Unidad de Secuestro de menores y Recuperación de la Oficina del Fiscal está disponible para asistir al público con asuntos de cumplimiento referentes a la custodia de menores.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko advises the public that the District Attorney’s Office Child Abduction and Recovery Unit (CARU) is available to assist the public with child custody enforcement matters.

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