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.
September 14, 2022
September 12, 2022
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.
August 23, 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.August 22, 2022
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.
August 18, 2022
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.
August 17, 2022
VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced that Ashley Lyons
(DOB 05/08/86), of Ventura, pled guilty to felony automobile insurance fraud.August 16, 2022
VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Jesus Manuel Calles (DOB 06/27/92), of Santa Barbara, pled guilty to 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.
August 11, 2022
VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Bill Lee Jones (DOB 10/04/58), formerly of Simi Valley, was sentenced to 12 years prison.
August 11, 2022
VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that on August 10, 2022, Lisa Cohen (DOB 12/23/66), of Oak Park, pled guilty to the crime of being mandated to report elder abuse and failing to do so. Following her guilty plea, Judge Gilbert Romero sentenced Cohen to 120 days in the Ventura County Jail and 12 months probation.
August 11, 2022
VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Jason Alexander (DOB 10/16/81), of Kentwood, Louisiana, was found guilty of aggravated trespass and battery after entering pleas of no contest to these misdemeanor offenses.