News Releases

VENTURA, Calif. – Saturday, October 1, marks the fifth anniversary of the Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Festival Shooting.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Jesus Manuel Calles (DOB 06/27/92), of Santa Barbara, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for felony gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, felony driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury, and misdemeanor driving without a valid driver’s license in a head-on collision that killed one driver and injured two others in December 2021.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that a petition was filed in juvenile court alleging that a 15-year-old juvenile committed murder, with the personal use of a firearm, of a 14-year-old victim.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Glandros Danielle June (DOB 04/10/96), of Oxnard, was convicted of three counts of assault with a firearm, two counts of illegal possession of a weapon, and one count of discharge of a weapon with gross negligence.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Robert Ryan McGraa (DOB 06/01/81), of Thousand Oaks, has been charged with human trafficking, child luring, and possession of child sexual abuse material.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that David Maldonado (DOB 12/12/85), of Anaheim, has been charged with committing acts of human trafficking, child luring, oral copulation, and sexual intercourse against two minors.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that law enforcement veteran and former Oxnard Police Chief Scott Whitney will lead the District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigation beginning September 13, 2022.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced that Jose Ramos Solis
(DOB 05/11/84), of Oxnard, pled guilty to felony automobile insurance fraud.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Gabriel Rosas (DOB 08/06/85), of San Luis Obispo, was found guilty of a misdemeanor for his use of pepper spray.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Worthey Tobe Smith (DOB 10/26/37), of San Diego, was sentenced to six years felony jail and ordered to pay restitution for his role as a “money mule” in a scam resulting in the theft of more than $1 million from an elderly Ventura widow.