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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
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
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
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
Defendant in HomeInvasion Robbery Sentenced to Life In Prison
Defendant YacobDawit Dain, 33 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced today by the HonorableBradford J. DeMeo to serve 30 years, plus 27 years-to-life in prison for his rolein a home invasion robbery committed on October 18, 2017. Read full story
Defendant Sentenced for Vehicular Homicide
Defendant Teri Hoyle, 43 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced Friday by the Honorable Judge Nancy Shaffer for the misdemeanor vehicular homicide of Alfred Lemay after having been found guilty by a jury in May of this year. Read full story
Shaun Gallon Pleads no Contest
ShaunGallon today entered pleas of no contest to all charges alleged before the Honorable Robert LaForge. Gallon was scheduled to begin a PreliminaryHearing on Friday, June 14, 2019 but decided to move forward with hischange of pleas. Read full story
VictimServices Available for Victims/Witnesses of Jacob’s Park Shooting
Due to the large numbers of people in and around the park at the time of the incident, the Victim Services Division of the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office would like to notify the members of this community that if you were a victim, or a witness, to the Jacob’s Park shooting that you may be eligible for “victim services” Read full story
80 Out-of-CountyProtesters Arrested Following Trespass of Petaluma Duck Farm
On June 3,2019 at approximately 10 am, Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department deputies,assisted by officers from Santa Rosa Police Department, Petaluma Police Department,and California Highway Patrol, responded to the Reichardt Duck Farm at the 3700block of Middle Two Rock Road after receiving a report of animal rightsprotestors staging a demonstration at that address. Read full story
FG Meadows Ordered to Pay Penalties of $40,000, Restitution to Tenants in Price Gouging Case
District Attorney Jill Ravitch announced today that FG Meadows, LLC, the owner and operator of the Meadows at Fountaingrove Apartments in Santa Rosa, agreed to a Stipulated Judgment, approved and ordered by Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Elliot Daum, resolving allegations of price gouging. Read full story