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August 29, 2019 | Office of the District Attorney

Santa Rosa Man Convicted of Second Degree Murder Denied Parole for Seventh Time

DistrictAttorney Jill Ravitch announced today that on August 28, 2019, the CaliforniaBoard of Prison Terms denied parole for the seventh time to 59 year old GaryAllen Moore, who was convicted in 1990 of the second degree murder of a twoyear old child. Read full story


August 08, 2019 | Office of the District Attorney

Santa Rosa Man Sentenced to 7 Years Prison for Stabbing Assault of Local Woman

Defendant Jessie James Graham, 41 years old of Santa Rosa,was sentenced today by the Honorable Bradford Demeo to the maximum term ofseven years in prison after a Sonoma County jury found him guilty in May ofthis year. Following the six day trial the jury found the defendant guilty ascharged of committing felony assault with a deadly weapon and causing greatbodily injury. Read full story


August 07, 2019 | Office of the District Attorney

Santa Rosa Man ReceivesLife Prison Sentence for Domestic Violence Related Murder and Assault

Defendant Nery Estrada-Margos, 40 years old of Santa Rosa,was sentenced Tuesday by the Honorable Bradford J. DeMeo to 9 years plus 25years to life in state prison after having pled no contest in June to FirstDegree Murder, Assault with a Deadly Weapon causing great bodily injury, andfelony charges of Domestic Assault. Read full story


July 30, 2019 | Office of the District Attorney

Sex Offender Sentenced to 9 Years Prison

Defendant Nicholas Planty, 43 years old of Santa Rosa, CA,was sentenced today to serve 9 years in state prison by the Honorable DanaSimonds. Read full story


July 29, 2019 | Office of the District Attorney

Repeat DUI Offender Who Caused Fatal 2017 Crash on Lakeville Highway Receives Life Sentence

Defendant Logologoa Taumaloto Tevaseu, 37 years old ofSanta Rosa, was sentenced today by the Honorable Dana Simonds to a sentence of3 years plus 15 years to life in prison for crimes he committed November 5,2017. Read full story


July 18, 2019 | Office of the District Attorney

Multiple Count Felon Sentenced to State Prison

Defendant Ryan Christopher Moore, 36 years old of SantaRosa, was sentenced to serve 7 years, 8 months in state prison earlier today bythe Honorable Peter Ottenweller Read full story


July 17, 2019 | Office of the District Attorney

Man Sentenced to Three Years and Four Months inPrison For Vehicular Manslaughter While Under The Influence of Marijuana

DefendantIsidro Moya, 20 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced yesterday by theHonorable Peter Ottenweller  to serve three years and four months in stateprison after having pled no contest in April of this year to felony charges ofGross Vehicular Manslaughter While Intoxicated, Driving Under the Influence ofa Drug Causing Injury, and a misdemeanor charge of Driving Without a ValidDriver’s License. Read full story


July 12, 2019 | Office of the District Attorney

Family Convicted of 2017Porter Creek Road Murder

Defendants ReneEspinoza Jr., 22 years old, Maria Guadalupe Torres, 42 years old, and ReneEspinoza Martinez, 42 years old, all of Clearlake, pled guilty and no-contest todayto murder charges stemming from the killing of Antonio Botello Arreola onSeptember 1, 2017. Read full story


June 27, 2019 | Office of the District Attorney

Defendant Sentenced for Flight from Fatal Highway 101 Crash

Defendant GregoryHernandez was sentenced earlier today to serve three years in state prison forfleeing the scene of a fatal traffic collision on November 15, 2017. Thissentence stemmed from a guilty verdict handed down by a Sonoma County jury onMay 9, 2019 Read full story


June 27, 2019 | Office of the District Attorney

Parole Board Denies Parole to Petaluma Man who Murdered Wife in 1982

The California Board of Prison Terms once again denied parole to Larry Richard Bunke, who wasconvicted of Second Degree Murder in the brutal beating death of his wife, Linda, in May of 1982.This was his 11th parole opportunity. Read full story