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NEWS RELEASE:
District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Jonathan Martinez (DOB 03/08/88), of Chino, California, pled guilty on May 8, 2025, to one felony count of unauthorized use of personal identifying information of another.
In April 2021, a Thousand Oaks family lost their home in foreclosure. Shortly after the foreclosure sale was completed, the family began receiving multiple solicitations by phone and mail from law firms offering their services in a potential wrongful foreclosure action. One of these law firms was Affinity Law Group (Affinity) which Martinez worked for. In June 2021, Affinity advised the victims there would be surplus funds owed to them because their former property’s sale price exceeded the total amount of liens on title at the foreclosure sale.
Martinez intercepted a check in the amount of $84,110 in surplus funds made payable to the victims. Once Martinez obtained the check, he forged the victims’ signatures and endorsements on the back of the check and deposited the funds into his personal account at Chase Bank.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month.
For those involved in the criminal justice system and living with mental health illness, the availability of comprehensive behavioral health services is essential to successful completion of treatment, stopping the cycle of recidivism, and protecting public safety. One of the programs available in Ventura County is Mental Health Court which aims to provide individualized mental health treatment as part of a probationary term. Individuals in the program have their custodial time stayed and later deleted with successful completion of treatment.
The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office Mental Health Unit is comprised of six attorneys and one paralegal handling mental health treatment courts.
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District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that two juveniles have been charged with making a false bomb threat, conspiracy to make a false bomb threat, and criminal threats, all felonies, in connection with a phoned-in threat that caused a lockdown at Ventura High School last week.
“All threats to commit violence on our school campuses will be treated seriously,” Juvenile Unit Supervisor Maureen Byrne said. “The bomb and shooting threat made towards Ventura High School’s campus caused students and staff to fear for their safety. Our office is committed to ensuring that school campuses are safe for students.”
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if they stabbed someone 108 times, Narasanko's office would have allowed 2nd degree murder to slide to involuntary and allowed for community service
NEWS RELEASE:
District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced today that Charles Edward Gaines III (DOB 07/05/96), was sentenced on May 6, 2025, to 19 years state prison for forcible sex crimes committed against three women and the attempted rape of a fourth victim.
“Gaines preyed on vulnerable women, including a teenager and a person experiencing homelessness, using manipulation, violence, and threats to commit his crimes,” said Senior Deputy District Attorney Brent Nibecker. “His 19-year prison sentence reflects the gravity of his actions and the lasting trauma he inflicted on his victims. I commend the courage of the survivors who came forward and the Simi Valley detectives and crime lab scientists who brought him to justice.”
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Only 19 years. I'm good with him going away forever.
If he stabbed his victims 108 times, Narasanko's office would have agreed to dropping 2nd degree murder to involuntary, and given him 100 hrs of community service instead of jail
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