News Releases

VENTURA, California – Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that case filings of DUI-related traffic fatalities were at the highest level in 10 years and warned the public not to drink and drive as the holiday weekend approaches.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that he and 27 elected District Attorneys across California have been granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) preventing the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR) from enacting an increase of credits for certain prison inmates.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that James Edward Duran II (DOB 05/25/91), of Ventura, was charged with one count of oral copulation of a minor under the age of 16 by a person over the age of 21, and one count of oral copulation of a minor under the age of 18.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Saul Nava (DOB 04/30/00), of Thousand Oaks, was charged with murder and torture.The complaint alleges one count of first-degree murder and one count of torture.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Andi Zois
(DOB 05/27/84), AKA Simon Ondik, of Sibiu, Romania, was sentenced to 16 months in state prison for conspiring to steal unemployment insurance benefits from the California Employment Development Department (EDD).

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Judge Patricia Murphy sentenced former Ventura County Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Charles Barrios III (DOB 10/27/92), to 365 days in jail and two years of felony probation. Barrios pled guilty on November 16, 2021, to destroying physical matter, a felony violation of Penal Code section 141(b). The case was investigated by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office (VCSO) Major Crimes Bureau.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that robbery and carjacking charges were filed against two juveniles who were involved in a carjacking incident in Ventura.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Dylan Patrick Thoele (DOB 02/03/92), of Ventura, was charged with going to a meeting he arranged with a minor for lewd purposes, contacting a minor with intent to commit lewd acts, and being a disruptive presence at a school.

District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Kang Sooyoung (DOB 06/08/94), of Los Angeles, and Damion Felix (11/30/92), of Oxnard, have been charged in two separate attempted robberies. The complaint charges attempted robbery, attempted first-degree residential burglary, possession of guns and ammunition by a felon, and special allegations of use of a firearm.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that the review by the District Attorney’s Office of the circumstances surrounding the November 5, 2020, shooting of Javier Magaña by Ventura Police Department Officer Joaquin Ortega has been completed.