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Report on the December 16, 2015, shooting of Bryant Duncan by Ventura County Sheriff’s Deputy Leon Mah

Report on the March 28, 2015, Shooting of Meagan Hockaday by Oxnard Police Officer Roger Garcia

District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Vidal Vargas Morales (DOB 12/30/1960) has been charged with one felony count of lewd act with a minor 15 years of age in violation of Penal Code section 288(c)(1).  Mr. Vargas was arrested by Ventura County Sheriff’s detectives on Monday, February 29, 2016, based on allegations arising from his employment at the Saint Francis of Assisi Church in the city of Fillmore, California.

A Report on the Ventura County Medical Examiner Investigation

Report on the July 28, 2012 Fatal Shooting of Edgar Garcia by Officer Hector Ramirez of the Santa Paula Police Department

Report on the August 24, 2013 shooting of Ryan Carnan by Simi Valley Police Officers Frank Mika and Lincoln Purcell

Report on the September 6, 2013 shooting of Michael Deluca by the Port Hueneme Police Sergeant Chris Graham and Officer Robin Matlock

District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Steven Cortez (DOB 03/09/1994), of Santa Paula, was convicted of two counts of attempted murder in violation of Penal Code section 664/187(a) for a December 27, 2014, shooting in which he shot at two young males in the city of Fillmore, striking one of them.

Report on the August 14, 2012, Fatal Shooting of Michael Mahoney by Officers from the Oxnard Police Department

District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Thomas Young (DOB 5/19/47), of Birmingham, Alabama, was sentenced today for the July 30, 1980, murder of 15-year-old Stacy Knappenberger, in Oxnard.  

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