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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
Man Who Committed Aggravated Sexual Assault Denied Parole
Fifty-eight-year-old California prison inmate Carl Dick was denied parole by the state board of parole on Tuesday following a hearing related to the sexual assault of his three young daughters between 1996 and 1998. Dick pled guilty in 1999, and was thereafter sentenced to fifteen years to life in prison. Read full story
Man Who Committed Aggravated Sexual Assault Denied Parole
Fifty-eight-year-old California prison inmate Carl Dick was denied parole by the state board of parole on Tuesday following a hearing related to the sexual assault of his three young daughters between 1996 and 1998. Dick pled guilty in 1999, and was thereafter sentenced to fifteen years to life in prison. Read full story
Sawmill Death Leads to Filing and Resolution of Case for Unlawful Worker Safety Practices
District Attorney Jill Ravitch has announced that defendant Pacific States Industries dba Redwood Empire Sawmill has resolved a civil case against it for unlawful business practices regarding worker safety laws as a result of the death of Raul Lule at the mill on April 10, 201 Read full story
Gang Member on ParoleSentenced to Prison Following High Speed Pursuit and Recovery of a Firearm
Defendant Mateo Julian Sandoval, 22 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced to a seven year four month prison term by the Honorable Dana Simonds on April 16 following his no contest plea in March of this year to charges of felony evading, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and unlawful possession of ammunition. Read full story
Guerneville Man Sentenced to 9 Months Jail for Homophobic Hate Crime
On Wednesday morning,The Honorable Peter Ottenweller sentenced defendant Vincent O’Sullivan to serve9 months in jail for a criminal threat constituting a hate crime whichO’Sullivan made in May of 2018. Read full story
April 7-13 is NationalCrime Victims’ Rights Week
OnApril 2, 2019 the Board of Supervisors approved a Gold Resolution proclaimingNational Crime Victims’ Rights Week, which is commemorated April 7–13, 2019. Read full story
Environmental ViolationsResults in $245,000 Civil Judgment forCannabis Cultivation
District Attorney Jill Ravitch announced that defendantsBlack Mountain Developers LLC, Darryl Crawford, Cold Creek Group Inc., and ClintGerber have resolved a civil environmental enforcement action with theEnvironmental and Consumer Law Division of the Sonoma County DistrictAttorney’s Office. Read full story