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DistrictAttorney Ravitch Issues Consumer Alert Regarding PriceGouging
District Attorney JillRavitch today issued a consumer alert reminding businesses, including hotelsand landlords, that price gouging is prohibited under Penal Code Section 396 duringthe state of emergency resulting from the devastating wildfires that have sweptthrough Sonoma County and the North Bay. Read full story
FamilyJustice Center Sonoma County Receives Grant Awards
District Attorney Jill Ravitch has announced the awarding of two Federal Grants totaling $1.6 Million to the Family Justice Center Sonoma County (FJCSC). The grants will be used to support ongoing services at the Family Justice Center. Read full story
Child Rapist Receives 31-Year Sentence
Defendant Alejandro Tapia Garcia, 35 years old of SantaRosa, was sentenced today by the Honorable Peter Ottenweller to thirty-oneyears in state prison following his convictions in August of this year tocharges of forcible rape of a child under the age of 14, and two counts ofcommitting a forcible lewd or lascivious act upon a child younger than14. Read full story
Husband, Wife, and their Son Sentenced for2017 Porter Creek Road Murder
DefendantsRene Espinoza Jr., 22-years-old, Maria Guadalupe Torres, 42 years old, and ReneEspinoza Martinez, 42 years old, all of Clearlake, were each sentenced earliertoday by the Honorable Bradford DeMeo to a life-term in prison following theirJuly convictions for the 2017 murder of Antonio Botello Arreola. Read full story
Petaluma Man Sentenced to a Life Term inPrison for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child
51-year oldFilemon Hernandez, of Petaluma, CA was sentenced to prison for a term of 24years to life, for numerous sexual assault crimes involving a child under theage of 14. Read full story
Michigan Man Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder in 2016 Thanksgiving Day Stabbing
After a month-long trial, a Sonoma County jury deliberated less than 5 hours before finding defendant Arent Daniel Julius Bradt guilty of second degree murder yesterday afternoon. In addition, the jury found “true” an enhancement alleging the defendant used a knife during the murder, making the defendant’s maximum exposure 16 years to life in state prison. Read full story
Healdsburg Man Convicted of Second-Degree Murder Denied Parole
District Attorney Jill Ravitch announced today that onFriday September 13, the California Board of Prison Terms denied parole to 72year old Manuel Avalos Flores, who was convicted of the 2nd degreemurder of 23 year old Ricoberto Arroyo in 1981. Read full story
Man Sentenced to 60 Days Jail for VehicularManslaughter
Defendant Courtney Michael Rudin, 75 year-old of Healdsburg, was sentenced today by the Honorable Barbara Phelan to 36 months of supervised probation and 60 days county jail after being found guilty at a jury trial on August 22, 2019. Read full story
SantaRosa Man Sentenced to Eight Years Prison for Double Stabbing
On Thursday morning, the Honorable ChristopherHonigsberg sentenced Santa Rosa Defendant Jose Lopez-Mendoza to serve anaggregate term of 8 years in state prison for his violent stabbing of two bouncerslast year. Read full story
Rohnert Park Man Sentenced fo Prison for 23 Years for Multiple Robbery Convictions
Defendant Selso Orozco, 38 years old of Rohnert Park,was sentenced Thursday by the Honorable Peter Ottenweller to 23 years in stateprison after having pled no contest in April of this year to four counts ofarmed robbery that he committed over a three-day period in October 2018 Read full story