News Releases

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.

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.