News Releases

January 21, 2021

VENTURA, California – La Fiscal del Distrito Interina Cheryl M. Temple anunció hoy que el Doctor David Michelson (Fecha de Nacimiento 02/07/47), de Oxnard, fue acusado el 20 de enero de 2021, de 22 cargos mayores criminales adicionales de asalto sexual que presuntamente ocurrieron en su oficina médica privada entre 2011 y 2019.

January 21, 2021

VENTURA, California – Acting District Attorney Cheryl M. Temple announced today that Dr. David Michelson (DOB 02/07/47), of Oxnard, was arraigned January 20, 2021, on 22 additional felony sexual assault counts alleged to have occurred in his private medical practice between 2011 and 2019.

January 14, 2021

VENTURA, California – Acting District Attorney Cheryl M. Temple announced today that Perry Adam Lieber (DOB 4/23/86), of Santa Barbara, was sentenced to 90 days in jail and 24 months of felony probation after pleading guilty to felony workers’ compensation fraud in violation of Insurance Code section 1871.4(a).

January 13, 2021

VENTURA, California – Acting District Attorney Cheryl M. Temple announced today that Tim Gautier (DOB: 06/21/65) of Thousand Oaks has been charged with the murder of his wife, Gina Gautier, which occurred on January 11, 2021. The complaint charges one count of murder with a special allegation that Gautier personally discharged a firearm during the commission of the crime.

January 13, 2021

VENTURA, California – Acting District Attorney Cheryl M. Temple announced today that Anthony Michael Garcia (DOB 2/24/87), of Camarillo, has been charged with the murder of Jorge Alfaro, also of Camarillo, which occurred on January 7, 2021. The complaint alleges one count of murder with a special allegation that Garcia used a firearm in the commission of the crime. The complaint also alleges that Garcia was out of custody on bail for another felony offense when he committed this murder.

January 12, 2021

VENTURA, California – Acting District Attorney Cheryl M. Temple announced today that Gregory Bryant Brewer (DOB 03/07/1989), of Port Hueneme, was charged with the January 7, 2021, attempted murders of three men in Port Hueneme. The complaint charges one count of premeditated attempted murder, two counts of attempted murder, and one count of mayhem. Brewer is also alleged to have personally used a hatchet as a deadly weapon and to have caused great bodily injury in the commission of these crimes.

January 12, 2021

VENTURA, California – Acting District Attorney Cheryl M. Temple announced today that Omar Alan Tapia (DOB 11/17/92), of Oxnard, was sentenced to 18 years in state prison for the death of Jesus Pizano, also from Oxnard. On December 4, 2020, Tapia pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and admitted to personally using a knife during the incident.

January 11, 2021

VENTURA, California – Acting District Attorney Cheryl M. Temple announced today that Caden Crowell (DOB 11/19/98), of Camarillo, was sentenced by Judge Ryan Wright to 50 years to life in prison for the first-degree murder of David Smith, of Thousand Oaks. On July 14, 2020, Crowell pled guilty to the first-degree murder of Mr. Smith and admitted the special allegation that he personally used a firearm causing death.

January 11, 2021

VENTURA, California – Acting District Attorney Cheryl M. Temple announced today that Caden Crowell (DOB 11/19/98), of Camarillo, was sentenced by Judge Ryan Wright to 50 years to life in prison for the first-degree murder of David Smith, of Thousand Oaks. On July 14, 2020, Crowell pled guilty to the first-degree murder of Mr. Smith and admitted the special allegation that he personally used a firearm causing death.

December 17, 2020

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that the review of the circumstances surrounding the November 7, 2018, shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California, by Ventura County Sheriff’s Sergeant Ronald Helus and California Highway Patrol Officer Todd Barrett has been completed.