News Releases

August 11, 2020

Announcement Regarding People v. DeAngelo

August 6, 2020

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten alerts the public to the following announcement from the Sacramento County Superior Court.

August 6, 2020 (Corrected)

20-071 Enns (Frye) Plea

August 6, 2020

VENTURA, California –District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Kevin Jacob Enns (DOB 3/10/75), of Ventura, pled guilty to one felony count of embezzlement of public funds pursuant to Penal Code section 424.

August 5, 2020

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Alexis Ramirez (DOB 10/23/89), of Oxnard, was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison by Judge Gilbert Romero. On July 8, 2020, Ramirez pled guilty to second degree murder with the use of a knife and for the benefit of a criminal street gang for the January 17, 2009, killing of Alfredo Vargas, also of Oxnard.

July 24, 2020

VENTURA, California –District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that on July 24, 2020, Ryan Andrew Gyurkovitz (DOB 01/29/77), of Camarillo, pled guilty to four counts of child molestation against three victims.

July 24, 2020

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Quoc Ly (DOB 02/23/81), of Camarillo, pled guilty to felony auto insurance fraud and also admitted as true a special allegation that he previously sustained a felony conviction for auto insurance fraud.

July 24, 2020

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Julio Martinez Diaz (DOB 07/15/80), of Simi Valley, was charged with the July 21, 2020, murder of Erick Tenorio, also of Simi Valley.

July 22, 2020

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Vu Cong Dao (DOB 03/04/83), of Palmdale, was found to be legally insane at the time he killed his cellmate, Michael Torres, of Oxnard, at the Ventura County Main Jail on October 25, 2018.

July 21, 2020

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that state and local officials reached a comprehensive civil settlement with Crimson Pipeline, L.P. (Crimson), and its contractor CD Lyon Construction, Inc. and CD Lyon, Inc. (collectively CD Lyon), the companies responsible for a June 2016 crude oil spill in Hall Canyon, Ventura. The spill occurred from a crude oil pipeline owned by Crimson following a valve replacement operation and restart of the pipeline.