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Repeat Sex Offender Received Life Sentence
Defendant Lonnie WilliamVictory, 56 years old of Windsor, was sentenced today by the Honorable MarkUrioste to serve 50 years-to-life in prison after pleading no-contest in Augustto eight felony sex offenses. Read full story
Mass Casualty Anniversary
Last week marked the thirdanniversary of the Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting in Las Vegas,Nevada. Read full story
36 Year Old Sentenced to19 Years in Prison for Sexual Assault of 9 Year Old Girl
Defendant David Jimenez, 36years old of Sonoma, was sentenced today by the Honorable Philip Pennypacker toserve 19 years in state prison after pleading guilty in August of this year totwo charges of child molestation. Read full story
Man Sentenced to one Year Jail for VehicularManslaughter
Defendant Wayne Thomas, 64years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced on Friday, September 25th by theHonorable Troye Shaffer to the maximum sentence of one year in county jailafter pleading no contest to misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter for causing thedeath Sebastopol resident Guadalupe Martinez in 2018. In an unrelatedproceeding, Read full story
Prison Inmate Convicted ofFirst Degree Murder Once Again Denied Parole
District Attorney JillRavitch announced today that on September 29, 2020 Prison Inmate Vinh ThePhang, now 60 years old, was once again denied parole by the California Board ofParole. Read full story
Unsubstantiated Coral“Reef Safe” Claims Enjoined In California
District Attorneys JillRavitch announced that Tropical Seas, Inc. (“TS”) of Florida has agreed toresolve a civil environmental enforcement case filed by the Sonoma County DistrictAttorney’s Office in conjunction with 21 district attorney offices inCalifornia. Read full story
District Attorney’s Office Reminds Community That Price Gouging Restrictions Remain in Place
District Attorney Ravitchreminds all Sonoma County residents and businesses that price gouging during a stateof emergency is illegal under Penal Code Section 396, and her office willinvestigate and prosecute those that attempt to wrongfully profit from thedestructive fires and from the pandemic. Read full story
$1.43 Million SettlementAnnounced to Address Illegal Dumping of Hazardous Waste Kelly-Moore Violated StateEnvironmental Protection Laws
Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch today announceda $1.43 million settlement against Kelly-Moore Paint Company (Kelly-Moore) toresolve allegations that the company violated state laws governing hazardouswaste Read full story
Owners and Operators of Varenna and Villa Capri Settle Law EnforcementAction Related to 2017 Tubbs Fire
District Attorney Jill Ravitch, in conjunctionwith California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, announced today that Varenna LLC,Oakmont Senior Living LLC, and Oakmont Management Group LLC, the owners andoperators of Varenna and Villa Capri, two Residential Care Facilities For theElderly located in Fountaingrove, settled a civil law enforcement actionrelated to their conduct on the night of the Tubbs Fire in 2017. Read full story
Man Sentenced To 23 Years, 8 Months Prison
Defendant Francisco Javier Gonzalez-Mejia, 22 years-old of Petaluma, was sentenced today by the Honorable Christopher Honigsberg to serve 23 years, 8 months in state prison after pleading no contest in January to the charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, felony driving with a .08% blood alcohol content causing injury, and fleeing the scene of an accident resulting in death and serious bodily injury. Read full story