Press Release Index
Tractor Supply Company Pays $5.1 Million to Settle Violations of Price Accuracy Laws, Pesticide Regulations and Greenwashing Claims
Sonoma County District Attorney, Carla Rodriguez announced today that Tractor Supply West, LLC (“Tractor Supply“) has entered into a Stipulated Judgment and will pay $5,126,282.97 in civil penalties, restitution, and costs to resolve a civil consumer protection action that alleged that the company violated California’s Price Accuracy laws, Pesticide Regulations and Greenwashing laws. Read full story
Santa Rosa Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Domestic-Violence Murder
Tunoa Radaiga Meo, 54 years old, of Santa Rosa, was sentenced today, by the Honorable Kenneth English. Meo’s sentencing follows the conclusion of a jury trial earlier this year in which he was convicted of first-degree murder stemming from an incident on July 4, 2023, in which he killed his wife, Marica Mara. Meo was sentenced to serve a term in the state prison of 1 year plus 25-years-to-life in prison. Read full story
Santa Rosa Man Sentenced to Prison for Pimping and Other Crimes
Defendant Arnulfo Favian Montes-Medina, 38-years-old of Santa Rosa was sentenced today by the Honorable Lynnette Brown to 1 year in county jail followed by 4 years of formal probation, following his conviction by a Sonoma County jury for felony domestic violence. The jury also found true that Montes-Medina personally used a deadly weapon during the assault, and personally inflicted great bodily injury upon the victim. Read full story
Domestic Violence Offender Sentenced Following Jury Verdict
Defendant Arnulfo Favian Montes-Medina, 38-years-old of Santa Rosa was sentenced today by the Honorable Lynnette Brown to 1 year in county jail followed by 4 years of formal probation, following his conviction by a Sonoma County jury for felony domestic violence. The jury also found true that Montes-Medina personally used a deadly weapon during the assault, and personally inflicted great bodily injury upon the victim. Read full story
Labor Trafficking and Wage Theft Bill Proposed and Sponsored by Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office Signed Into Law
Sonoma County District Attorney Carla Rodriguez announced today that Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 1583 into law, an anti-labor trafficking and wage theft bill drafted by her office and co-sponsored by the Los Angeles County District Attorneys’ Office. The new law was authored by Assemblymember Chris Rogers (D-Santa Rosa) and passed the state legislature unanimously. It will take effect January 1, 2027. Read full story
Man Sentenced to Life Without Parole in 1982 Cloverdale Murder Case
Defendant James Oliver Unick, 64-years-old of Willows, CA, was sentenced this afternoon by the Honorable Laura Passaglia to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole after a Sonoma County jury found him guilty as charged in February of first degree murder and a special circumstance related to the sexual assault that occurred during the commission of the murder. Read full story
Violent Gang Member Denied Parole
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Inmate Yai Phanchanh, 39 years old of Santa Rosa, will remain incarcerated at this time following a parole hearing held this morning at California State Prison, Solano. This was Phanchanh’s first parole hearing following his 2003 conviction for second-degree murder with a firearm enhancement arising out of a gang-related shooting that occurred in Rohnert Park. Read full story
Court Sentences Man to Serve 8 Years in State Prison Following Domestic Violence Knife Attack in Windsor
Defendant Daniel Omrado-Gonzalez (AKA Daniel Tirado) a transient 43-year-old, was sentenced today by the Honorable Kenneth Gnoss to serve 8 years in state prison after a Sonoma County jury found him guilty as charged in April to charges including domestic violence with great bodily injury. Read full story
Herc Rentals, Inc. Settles Environmental Protection Case for $243,291
Sonoma County District Attorney Carla Rodriguez announced today the settlement of an environmental protection lawsuit against Herc Rentals, Inc., which was approved by the Sonoma County Superior Court. The defendant will pay $243,291 to settle a civil law enforcement complaint alleging that Herc Rentals violated California’s Underground Storage of Hazardous Substances laws and regulations at its Rohnert Park facility. Read full story
Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murdering Father With Rock
Defendant Patrick Schieber of Santa Rosa, California, was sentenced today to 15 years to life in the state prison by the Honorable Laura Passaglia for the murder of his elderly father in 2023. Read full story
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