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District Attorney - County of Sonoma STEPHAN R. PASSALACQUA
SONOMA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

600 ADMINISTRATION DRIVE, RM 212-J
SANTA ROSA, CA 95403 (707) 565-2311

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2009 PRESS RELEASES

11/19/2009	Guilty Plea In Fatal Highway 101 Wrongway DUI Crash
11/19/2009	Longtime Employee Admits Embezzling From Petaluma Company
11/17/2009	Drum Teacher Will Face Trial For Molesting His Student
11/16/2009	Pimp Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For His Role In Prostitution Sting
11/16/2009	Santa Rosa Man Sentenced To Life Term For Attempted Rape Of An Elderly Woman
11/10/2009	DNA Cold Hit Leads To Conviction
11/10/2009	Prison Sentence For Inmate Who Threatened Corrections Officer
11/05/2009	Plumber Admits Stealing Over $1 Million Through Real Estate Loan Fraud And Elder Fraud
11/04/2009	Careers Of Distinction Honors Retired Assistant D.A. Larry Scoufos
11/03/2009	District Attorney Releases Second Report to the People
11/03/2009	Cotati Man Guilty Of Child Pornography And Molestation Charges
11/03/2009	Soccer Coach To Face Trial For Sex Charges
10/23/2009	No Criminal Liability In Jail Death
10/15/2009	Murder Conviction And Torture Allegations Upheld
10/12/2009	October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
10/09/2009	Palm Drive Health Care District Board Not In Violation
09/30/2009	Man Charged With Felony Sexual Assault Against Elderly Victim In Cold-Hit DNA Case
09/29/2009	Parolee Guilty Of Possessing Counterfeit Currency
09/29/2009	New Charges Filed In April South Park Murder
09/24/2009	Judge Hands Down Stiff Sentence In Maxwell Park Gang Slaying
09/18/2009	No Criminal Liability In Jail Death Of Samuel Castillo-Martinez
09/18/2009	Elder Caretaker Guilty Of Sexual Assault On Senior
09/18/2009	"Cold-Hit" DNA Rape Case Results In 12-Year Prison Sentence
09/14/2009	Family Justice Center Of Sonoma County Selected For California Family Justice Initiative
09/08/2009	First Degree Murder Convictions Upheld On Appeal Of 2005 Multiple Defendant Gang Case
09/02/2009	Child Molester To Serve 28 Year Prison Term
08/28/2009	Guilty Plea In 2006 Knife Attack
08/27/2009	Guilty Verdict On Attempted Murder And Possession Of Stolen Firearm
08/27/2009	Felony Charges In Brinks Armored Car Robberies
08/21/2009	$2 Million Settlement In Environmental Protection Action Against U-Haul Corporation Of California
08/19/2009	Starbucks Pays $ 225,000 To Settle Consumer Protection Case For Gift Card Violations
08/18/2009	Sex Offender Jonathan Johnson Sentenced
08/11/2009	Family Justice Center Receives A Half Million Donation Community Foundation Establishes Family Justice Center Fund
08/10/2009	Press Conference Update: SCRAM (Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Program)
07/30/2009	Press Conference Introducing SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor)
07/27/2009	Jury Convicts On Charge Of 1st Degree Murder
07/24/2009	Jury Finds Monte Rio Man Guilty Of Murder In Domestic Violence Case
07/10/2009	North Bay Arsonists Sentenced
07/02/2009	Elder Protection Summit Held In Oakmont
06/30/2009	District Attorneys Urge Governor Schwarzenegger To Cancel Plans to Reduce Felony Crimes To Misdemeanors
06/22/2009	Family Justice Center Kick Off Planning Event Held With Funds From California Endowment Grant
06/04/2009	Sonoma County Sheriff's Department And California Forensic Medical Group Cleared In Inmate Death
06/02/2009	California Supreme Court Affirms Death Penalty Conviction For Killer Of Polly Klaas
05/22/2009	No Criminal Liability In Shooting Death By Santa Rosa Police Officers
05/19/2009	Timber Operator Convicted Of False Insurance Coverage
05/08/2009	Officer Legally Justified in Shooting Death of Rohnert Park Woman
05/05/2009	Crime Victims Honored At 6th Annual National Crime Victims' Rights Luncheon
05/04/2009	Cotati Man Charged with Nine Felony Counts For Roadside Assaults Of woman
05/01/2009	California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. To Speak At Victims’ Rights Luncheon
04/23/2009	CAL OSHA Violations Of Unsafe Working Conditions Causing Death Of An Employee Result In Felony Conviction For Roofing Company Owner
04/23/2009	Community Forum On Underage Drinking
04/17/2009	Officers Legally Justified In Use Of Deadly Force When Fired Upon By Wanted Parolee
04/14/2009	Judge Dismisses Jury's Guilty Verdict in Sexual Assault Case
04/14/2009	25th Anniversary of Victims of Crime Act
04/13/2009	Jury Returns Guilty Verdict In Petaluma Murder
04/07/2009	Conviction For Second Degree Murder, Elder Abuse & Arson Upheld on Appeal In Killing Of Mother
04/07/2009	No Criminal Liability In Jail Suicide
03/27/2009	Jury Finds Defendant Guilty of Assault With Intent To Commit Sex Offense In Cotati
03/13/2009	Jail Sentence For Land Owner And Contractor In Atascadero Creek Clearing Case
03/11/2009	No Criminal Liability In Jail Death
03/10/2009	Gang Prevention Program Expanded To Reach Petaluma Youth
02/25/2009	Parole Board Accepts Stipulation By Convicted Murderer, Larry Bunke, That He Is Unsuitable For Parole
02/24/2009	Convicted Murderer, Roger Hill, Denied Parole
02/20/2009	Former Police Officer And Fire Captain Sentenced To Prison
02/19/2009	Candlelight Vigil For Domestic Violence Victims Held In Guerneville
02/11/2009	DNA Cold Hit Leads To Arrest In 2007 Sexual Assault
02/05/2009	Self-proclaimed Spiritual Advisor Convicted Of Domestic Violence
02/02/2009	Prison Sentences In Vicious Beating Of Two Disabled Men
01/27/2009	Sebastopol Man Sentenced To 160 Years To Life For Molesting His Two Stepdaughters
01/23/2009	Ex-JV Soccer Coach Sentenced
01/21/2009	North Bay Rapist Who Kidnapped Young Mother And Child Sentenced To Multiple Life Terms
01/16/2009	Man Convicted Of Sexually Assaulting Daughter’s Friend
01/14/2009	Illegal Dumping Case Results in Criminal Conviction
01/14/2009	Home Care Worker Sentenced To Three Years And Eight Months For Elder Neglect
01/14/2009	Rapist Denied Parole Under New Marcy's Law
01/09/2009	Human Trafficking Awareness Day Proclaimed In Sonoma County

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