July 15, 2011
Report on the Non-Fatal Shooting of Phillip G. Guevara by Senior Officer Scott Varner of the Santa Paula Police Department on October 6, 2010
Notable Cases
Historical cases of interest prosecuted in Ventura County.
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2011 People v. Ricardo Villa
Victim Beatrice Bellis, age 87, was deaf and functionally mute. She lived at the Mar Vista apartment complex, an elder care facility located in Port Hueneme, California. In June 1993, an unknown assailant slipped into her unlocked apartment, stabbed her repeatedly with a large kitchen knife, and raped her as she bled to death. The perpetrator cleaned up in the bathroom then fled from the building in the dead of night. Despite an intense investigation and neighborhood canvass, the Port Hueneme Police Department was initially unable to develop evidence leading to a culpable suspect.
March 23, 2011
Report on the shooting of Juan Luis Reyes by Oxnard Detective Edward Baldwin on March 17, 2010
March 3, 2011
Report on the Fatal Shooting of Timothy Chacon by Oxnard Police Officer Zachary Stiles on May 24, 2010
Human Trafficking
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February 2, 2011
Report on the Fatal Shooting of Daniel Chilson by Ventura Police Officers on November 15, 2009
2011 People v. Target Corporation
The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office’s Consumer and Environmental Unit, with 19 other California District Attorneys, the California Attorney General, and the city attorneys in San Diego and Los Angeles settled a civil law enforcement action filed against Target Corporation.
December 30, 2010
Report on the Pursuit and Officer-Involved Shooting Death of Silas Carpenter by Officers of the Oxnard Police Department on December 23, 2009
December 17, 2010
Report on the Death of Charles Torrence During his Arrest and Detention by Officers of the Simi Valley Police Department on July 17, 2009