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Central Coast woman sentenced for embezzling more than $750,000

Written on 25 Jun, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Ventura County judge sentenced a Central Coast woman to four years and four months in prison for embezzling more than $750,000, much of which she used to live a lavish lifestyle.  In Oct. 2016, Neydi Garcia... (Continue reading)

Central Coast man convicted of extortion, distributing nude photos of ex-girlfriend

Written on 31 Mar, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A jury convicted a Central Coast man of stalking and extorting his ex-girlfriend, as well distributing nude photos of her — pictures that accompanied sex ads. Following their break up in 2019, Jason Anthony Arnold, 52, of... (Continue reading)

Ex-Central Coast track coach gets prison time for sexting student-athlete

Written on 2 Dec, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A judge sentenced a former Central Coast high school track coach on Friday to two years in prison for text messaging sexually explicit material to an underage student-athlete. In 2022, while serving as track coach at Pacifica... (Continue reading)

Central Coast mother convicted of torturing and murdering her toddler

Written on 12 Dec, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

An Oxnard mother who had twice lost custody of her young daughter tortured and murdered her three-year-old girl in 2015, a Ventura County Jury decided on Monday. [Cal Coast Times] The jury convicted Mayra Alejandra Chavez of second-degree murder, torture... (Continue reading)

Ventura man imprisoned 34 years freed after DNA tested

Written on 25 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

A Ventura man who was imprisoned for 34 years for murder was released Monday after DNA evidence was found not to belong to either him or his alleged accomplice. While in prison, the convicted inmate married a Paso Robles woman.... (Continue reading)

Eight arrested for mortgage fraud

Written on 1 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Federal and Ventura County authorities arrested eight people Wednesday for operating a mortgage fraud scheme that made them significant money while causing bank losses of more than $11 million. Investigators with the Ventura County District Attorney’s office discovered that members... (Continue reading)