News Releases

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Santa Clarita resident Cory Evans (DOB 11/07/78), has been charged with two felony counts of attempted grand theft by false pretenses and two felony counts of attempted financial elder abuse.

VENTURA, California –District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Debra Elaine Ashcraft (DOB 11/23/57), of Camarillo, pled guilty to one felony count of failing to file a California tax return.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Judge Ronda McKaig sentenced Andre Lamont Ingram (DOB 05/26/86) to eight years in prison. On December 16, 2019, Ingram was convicted of four robberies that occurred throughout Ventura County in 2018.

VENTURA, California –District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Gregorio Santacruz (DOB 3/12/79), of Oxnard was sentenced to 22 years in state prison for molesting two young girls.

District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today the filing of a criminal complaint against Jeffrey Melnick (DOB 07/30/67), of Simi Valley, alleging six felony counts of grand theft.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today the grand opening of the Ventura County Family Justice Center and an open house to be held at the facility on Saturday, January 11, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to noon.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Kevin Jacob Enns (DOB 03/10/75), of Ventura, has been charged with two felony counts of embezzlement of public funds pursuant to Penal Code sections 424 and 508.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Elsworth Dennis Cadle (DOB 09/08/52), of Moorpark, has been charged with murder for the killing of Mark Milton, also of Moorpark, on January 3, 2020. The complaint also alleges that Cadle personally used a firearm causing death.