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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Press Releases
SALINAS MAN CONVICTED BY JURY OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE
People v. Bryan Perez Lustre 23CR004290
10/27/2023 3:15 PM
MARINA DAYCARE EMPLOYEE SENTENCED IN FELONY CHILD ABUSE CASE
People v Christine Marie Aiello, 23CR005073
10/27/2023 3:13 PM
JURY CONVICTS SALINAS MAN FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF SALINAS POLICE OFFICER JORGE DAVID ALVARADO
People v Gustavo Matias Morales; 22CR002018
10/24/2023 4:57 PM
CASTROVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR COMMITTING SEX ACTS UPON A MINOR
People v. Clemente Magana Alanis, Case No. 22CR007631
10/24/2023 2:19 PM
SALINAS MAN SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING TWO CHILDREN
People v Armando Aleman Perez, 22CR007240
10/13/2023
NO CHARGES FILED IN CARMEL ALTERCATION
10/06/2023 3:22 PM
SALINAS MAN FOUND GUILTY OF POSSESSION OF CONCEALED FIREARMS
10/02/2023 5:30 PM
SAN DIEGO MAN SENTENCED TO 22 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CHILD MOLESTATION
People v David Rivera Ayala, 21CR005660
10/02/2023 5:28 PM
BOARD OF PAROLE HEARINGS GRANTS PAROLE FOR THE FOURTH TIME TO JOSE VELASQUEZ WHO WAS CONVICTED OF A 1966 MURDER SPREE
Case No: CR593, CR594
10/02/2023 5:27 PM
SALINAS MAN CONVICTED BY JURY OF COMMITTING SEXUAL PENETRATION, ORAL COPULATION, AND FORCIBLE LEWD ACTS ON TWO CHILDREN UNDER 10 YEARS OLD
People v Gabriel Porfirio Lopez, 22CR008608
09/26/2023 3:47 PM
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SALINAS MAN SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CHILD MOLESTATION
People v Alejandro Acosta Romero 22CR000094
09/20/2023 10:57 AM
SALINAS MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TWO COUNTS OF CHILD MOLESTATION
People v Oscar Gonzalez Padilla 23CR004013
09/20/2023 10:56 AM
MARINA MAN SENTENCED TO 75 YEARS TO LIFE IN STATE PRISON FOR MULTIPLE SEX ACTS AGAINST TWO MINORS UNDER AGE 10
People v. Keo Van Do, Monterey County Case No. 21CR003165
09/15/2023
SAN JOSE MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON FOR COMMITTING FORCIBLE SEX ACTS UPON A MINOR
People v. Jose Jimenez Gomez, Monterey County Case No. SS070593A
09/15/2023
SALINAS DRUG DEALER FOUND GUILTY OF POSSESSION FOR SALES OF MULTIPLE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
09/15/2023
SALINAS WOMAN PLEADS NO CONTEST TO WELFARE FRAUD
People v. Celene Alvarado-Pineda: 23CR002164
09/13/2023
SALINAS MAN SENTENCED TO 28 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THREE COUNTS OF CHILD MOLESTATION INVOLVING TWO VICTIMS
People v Marco Ramirez Serna 21CR004308
09/05/2023 9:29 AM
SALINAS MAN SENTENCED TO 36 YEARS FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF A MINOR FOR COMMERCIAL SEX PURPOSES, USE OF A MINOR TO CREATE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, DISSUADING A WITNESS FROM REPORTING A CRIME, AND SEXUAL ASSA
People v. Kevin Michael Chappell, Monterey County Case No. 22CR002723
09/05/2023 9:28 AM
MARINA MAN SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON FOR MEETING A MINOR WITH INTENT TO COMMIT A SEXUAL OFFENSE
People v. Jace West Esquivel, Case No. 22CR004035
08/25/2023 3:33 PM
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