Category Archives: News Releases

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today, October 17, 2022, that Judge Derek Malan found defendant, Trevor Dalton (DOB 09/19/72) of Ventura, guilty of using a gun and inflicting great bodily injury. Mr. Dalton was an off-duty California Highway Patrol Officer at the time of the shooting.

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced that three members of a South American Theft Group (SATG) have been sentenced for crimes committed against Nordstrom Rack in Thousand Oaks.

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced the sentencing of a transient man who violently attacked a woman who was walking near the Ventura Pier.

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced that Ricco Rico, (DOB: 08/29/76), of Temecula, was sentenced to 72 years to life in prison for molesting two victims and raping a third.

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced that the third member of a South American Theft Group (SATG) was sentenced today, Thursday, October 6, 2022, to two years in state prison.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Miles Matthew Berry (DOB 02/21/89), of Newbury Park, has been charged in Ventura County Superior Court case number 2022024848 with the burglary of Paw Works and the resultant death of German Shepherd puppy “Pretty Girl.”

VENTURA, Calif. – The man accused of stabbing and killing Marcos Guzman Reyes on a Ventura bike path was arraigned in Ventura County Superior Court on Friday, September 30, 2022.

VENTURA, California – The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office is proud to recognize Supervising Investigator Terry Dobrosky for his recent honor as the 2022 Los Angeles Internet Crimes Against Children (LA-ICAC) Investigator of the Year.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Sandra June Dillard (DOB 3/26/1982), of Ventura, has been charged in Ventura County Superior Court case number 2022024735 with the murder with special allegations for the death of Kelsey Dillon of Thousand Oaks. Dillard is charged with using a knife and a blunt object to kill Ms. Dillon.

VENTURA, Calif. – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Cristian Ayala Ornelas (DOB 12/27/85), of Oxnard, was sentenced to four years in state prison for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) while registered as a sex offender.