Category Archives: News Releases

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Jason Armenta (DOB 03/06/01), of Oxnard, has been found guilty of first-degree murder of Cristobal Gonzalez, of Oxnard.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Oscar Andres Salazar Perez (DOB 08/11/97), of Chile, and Franco Antonio Vasquez Soto (DOB 05/18/01), of Chile, both suspected members of a South American Theft Group, have been charged with first-degree residential burglary and conspiracy.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Esperanza Venejas (DOB 11/09/96), of Chile, Hugo Perez Martinez (DOB 08/11/95), of Chile, and a 16-year-old Chilean juvenile have been charged in connection with a theft from The Oaks shopping mall in Thousand Oaks.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that on April 19, 2022, Quincy Lamar Brown (DOB 07/15/91), of Oxnard, was sentenced to 21 years 4 months in prison by Judge Gilbert Romero.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Byron Manuel Moris Perez (DOB 02/19/97), of Chile, and Galvez Valdivieso (DOB 10/26/88), of Chile, both suspected members of the South American Theft Group, pled guilty to first-degree residential burglary, conspiracy to commit first-degree residential burglary, and resisting arrest.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that on April 18, 2022, a jury convicted Gerardo Miguel Rodriguez-Grajeda (DOB 10/13/85), of Oxnard, of second-degree murder for the September 23, 2018, killing of Jorge Tejada.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that in commemoration of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 24, 2022, through April 30, 2022, the District Attorney’s Office is hosting a Crime Victims’ Rights Week Commemoration.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Worthey Tobe Smith, Jr. (DOB 10/26/37), of San Diego, has been charged with 26 felonies, including conspiracy, receiving stolen property, and money laundering.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Leroy Chad Tracy Jr. (DOB 06/30/80), of Santa Paula, was sentenced to 36 years in prison by Judge Gilbert Romero for multiple sexual assault crimes arising from one incident in 2013.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Ronald Kenneth Rosen (DOB 07/15/57), of Simi Valley, was arrested and charged with committing numerous felonies alleged to have occurred from 2016 through 2022.