Press Releases
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Join Empower Yolo in partnership with the Yolo County District Attorney's Office for our “Weights & Waffles” event. In recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Crime Victims’ Rights Week we are co-hosting this event to raise awareness and work...
Sacramento Man Convicted of Striking and Injuring Multiple People with His Car and Fleeing the Scene
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – March 23, 2018 – Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that on March 22, 2018 a Yolo County jury convicted 38-year-old Sacramento man Kareem Kento Washington of a number of crimes that occurred on August 22, 2017,...
Yolo County DA Enforces New Cannabis Laws
Cannabis Landlords & Cultivators Admit Liability, Pay Penalties Press Release The People v. Virgrow Organics Inc. The People v. Virgrow Organics Inc. - Complaint | The People v. Virgrow Organics Inc. - Final Judgment The People v. Green Dream Farms Inc. The People...
Yolo County DA’s Office Celebrates National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 8-14
Press Release (Woodland CA) — March 16, 2018 - Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig and Yolo County District Attorney Victim Services Program will commemorate 2018 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) with the 12th Annual Crime Victims’ Tribute. This...
District Attorney Announces Plans to Partner with Public Defender to Expedite Relief to Those with Marijuana Convictions Affected by Proposition 64
Press Release (Woodland, CA) - March 13, 2018 - Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced plans to partner with the Public Defender to expedite relief to those with Yolo County marijuana convictions affected by Proposition 64. This will be a collaborative...
Home Depot to Pay $27.84 Million Settlement for Environmental and Customer Privacy Violations
Stores throughout the State, including two in Yolo County, illegally disposed of hazardous wastes and confidential customer records Press Release | Filed Complaint | Final Judgment (Woodland, CA) – March 8, 2018 – Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig, California...
Yolo County District Attorney Continues To Support Internal Conviction Integrity Program
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – March 7, 2018 – The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office continues to fund and support a Conviction Integrity Unit to review post conviction assertions of innocence. The review unit was first launched in Yolo County in 2014. At that...
Woodland Man Found Guilty of Sexual Assault While Giving Massages
Press Release (Woodland, CA) – March 6, 2018 - District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that today a Yolo County jury found Rodwin Yamsone Vibat, 45, of Woodland, guilty of multiple counts of Sexual Battery, arising from Mr. Vibat’s work as a massage therapist in...
Woodland Man Found Guilty of Rape of a Minor and Child Molestation
Press Release (Woodland, CA) February 26, 2018 - District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that on Tuesday, February 20, the Honorable David Rosenberg found 34-year-old Woodland man Rene Nicolas Munoz guilty of 17 Counts of Rape of a Minor, 21 Counts of Child...
Six More Defendants Indicted in Multi-Agency Investigation Into Coordinated Criminal Activity Centered in Woodland
Press Release SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned five indictments today against six additional defendants arrested as part of last week’s multi-agency coordinated series of searches and arrests throughout Northern California, U.S. Attorney McGregor W....