News Releases

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that a jury convicted Elide Soto (DOB 06/13/93), of Oxnard, of abusing an infant child.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Cornell Williams (DOB 02/13/99), of Los Angeles, and Emonnie Walden (DOB 08/08/03), of Los Angeles, have pled guilty for their roles in a series of organized retail thefts from ULTA Beauty.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Julius Luna (DOB 10/09/03), of Ventura, was charged with the murder of Gabriel Cueva, of Piru.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Ivar Mollinedo
(DOB 06/20/87), of Thousand Oaks, was sentenced to 60 days in the Ventura County Jail and placed on probation for one year for committing workers’ compensation insurance fraud.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Lorena Espinoza (DOB 08/14/75), of Chile, Esmeralda Lozano (DOB 06/13/92), of Pacoima, and Valdebenito Zenteno (DOB 02/25/91), of Chile, all suspected members of a South American Theft Group, have been charged with felony conspiracy to commit identity theft.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Ashley Lynn Claxton (DOB 09/21/95), of Ventura, has been charged with committing a lewd act upon a 14-year-old.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Alain Alvarez (DOB 06/15/93), of Thousand Oaks, was charged with the murder of Oliver Willis, of Thousand Oaks.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that arson and burglary charges were filed against two 16-year-old teenagers for their involvement in a fire at Hueneme High School in Oxnard.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Esperanza Venejas (DOB 11/09/96), of Chile, and Hugo Perez Martinez (DOB 08/11/95), of Chile, both suspected members of a South American Theft Group, pled guilty to felony organized retail theft.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Gerardo Miguel Rodriguez-Grajeda (DOB 10/13/85), of Oxnard, has been sentenced by Judge Ryan Wright to 16 years to life in prison for the killing of Jorge Tejada.