Monterey County District Attorney's Office
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Speakers Bureau The Speakers Bureau is a community outreach and education program that matches qualified members of the District Attorney’s staff with community groups and organizations wishing to learn more about various aspects of the criminal justice system. The program is free and available to the public. Entities such as neighborhood organizations, educational institutions, faith-based groups, and clubs or organizations should feel free to request a speaker for meeting or gathering. |
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25th Annual Victims' Dedication Ceremony
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The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office will serve as a strong voice for the community on important public safety issues. With a focus on legislative issues, the government relations team will take a proactive role in shaping laws that impact public safety. |
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Legislative Issues Assembly Bill 109 Realignment, which shifted thousands of state prison inmates to local jurisdictions. Proposition 47, which dramatically reduced the crime and consequences for drug users and thieves. Proposition 57, which eliminated prosecutors’ ability to directly send a juvenile accused of a serious or violent offense to adult court and created a new criteria for early release of prisoners from state prison. |
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Programs and Services A Victim Assistance Advocate will speak with you and determine how we can assist you. Program services are provided free of charge and there is no legal citizenship requirement to receive assistance. |
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Facility Dogs
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Upon the request of the jurisdictional law enforcement agency the
Monterey County District Attorney’s Office will investigate and
independently review an officer-involved shooting incident resulting
in injury or death, as well as all other uses of force resulting in
the death of individuals while in custody or under the control of
law enforcement officers. This review addresses whether the
officers involved committed any violation of criminal law. It
does not consider issues of civil liability, police tactics, or
department policies and procedures.
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The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office Bureau of
Investigation consists of 32 full time employees and multiple
volunteer interns. The Bureau of Investigation is managed by
Chief Investigator Ryan McGuirk who reports directly to District
Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni and has overall responsibility for
Bureau operations and resource allocation. Chief McGuirk manages the
Bureau of Investigation with the assistance of two (2) District
Attorney Captains. In addition to these command staff, the
Bureau of Investigation has twenty-four (24) Investigators, six (6)
Investigative Aides and several volunteer investigative interns.
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| Collaborative Courts | Criminal Prosecutions | Specialty Units | Fraud |
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Speakers Bureau The Speakers Bureau is a community outreach and education program that matches qualified members of the District Attorney’s staff with community groups and organizations wishing to learn more about various aspects of the criminal justice system. The program is free and available to the public. Entities such as neighborhood organizations, educational institutions, faith-based groups, and clubs or organizations should feel free to request a speaker for meeting or gathering. |
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Programs and Services A Victim Assistance Advocate will speak with you and determine how we can assist you. Program services are provided free of charge and there is no legal citizenship requirement to receive assistance. |
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Facility Dogs |
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Upon the request of the jurisdictional law enforcement
agency the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office will
investigate and independently review an officer-involved
shooting incident resulting in injury or death, as well as
all other uses of force resulting in the death of
individuals while in custody or under the control of law
enforcement officers. This review addresses whether
the officers involved committed any violation of criminal
law. It does not consider issues of civil liability,
police tactics, or department policies and procedures.
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The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office Bureau of
Investigation consists of 32 full time employees and
multiple volunteer interns. The Bureau of
Investigation is managed by Chief Investigator Ryan McGuirk
who reports directly to District Attorney Jeannine M.
Pacioni and has overall responsibility for Bureau operations
and resource allocation. Chief McGuirk manages the Bureau of
Investigation with the assistance of two (2) District
Attorney Captains. In addition to these command staff,
the Bureau of Investigation has twenty-four (24)
Investigators, six (6) Investigative Aides and several
volunteer investigative interns.
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Meet the District Attorney
Ms. Pacioni received her Bachelor of Science degree from Northern Arizona University. After receiving her Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of San Diego, School of Law in 1990, she became licensed to practice law in the states of California and Arizona. In 1990, she worked as a Deputy District Attorney for the Kern County District Attorney’s Office and in 1992 she joined the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office.
