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<p>District Attorney’sOffice collects $1.2 million in civil judgments in FY 2020/2021 fromunscrupulous businesses that violated environmental or consumer protection laws.</p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch announced that in FY 2020/2021, her Environmental and Consumer Law Division (“ECLD”) collected over $1.2 million for the County of Sonoma in civil judgments against businesses that violated state and local environmental and consumer protection laws. The civil judgments, all approved by the Superior Court, included monies collected for civil penalties and reimbursement of costs of investigation and prosecution.</span> Read full story
Sonoma County DistrictAttorney’s Office Awarded Innovative Prosecution Grant to Target Opioid RelatedCrimes
The Sonoma County DistrictAttorney’s Office has recently been awarded a federal grant in the amount of$340,000 by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, a subdivision of the USDepartment of Justice, to assist with the investigation and prosecution ofopioid-related crimes committed in Sonoma County. Read full story
Sex Offender Denied Request for Pardon
On Friday, February 5, 2021 following a contestedhearing, the Honorable Peter Ottenweller denied a motion for a certificate ofrehabilitation and pardon brought by convicted sex offender Matthew DavidPhillips, 46 years old of Santa Rosa, related to his 2008 felony sex convictions. Read full story
Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Beating Pregnant Girlfriend
Defendant IsraelFabian Fuentes, 34 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced earlier today bythe Honorable Shelly Averill to serve 9 years in state prison after pleadingguilty in May of last year to charges of felony infliction of corporal injuryon his pregnant girlfriend, the mother of his three year old child, andadmitting an enhancement for causing great bodily injury. Read full story
Defendant ordered topay over $10,000 in restitution to nonprofit CHANGE
Diane Sandahl,77 years-old of Sebastopol, was ordered to pay $10,103.67 to the Sonoma CountyCHANGE organization, on January 21, 2021 after a restitution hearing in frontof the Honorable Troye Shaffer. Read full story
Santa Rosa Man Sentenced to 20 Years Prison for Trafficking a Minor
Defendant Andrew Paul Flolo, 20 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced today by the Honorable Shelly Averill to serve 20 years in prison after entering a no-contest plea last November to six felony offenses involving the human trafficking of a minor. Read full story
Woman Sentenced to Prison in Hit and Run Fatality
Defendant Nancy Jeannethe Serrano, 26 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced today to 3 years in state prison by the Honorable Mark Urioste following her convictions in November of last year for leaving the scene of an accident, vehicular manslaughter, and driving on a suspended license. Read full story
After Sonoma County’s first pandemic-eracriminal jury trial, child molester found guilty of 158 counts and sentenced to756 years in prison
DistrictAttorney Jill Ravitch has announced that defendant Nathan Christian Wandrey, 48years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced today by the Honorable Mark Urioste toserve 756 years in prison Read full story
Defendant Ordered to Pay $76,816.79 in Restitution For Expenses in Treating Neglected Horses
Defendant Joseph FragaRafael, 67 years old of Cloverdale, was ordered to pay $76,816.79 inrestitution to the Sonoma County Change Organization (CHANGE,) a non-profitdedicated to preventing equine abuse Read full story
Family Justice Center Appoints Marsha Lucien as its New Executive Director
SonomaCounty District Attorney Jill Ravitch today announced that Marsha Lucien hasbeen selected as the new Executive Director for the Family Justice Center ofSonoma County, effective December 1, 2020. Read full story