News Releases

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that the review by the District Attorney’s Office of the circumstances surrounding the October 10, 2018, shooting of Michael Johnson by Ventura County Sheriff’s Sergeant Russell King and Deputy Justyn Czyrklis has been completed.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Anthony Macias (DOB 09/21/92), of Oxnard, has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and hit and run resulting in death for the killing of John Romero, of Port Hueneme, on September 30, 2020.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Gabriel Cortez (DOB 2/21/1997), of Oxnard, was charged with the September 27, 2020, murder of Rogelio Lara, also of Oxnard. The complaint charges one count of murder with a special allegation that Cortez used a firearm in the commission of the crime.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that October 1, 2020, marks the third anniversary of the Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Festival Shooting.

Approximately 65 percent of the more than 24,000 attendees of the 2017 Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Festival were from California, with the majority residing in Southern California.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Judge Henry Walsh held BSF Fitness (BSF), a gym located in the City of Ventura, in contempt of court for violating a court ordered preliminary injunction.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Anthony Wilfred Diaz (DOB 06/23/81), of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced following a guilty plea to charges of attempted human trafficking, pimping, and possession of a firearm by a felon. Two victims were alleged in the complaint.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that David Howard Syner (DOB 08/09/61), of Los Angeles, was charged with 15 counts of felony grand theft and a special allegation that he stole more $500,000 from a local doctor.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that on August 31, 2020, a jury found Vidal Fregoso (DOB 11/04/69), of Camarillo, guilty of committing a hate crime against Luther Swayne, a 72-year-old African American. The jury also found Fregoso guilty of additional charges of committing an attempted vandalism and attempted theft. Fregoso faces up to one-year confinement in the Ventura County jail.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Judge Henry Walsh issued a preliminary injunction against BSF Fitness (BSF), a gym located in the city of Ventura. The injunction requires BSF to comply with state and local health orders currently prohibiting indoor operations by gyms and fitness centers. The District Attorney’s Office Consumer and Environmental Protection Unit previously filed a civil complaint against BSF alleging unfair business practices for BSF’s ongoing operations while other similar businesses in Ventura County either ceased or modified their operations in compliance with state and local health orders imposed in an attempt to prevent or slow the spread of COVID-19.

VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Judge Henry Walsh issued a preliminary injunction against BSF Fitness (BSF), a gym located in the city of Ventura. The injunction requires BSF to comply with state and local health orders currently prohibiting indoor operations by gyms and fitness centers. The District Attorney’s Office Consumer and Environmental Protection Unit previously filed a civil complaint against BSF alleging unfair business practices for BSF’s ongoing operations while other similar businesses in Ventura County either ceased or modified their operations in compliance with state and local health orders imposed in an attempt to prevent or slow the spread of COVID-19.