News Releases

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that on December 14, 2020, Judge Michelle Castillo sentenced Anthony Robert Ultreras (DOB 02/27/81), of Oxnard, to a determinate term of 14 years 8 months to life in state prison, to be followed by an indeterminate term of 50 years to life. Ultreras had been convicted by a jury of lewd acts on a child under 14 and child molesting with a prior. Ultreras had previously pled guilty to a charge of possession of child pornography stemming from the same incident. He also admitted a prior conviction from 2011 for lewd acts on a child under 14.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Kristian Fonseca (DOB 10/07/98) of Fillmore, has been charged with the murder of Jose Estrada and Daniel Zuniga, both of Santa Paula. The complaint charges two counts of murder with a special allegation that Fonseca personally used a firearm in the commission of the crimes. Fonseca was also charged with one count of attempted murder with a special allegation that he personally used a firearm, for the shooting of Rafael Hernandez, of Santa Paula, in the same incident.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Daniel Louis Fuller (DOB 2/19/84), a transient from Ventura, was sentenced to six years in state prison for the death of Jeffrey Kibler also of Ventura, which occurred on September 11, 2018. On October 29,2020, Fuller pled guilty to of involuntary manslaughter by an unlawful act.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that David Burgmeier (DOB 6/5/67), of Simi Valley, pled guilty to four counts of felony insurance fraud and four counts of felony unemployment insurance fraud on December 8, 2020.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Augustine Rincon Medina (DOB 07/18/65), of Oxnard, was sentenced by Judge Ryan Wright to four consecutive life sentences plus 145 years in prison for a countywide shooting rampage Medina committed on October 24, 2011.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Perry Adam Lieber (DOB 04/23/86), of Santa Barbara, pled guilty to felony workers’ compensation fraud under Insurance Code section 1871.4(a), admitting a special allegation that the theft totaled more than $100,000 in losses to the victims.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Andrew Littlejohn (DOB 08/08/90), a transient, was sentenced on December 4, 2020, to 2 years 8 months in state prison for distributing child sexual abuse material and for attempting to obstruct an investigation.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Omar Alan Tapia (DOB 11/17/92), of Oxnard, pled guilty to the voluntary manslaughter of Jesus Pizano, also from Oxnard. Tapia also admitted personally using a knife in the attack.

District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Robert Zermeno Delara (DOB 8/13/1971), of Fillmore, was arrested and charged with insurance fraud for allegedly denying his injured employees health and disability benefits to which they were entitled and failing to notify his insurance carriers of industrial injuries sustained by his employees. Delara is the owner-operator of two farm-labor contracting businesses located in Ventura County, Pacific Coast Farm Labor and B&R Farm Labor. Through these businesses, Delara provides farm-labor and harvesting services to local agricultural producers who rely upon him to provide a skilled workforce while adhering to the safety and workplace injury reporting requirements of California law.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today the creation of the Ventura County District Attorney’s Courthouse Facility Dog Program. This program is designed to aid in the investigation and prosecution of crimes by providing crime victims and witnesses neutral support as they navigate the criminal justice system. Studies have shown that facility dogs provide both physical and emotional benefit to vulnerable victims, resulting in more accurate testimony in the judicial system. Courthouse facility dogs are currently used in 38 states and over 20 district attorney’s offices in California.