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District Attorney Ravitch Issues Notice: Looters and Price Gougers Will Be Prosecuted
DistrictAttorney Jill Ravitch today issued a warning to anyone targeting those affectedby the recent flooding in Sonoma County, “California law protects peopleimpacted by a state of emergency. Looting is theft, which is alwaysagainst the law. However, during a time of emergency additional legalprotections exist against price gouging on gas, food, housing, and otheressential supplies. I encourage anyone who has been the victim of pricegouging, or who has information regarding potential price gouging, toimmediately file a complaint by contacting local law enforcement or myoffice. Be advised that any looting or price gouging related to thisweek’s flooding will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” Read full story
Convicted Murderer Vernon Bragg Denied Parole
CaliforniaDepartment of Corrections and Rehabilitation inmate Vernon Bragg, 65 years oldof Guerneville, was given a three year denial of parole by the State ofCalifornia Board of Parole Hearings following a hearing yesterday morning atthe California Medical Facility, Vacaville. Read full story
Santa RosaMan Receives Life SentenceFor Sexually Assaulting A Child During Rohnert ParkBurglary
Defendant NoahLuke Holland, 22 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced today to 25 years tolife in prison by the Honorable Bradford DeMeo for crimes committed against achild during the commission of a residential burglary. Read full story
Man Pleads no Contest to Murdering his Fatherand Wife
Defendant Dalton James Carlson, 33 years old of Santa Rosa, entered pleas of no contest today to two counts of 1st degree murder in connection with the February 2017 killing of his wife Jessica Carlson, age 37, and his father Dale Carlson, age 57. Read full story
Healdsburg Man Convicted of Second Degree Murder DeniedParole for Ninth Time
On February 1,2019, the California Board of Prison Terms denied parole for the ninth time to59 year old Roberto Amador Llompart, who was convicted of the 2nddegree murder of Michael Wayne Cochran in 1990. Read full story
Contractor Sentenced to 6 Years Prison for Committing Elder Fraud
DefendantWilliam Edward Hail III, 44 years old of Petaluma, was sentenced today by theHonorable Christopher Honigsberg to serve six years in state prison afterhaving been found guilty last month by a jury of committing five felony countsof theft from two elderly victims. Read full story
Mother-Son Pimping and Pandering Duo Sentenced
Defendant DavidRomesburg, 38 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced today by the HonorableBradford DeMeo to serve 16 years in the California Department of Correctionsand Rehabilitation after having pled no contest in August of last year tofelony charges of pimping, pandering, and money laundering. Read full story
Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Child Molest Conviction
DefendantArturo Blancas-Lopez, 51 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced today by theHonorable Robert Laforge to sixteen years in state prison after having pled nocontest in November of last year to two felony charges of Forcible Lewd Actswith a Minor Under the Age of Fourteen. Read full story
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month
January is designated as National Human Trafficking Awareness Month. The annual event has been recognized since January 2010 in an effort to bring attention to the epidemic of human trafficking in this country. Read full story
Chronic Car Thief Convicted by Jury
District Attorney Jill Ravitch has announced that defendant Sergio Espinoza-Villalobos, 23 years old of Santa Rosa, was found guilty today by a Sonoma County jury of driving or taking a motor vehicle without consent, his fourth conviction for such conduct in the last 14 months. Read full story