News Releases

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Francisco Mejia (DOB 10/18/56), of Oxnard, was sentenced to 30 years in prison by Judge Michelle Castillo.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Tyler James Clark (DOB 03/04/88), of Ventura, has been charged with one felony count of assault with a deadly weapon committed with a hate crime allegation, and one misdemeanor count of resisting, obstructing, or delaying a peace officer.

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that a final judgment and permanent injunction was entered against Alliance Chemical & Environmental, Inc. (Alliance), and its CEO and responsible corporate officer, Mark Edward Hyman.

On April 27, 2021, District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced, to the Ventura County Board of Supervisors, the expansion of the Ventura County Family Justice Center’s (FJC) services to help victims of hate crime.

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Laura Leonard (DOB 05/01/75), of Simi Valley, was sentenced to serve 3 years 8 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution following her embezzlement convictions in two cases.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Luis Aceves
(DOB 03/23/56), of Camarillo, pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and personal use of a knife for the April 6, 2017, killing of his brother Gilbert Aceves, also of Camarillo.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Samuel Matthew Rocha (DOB 01/25/93), of Port Hueneme, was charged with one count of murder and four counts of attempted murder, which occurred during the evening of April 19, 2021, in Port Hueneme. The complaint charged five special allegations that Rocha personally used his vehicle as a deadly weapon and two special allegations that he personally inflicted great bodily injury. Rocha was also charged with one count of assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of battery for an incident in Oxnard approximately 10 minutes before the murder and attempted murders.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Edward Ayans
(DOB 3/26/72), of Thousand Oaks, was charged with committing the crimes of mayhem, assault with a deadly weapon, and elder abuse under circumstances likely to cause great bodily injury or death.

VENTURA, California – El Fiscal del Distrito Erik Nasarenko anunció hoy que ha terminado el enjuiciamiento del Doctor David Michelson (Fecha de Nacimiento 02/07/47), de Newbury Park, debido a la muerte de Michelson en un hospital en el condado de Los Angeles el 5 de marzo de 2021. Michelson, un cirujano plástico, había sido criminalmente acusado por haber asaltado sexualmente a 15 pacientes femeninas y otras 30 mujeres se habían presentado para reportar actos posiblemente criminales. Las alegaciones que no habían sido presentadas a la corte estaban siendo investigadas por el Departamento de Policía de Oxnard y la Oficina de Investigación de la Oficina del Fiscal del Distrito a la hora de su muerte.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that the prosecution of David Michelson (DOB 02/07/47), of Newbury Park, ended due to Michelson’s death at a hospital in Los Angeles County on March 5, 2021.