BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] VENTURA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, CALIFORNIA. – Two Oxnard assistant police chiefs testified at a hearing on Thursday about how the decision was made to give a leader of a…
Category: Courts
More Than $4 Million Paid In Legal Costs By Ventura County for Retaliation Lawsuits Filed By Former DA Investigators
(Updated: Thursday – Legal costs paid by Ventura County to law firms for work on the Joseph Cipollini case were obtained today and are listed below. These legal costs indicate that, so…
Hearing Postponed for Community Activist Who Got Five Jaywalking Tickets During Protest March
VENTURA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, CALIF. – The hearing on a motion to dismiss five jaywalking tickets given to an Oxnard community activist during a protest march against police brutality and abuse was postponed until…
Ohio Supreme Court Suspends Lawyer For Having Sex With His Client’s Wife
OHIO – In 1977, James D. Owen began representing Robert Caulley who had been accused of murdering his parents three years earlier. Owen was hired to research a false confession defense in…
Oxnard’s Assistant Police Chief Will Testify at Jaywalking Hearing Against Community Activist
VENTURA CALIFORNIA — A high ranking Oxnard police officer will testify at the hearing of Francisco Romero, a community activist who claims that he was given five jaywalking tickets because he is a vocal…
Cancer Researcher Physician Agrees to Pay $475,000 for Filing False Claims; Whistleblower to Receive $80,000
CHICAGO—A former cancer research physician at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Center for Cancer in Chicago will pay $475,000 to the federal government to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit, officials announced…
Critic of Police Brutality Wasn’t Targeted When He Was Given Five Jaywalking Tickets During a Protest March, Cops Testified
VENTURA CALIFORNIA — Two Oxnard police officers testified Wednesday that community activist Francisco Romero wasn’t targeted when he was given five citations a year ago for jaywalking during a protest march against police brutality….
Sheriff’s Deputy Killed on Highway 101 While Making a Traffic Stop
VENTURA, CALIFORNIA – A Ventura County Sheriff’s Deputy was killed Tuesday after being struck by a vehicle during a traffic stop. Deputy Eugene Kostiuchenko initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle on…
Former Police Officer Sentenced to 25 Years for Sexually Assaulting Two Women
RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA – A former officer with the San Bernardino Police Department was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for forcing two women to perform sex acts while he was on…
A Dozen Oxnard Officers to Testify About Jaywalking Tickets Given to Vocal Critic of Police Brutality
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ American Justice Notebook Reporter VENTURA, CALIFORNIA — A defense lawyer wants a judge to dismiss the year-old jaywalking case – the People vs. Francisco Romero – because, he says, Oxnard…
Three Convicted for Stealing Millions of Dollars from the BP Oil Spill Fund
BIRMINGHAM—A federal jury on Monday convicted three people of conspiracy and fraud for their family run scheme to steal more than $3 million from the claims fund that was set up by…
Criticism Over Police Fatal Shootings Continues as Calls for a Police Oversight Committee Increase
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ American Justice Notebook Reporter OXNARD, CALIFORNIA — The jaywalking case – the People vs. Francisco Romero – has lingered in the Ventura County courts for a year. The court…