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June 29, 2018 | Office of the District Attorney

Defendant Sentenced to Four Years in Prison forVehicular Manslaughter While Intoxicated

Defendant Ethan Rae Aizikovitz, 25 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced yesterday to four years in state prison by the Honorable Robert Laforge after having pled guilty in April of this year to one count of gross vehicular manslaughter while Intoxicated. Read full story


June 29, 2018 | Office of the District Attorney

Man Convicted Of Theft Of “rainbow” Flag In Guerneville

District Attorney Jill R. Ravitch announced today that defendant Vincent Joseph O'Sullivan, Jr, (55) of the Guerneville area was found guilty by a jury yesterday in the theft of a rainbow flag Read full story


June 29, 2018 | Office of the District Attorney

Hanna Boys Center Caseworker Pleads No-Contest in Child Sex Assault Case

Defendant Kevin Scott Thorpe, 40-years-old of Rohnert Park, pled no-contest and was found guilty today by the Honorable Dana Simonds of eleven sex offenses committed against four separate victims. Read full story


June 27, 2018 | Office of the District Attorney

Parole Denied to Child Molester

District Attorney Jill Ravitch has announced that California Department of Corrections inmate Dallas Goosen was denied parole following a June 26, 2018  suitability hearing held at the Substance Abuse Treatment Facility in Corcoran, Read full story


June 06, 2018 | Office of the District Attorney

Man Sentenced to Three YearsProbation and 20 Days in the County Jail

Defendant JohnWilliam Garretson, 36 years old of Sebastopol, was sentenced on Monday, June 4,2018, by the Honorable Nancy Case Shaffer to three years of probation and 20days in the county jail with jail alternatives after pleading no contest onApril 17, 2018. Read full story


June 05, 2018 | Office of the District Attorney

Frances Farias Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Theft from Oakmont Management Group, LLC

District Attorney Jill Ravitch announced that defendant, Frances Farias (60 years of age), of Sebastopol, California was sentenced on June 5, 2018 by the Honorable Judge Conger to 4 years of state prison to be served in the California Department of Corrections. Read full story


June 05, 2018 | Office of the District Attorney

Woman Sentenced for Felony Child Endangerment and Driving Under the Influence

Defendant Alexandra Darla Hutcheson, 31 years old of Cloverdale, was sentenced today by the Honorable Robert M. LaForge to five years of formal probation and 364 days in the county jail after pleading no contest in April to driving under the influence and child endangerment. She was further ordered to participate in and successfully complete a residential program of alcohol and drug rehabilitation and a 52 week parenting class. Read full story


May 28, 2018 | Office of the District Attorney

Gang Member Sentenced to 15 Years for Shooting, Personal Use of a Firearm, and Causing Great Bodily Injury

DefendantMarcos Dionicio Vazquez, 22 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced today by theHonorable Dana Simonds to 15 years in state prison Read full story


May 23, 2018 | Office of the District Attorney

Man Sentenced to Maximum Sentence of Three Years and EightMonths Prison For Sixth DUI Conviction

David RaymondSomers, 59 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced on May 8, 2018 to 3 years and8 months in state prison, the maximum allowed by law, for a felony charge ofDriving Under the Influence. Somers now has 6 prior convictions for DrivingUnder the Influence, 2 of which were also felony offenses. Read full story


May 23, 2018 | Office of the District Attorney

DA Settles Consumer Protection Suit Against Santa Rosa Medical Cannabis Dispensary For Lack of Prop 65 Warnings

DistrictAttorney Jill Ravitch announced today that her office has settled a consumerprotection suit brought under California’s Safe Drinking Water and ToxicEnforcement Act of 1986 (also known as “Proposition 65”) against Sonoma PatientGroup, Inc. Read full story