Press Releases
DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FORMS NEW UNIT TO IDENTIFY AND RECTIFY WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS
07/27/2021 2:26 PM
MONTEREY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CONTINUES ENFORCEMENT AGAINST UNLICENSED CANNABIS CULTIVATORS
07/27/2021 11:30 AM
WATSONVILLE MAN PLEADS NO CONTEST IN DOUBLE FATALITY DUI COLLISION
People v. Joel Gonzalez; 20CR008474
07/22/2021 9:59 AM
DISTRICT ATTORNEY RELEASES FACTS CONCERNING OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING ON JULY 16, 2021
07/20/2021 3:26 PM
MARINA MAN FOUND GUILTY OF FELONY VANDALISM AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL
People v. Adrian Alderete; 21CR002200
07/16/2021 4:48 PM
PRUNEDALE MAN RECEIVES NINE-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR ASSAULT CAUSING GREAT BODILY INJURY AND ATTEMPTING TO DISSUADE A VICTIM FROM PROSECUTING A CRIME
People v. Severiano Negrete, Jr.; Case No. 20CR003269
07/14/2021 8:55 AM
37-YEAR-OLD SALINAS MAN SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS IN PRISON FOR POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
People v. Jose Nunez; 19CR009589
07/09/2021 10:10 AM
SALINAS MAN SENTENCED TO 38 YEARS IN PRISON FOR MULTIPLE ACTS OF CHILD MOLESTATION
People v. Marvin Mejia Aristides Castillo; 21CR001130
07/09/2021 10:09 AM
SAN JOSE MAN SENTENCED TO 60 YEARS TO LIFE FOR MURDER
Contact: Nana Knight, Deputy District Attorney Telephone: 831-759-6789
07/09/2021 10:07 AM
VISALIA MAN CHARGED WITH NOVEMBER 1999 COLD-CASE MURDER OF SALINAS CAR DEALERSHIP OWNER
People v. Jimmy Torres Rodriguez; Case No. 21CR005391
07/09/2021 10:03 AM
DISTRICT ATTORNEY SETTLES MARINE PROTECTED AREA CASE
People v. Sophia Fisheries, Inc., et al; Case No. 21CV001838
07/09/2021 9:59 AM
NUEVA LEY REQUIERE QUE EL DEPARTAMENTO DE JUSTICIA DE CALIFORNIA INVESTIGUE A FUNCIONARIOS INVOLUCRADOS EN TIROTEOS CONTRA CIVILES DESARMADOS
07/07/2021 9:57 AM
NEW LAW REQUIRES THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO INVESTIGATE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS OF UNARMED CIVILIANS
Implementation of a new law, AB 1506, went into effect on July 1, 2021
07/07/2021 9:54 AM
SALINAS MAN CONVICTED OF TORTURE AND MAYHEM SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
People v. Donovan Johnson; 18CR010752
07/02/2021 3:21 PM
CHARLES LAFFERTY SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR HIGHWAY PROJECTILE INCIDENTS
People v. Charles Kenneth Lafferty, Case No. 20CR000687
06/29/2021 1:14 PM
FORMERLY CONVICTED MURDERER’S CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED UNDER NEW LAW REQUIRING THE PROSECUTION TO RE-PROVE HIS GUILT BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT 38 YEARS AFTER ORIGINAL TRIAL
People v. Alfred Johnson, MCR4898
06/28/2021 8:25 AM
39-YEAR-OLD SALINAS MAN FOUND GUILTY OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING THREE VICTIMS
People v Ignacio Ramirez; 19CR001596
06/24/2021 9:38 AM
DA FILES CRIMINAL AND CIVIL COMPLAINTS RELATED TO TWO SALINAS-AREA PREDATORY TOWING SCHEMES
People v. Mark Gunderson, Case No. 21CR004891; People v. Mark Gunderson, et al., Case No. 21CV001996; People v. Marco Damian, Case No. 21CR004890; People v. Marco Damian dba MD Towing, Case No. 21CV001995
06/24/2021 9:30 AM
CASTROVILLE UNLICENSED CONTRACTOR SENTENCED FOR FAILING TO CARRY WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE
People v. Marco Polo DeLaRosa Zesati; 18CR010359
06/16/2021 11:43 AM
CASTROVILLE MAN SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON FOR FELONY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
People v. Joel Anthony Cervantes; 20CR006576
06/16/2021 11:41 AM