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Greg Totten and Rachael Watkins on Our Ventura TV - October 23, 2018 Greg Totten and Rachael Watkins speak with Sandra Siepak of Our Ventura TV. Ventura County Family Justice Center - June 15, 2018
NOTABLE CASES
2013 People v. Kenneth Powell, Katie Rose, and Paul Lascola
Three convicted and sentenced in real estate investment fraud scheme The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office successfully prosecuted one of the largest real estate investment fraud schemes uncovered in the county involving victim losses exceeding $3 million. 2012 People v. Calvin Sharp Judge finds killer who used meat cleaver sane and sentences him to multiple life terms In August 2007, Calvin Sharp chased down, attacked, and brutally killed a 6-year-old boy, Sev’n Molina, with a meat cleaver. When Sev’n’s mother, Sandra Ruiz, tried to stop the attack, Sharp attacked her as well, causing major life-long injuries. A neighbor, Diane Cox, also attempted to intervene and suffered serious injuries at the hands of Sharp. |
NEWS RELEASES
December 13, 2018
VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Eduardo Robles (DOB 10/29/87), of Fillmore, was sentenced to 34 years to life in prison by Judge Ryan Wright. December 10, 2018 VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Mayra Alejandra Chavez (DOB 10/4/1991), of Oxnard, has been found guilty of three felonies including second-degree murder for the killing of her three-year-old daughter, Kimberly Chavez Lopez, which occurred in June 2015. December 10, 2018 VENTURA, California – The District Attorney’s Office is again urging any witnesses or victims of crimes or misconduct committed by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Neil Kimball to speak with investigators. December 10, 2018 VENTURA, California –District Attorney Gregory D. Totten expressed great disappointment today in Governor Brown’s decision to commute the sentence of Todd Hess. In 1987, Hess was tried and convicted for the senseless killing of Scott James, a 30-year-old Navy veteran working a second job as a gas station convenience store clerk to earn money for […] December 5, 2018 VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, together with the California Attorney General’s Office and 24 other prosecutorial agencies, reached a $7.4 million statewide settlement with Minnesota-based Target Corporation in an environmental enforcement action. December 5, 2018 VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten warned Ventura County residents today to beware of individuals and businesses who attempt to illegally profit from the recent fires by engaging in price gouging. |
PUBLIC REPORTS
April 16, 2018
Report on the April 9, 2017 shooting of Jose Romero Gonzalez-Rendon by Santa Paula Police Department senior officer Matt Alonzo. February 22, 2017 Report on the December 16, 2015, shooting of Bryant Duncan by Ventura County Sheriff’s Deputy Leon Mah August 18, 2016 Report on the March 28, 2015, Shooting of Meagan Hockaday by Oxnard Police Officer Roger Garcia PUBLICATIONS
Ventura County District Attorney Term Report 2011-2014
VCDA_Term_Report_2011-2014 Foreclosure and Loan Modification Advisory – English Foreclosure and Loan Modification Advisory – Spanish Real Estate Fraud Complaint Form – English Real-Estate-Fraud-Complaint-Form_English-9.2018-fillable Real Estate Fraud Complaint Form – Spanish Real-Estate-Fraud-Complaint-Form_Spanish-9.2018-fillable Real Estate Related Education, Awareness and Fraud Prevention – English ALERTS & ADVISORIES
Fraudulent Rental Housing Listing Advisory
Real Estate Fraud Complaint Form – English Real Estate Fraud Complaint Form – Spanish Real Estate Fraud Complaint Form – English Real-Estate-Fraud-Complaint-Form_English-9.2018-fillable Real Estate Fraud Complaint Form – Spanish Real-Estate-Fraud-Complaint-Form_Spanish-9.2018-fillable Foreclosure & Loan Modification – English |