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Investigation ongoing into Potential CriminalCharges Following Trespass of Petaluma Poultry Farm
On September29, 2018 at approximately 1:30 p.m. Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department deputiesresponded to multiple 911 calls of trespassers on the private property of theMcCoy’s Poultry Services, located in the 100 block of Jewett Road in Petaluma,CA. Read full story
Judge Sentences Mother of Son Who Died of DrugOverdose to the Maximum Term in Prison
DefendantDanielle Foernsler, aka Danielle Falleto of Santa Rosa, was sentenced onSeptember 25, 2018 by the Honorable Judge Bradley Demeo to the maximum term of 19years 4 months in state prison after she pled no contest in July of this yearto negligently contributing to the death of her sixteen year old son on April16, 2018. Read full story
Gang Member Sentenced for Attempted Murder
Defendant KevinAnthony Torres, 18 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced today by theHonorable Patrick Broderick to serve 19 years in state prison after having pledno contest in July of this year to charges of attempted murder. Read full story
Petaluma Man Sentenced to Prisonfor Pimping and Sex Crimes Against Minors
DistrictAttorney Jill Ravitch has announced that Defendant Laiken James, 21 years oldof Petaluma, was sentenced in two cases today by the Honorable Brad DeMeo to a termof seven years and four months Read full story
Man Sentenced to Prison for String ofRobberies
DistrictAttorney Jill Ravitch has announced that defendant Hugo Eduardo Lopez-Ferreira,24, of Petaluma, was sentenced today to four years state prison for two countsof robbery and one count of attempted robbery for offenses committed betweenApril 21 and April 24, 2018 of this year. Read full story
Santa Rosa Man Receives Life Sentence in Child Sex Assault Case
DefendantDaves Mendez Rodriguez, 38 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced today by theHonorable Dana Simonds to forty years to life in state prison after havingpreviously pled no contest to three sex offenses he committed against twoseparate child victims. Read full story
Septic Waste HaulerConvicted of Felony for Unlawful Dumping into Sewer
District AttorneyJill Ravitch has announced that defendant Carlos Chavez, 64 years old ofPetaluma, doing business as Carlos’ Petaluma/Novato or Marin Septic Service wassentenced today by the Honorable Robert LaForge for felony theft of utilityservices and misdemeanor advertising for construction work without acontractor’s license. Read full story
Bay Area Man Sentenced to 5 yearsPrison in Burglary of 96-Year-Old Sonoma Resident
Defendant TommyMitchell, 29-years-old of Oakland, was sentenced to five years in stateprison today by the Honorable Dana Simonds after having pled no contest in Mayof this year to residential burglary with an enhancement for committing thecrime against an elder adult. Read full story
Man Sentenced to Six Years Prison for Gross Vehicular Manslaughter While Intoxicated
DefendantRobert A. Bosch, 64 years old of Rohnert Park, was sentenced today by the HonorableRobert LaForge to 6 years in state prison after pleading no contest on July 19,2018 to the charge of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Read full story
District Attorney Jill Ravitch Announces Consumer Protection Settlement With Goop, Inc.
DistrictAttorney Jill Ravitch announced today that her office, along with the DistrictAttorneys of Alameda, Marin, Monterey, Napa, Orange, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta,and Solano Counties, entered into a settlement in a consumer protection actionagainst Goop, Inc. (“Goop”). Read full story