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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
Santa Rosa Man Sentenced to Prison for AttemptedMurder
Defendant Quentin Bernard Bowen,28 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced today by the Honorable PeterOttenweller to a term of life in prison with the possibility of parole aftereleven years following his conviction by a jury for the charge of attemptedmurder including great bodily injury and weapon enhancements. Read full story
Gang Member Denied Parole
CaliforniaDepartment of Corrections Inmate Luis Alberto Santana was denied parole afterthe conclusion of a parole suitability hearing at California Health CareFacility, Stockton on August 28, 2018. The Parole Board found Santana presentedan unreasonable risk of danger if released back into the community. The denialwas for 5 years. Read full story
Defendant Donald Jackson Sentenced to Twenty Years in Prison for September 2017 Pharmacy Robbery
DefendantDonald Ray Alton Jackson, 29 years old of Oakland, was sentenced today by the HonorableKnoel Owen to 20 years in the California Department of Corrections andRehabilitation for a September 28, 2017 robbery that occurred at Rite AidPharmacy in Santa Rosa. Read full story
Former Hanna Boys Center Caseworker Sentenced in Child Sex Assault Case
Kevin ScottThorpe, 40 years old of Rohnert Park, was sentenced today by the Honorable DanaSimonds to twenty-one years in the state prison. This sentence followed Thorpe previouslypleading no-contest to eleven sex offenses he committed against four separateteenage victims. Read full story
Man Sentenced to Four Years Prison for Fifth DUI Conviction
51-year-old Gerardo Vargas-Velasquez, of Santa Rosa, was sentenced on August 15, 2018 to four years in state prison for felony charges of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol Causing Injury, and Leaving the Scene of an Accident Read full story
Defendant Sentenced to 8 Years Prison For Kidnapping 4 Year Old Girl
DistrictAttorney Jill Ravitch has announced that defendant Tina Szczepanek, 42-years-oldof Lakeport, CA was sentenced today by the Honorable Judge Dana Simonds to 8 yearsprison for violating her probation. Read full story
Rohnert Park Mother and Son Plead no Contest to Pimping/Pandering and Money Laundering
On August 8, 2018 Defendant David Romesburg entered no contest pleas to felony charges of pimping/pandering, and money laundering, and admitted to having been previously convicted of a strike offense in 1999 for committing statutory rape. Read full story
Amazon Agrees to Pay for Unlawful Environmental Claims
Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch announced todaythat her office, in conjunction with 22 other District Attorney’s Officesthroughout California, resolved a consumer protection action against Amazon,Inc., (“Amazon”). Read full story
Dangerous Gang Member Denied Early Parole
DistrictAttorney Jill Ravitch announced today that defendant Michael ValentineNichelini, 33, of Petaluma, CA was denied early parole at his“Youth Offender Parole Hearing,” held pursuant to Senate Bill No. 261 (“SB261”). The Parole Board denied the early parole for a term of 3 years. Read full story