January 14, 2022
VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Areonah Walker (DOB 07/29/03), of Riverside, and Terrion Phillips (DOB 10/13/03), of Los Angeles, pled guilty to eight felony charges this week.
January 14, 2022
VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Nicolas Luiz Vazquez (DOB 03/21/95), of Oxnard, has been charged in a wrong-way driving incident that occurred in front of an elementary school.
January 12, 2022
District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Anthony Allen (DOB 04/06/94), of Oxnard, was sentenced to four years in state prison for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) at the time he was a registered sex offender.
January 11, 2022
District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced Tuesday that his office has established a new electronic hotline to help protect Ventura County residents against price gouging of at-home COVID-19 test kits.
January 5, 2022
VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Judge Anthony Sabo sentenced Tim Ray Gautier (DOB 06/21/65), of Thousand Oaks, to 50 years to life in prison for the murder of his wife, Gina Gautier, on January 11, 2021.
Santa Paula Company Settles Illegal Pesticide Sales Case for $625,000
A multi-agency investigation revealed that Fruit Growers Supply sold restricted pesticides to non-permitted users numerous times in 2019 and 2020. These pesticides included Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs) which have been identified in more than 90 percent of tested deceased mountain lions, 88 percent of tested deceased bobcats, 85 percent of tested deceased protected Pacific fishers, and 70 percent of tested deceased northern spotted owls. In a stipulated Final Judgment, Fruit Growers Supply agreed to pay $625,000 in civil penalties, restitution, and supplemental environmental projects.
December 30, 2021
VENTURA, California – Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that case filings of DUI-related traffic fatalities were at the highest level in 10 years and warned the public not to drink and drive as the holiday weekend approaches.
December 30, 2021
VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that he and 27 elected District Attorneys across California have been granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) preventing the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR) from enacting an increase of credits for certain prison inmates.
December 29, 2021
VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that James Edward Duran II (DOB 05/25/91), of Ventura, was charged with one count of oral copulation of a minor under the age of 16 by a person over the age of 21, and one count of oral copulation of a minor under the age of 18.
December 28, 2021
VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Saul Nava (DOB 04/30/00), of Thousand Oaks, was charged with murder and torture.The complaint alleges one count of first-degree murder and one count of torture.