In 2001, she left to raise her family, returning after an 8-year sabbatical during which time she also served as a Grand Juror of the Monterey County Civil Grand Jury, and as President of the Junior League of Monterey County. In 2012, she joined the National Charity League of Monterey Bay, of which she has served as a member of their Board of Directors. Currently, Ms. Pacioni is a Board Member of the Monterey Rape Crisis Center, Monterey County Children’s Council and the Child Abuse Prevention Council. She is also a member of the Monterey County Bar Association and the California District Attorneys Association and the Monterey County Chief Law Enforcement Officers Association.
Ms. Pacioni has devoted her entire legal career to the pursuit of justice while handling virtually every type of criminal case prosecuted in Monterey County. For 20 years as a prosecutor, she has tenaciously represented victims of crime in numerous high-profile cases involving murder, gang crimes, vehicular manslaughter, assault, robbery, child molestation, adult sexual assault, and elder abuse. On November 21, 2019, Ms. Pacioni was recognized by the Monterey County Women's Lawyers Association as the 2019 recipient of the Lady Justice Lifetime Achievement Award for Legal Advocacy and Community Service.
In 2018, she was elected and became the first female District Attorney in Monterey County.
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CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO CARMEL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT CHARGED WITH ELECTIONS FRAUD
District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced that today her office filed four felony counts of elections fraud against Anne-Marie Lang Rosen, DOB 11/19/1962, who is currently running for election to the Board of the Carmel Unified School District. The election will occur on November 5, 2024.
ROSEN currently is a Board member for the Carmel Unified School District. On October 19, 2022, the Board passed a resolution to move from at-large elections to by-trustee area elections effective this elections cycle. ROSEN seconded the motion and voted in favor of the new Trustee Area boundary map.
The map divided the district into a total of 5 Trustee Areas. This November, voters will select one at-large Board member who will serve a two-year term elected by voters in the entire district, and three Board members from Trustee Areas 1, 3, and 5, who will serve a four-year term. Board members from these Trustee Areas must reside and be registered to vote in that Trustee Area. ROSEN is running to represent the Board in Trustee Area 5. Previously, she represented she resided at an address in Trustee Area 4, which is not up for election this November. On June 26, 2024, ROSEN changed the address on her voter registration form to an address in Trustee Area 5. On August 9, 2024, she filed her declaration of candidacy paperwork which listed her candidacy for Trustee Area 5. This paperwork claimed she resided in that Trustee Area. She declared: “I meet the statutory and constitutional qualifications for this office (including but not limited to, citizenship and residency).”
ROSEN owns the houses at both addresses in Trustee Areas 4 and 5.
On October 2, 2024, Judge Mineta of the Monterey County Superior Court directed a search of ROSEN’s two houses, one in each Trustee Area, pursuant to a search warrant which set forth facts demonstrating legal cause for the searches. The Monterey County DA Bureau of Investigation conducted the searches on October 2, 2024. The resident at the house in Trustee Area 5, a person other than ROSEN, was home and was cooperative. The search there revealed ROSEN did not reside at that address. ROSEN was home at the house in Trustee Area 4, consented to the search, and was cooperative. That search revealed that ROSEN resided at the Trustee Area 4 address.
A person who resides in Trustee Area 4 has no legal right to hold an office which requires residency in Trustee Area 5. However, the filing of charges by a district attorney can have no legal effect on the election on November 5. The ballot is now final, and voters will select the candidate of their choice from that ballot.
The District Attorney filed four counts. Count 1: Elections Code section 18203, which makes it a felony for a person to file a declaration of candidacy knowing that it or any part of it has been made falsely. Count 2: Elections Code section 18100(a), which makes it a felony to willfully cause, procure, or allow herself to be registered as a voter, knowing that she is not entitled to registration. Counts 3 and 4: California Penal Code section 115(a), which makes it a felony to knowingly procure or offer any false instrument to be filed, registered, or recorded in any public office within this state. Counts 3 and 4 are different statements of the same offenses as Counts 1 and 2.
ROSEN is scheduled to be arraigned on October 25, 2024, in Department 1 of the Monterey Superior Court.
Contact Us
Main Office
142 W. Alisal Street, Suite A, Salinas, California 93901
Monterey Office
1200 Aguajito Rd. Room 301, Monterey, California 93940
King City Office
250 Franciscan Way, King City, California 93960
Phone: (831) 755-5070
Fax: (831) 755-5068
Email: publicinformation@co.monterey.ca.us