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Suspected Serial Killer Charged with 1977 Murders in Ventura County
News Conference Scheduled for Thursday, August 8, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. Investigators from the Ventura County Cold Case Unit have arrested Warren Luther Alexander, 73 of Diamondhead, Mississippi; on three counts of murder, related to a series of strangulation murders that occurred in 1977. The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office...
Diamondhead man arrested in California in relation to 1977 cold cases
A Diamondhead man previously charged in a North Carolina cold case is now facing three murder charges in California dating back to the late 1970s. Warren Alexander facing these charges in Ventura County, California, just west of Los Angeles. Those cases happened in 1977. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office says...
County supervisors agree to $1.3M price for flood-damaged home north of Ventura
Ventura County supervisors this week agreed to move forward with plans to potentially buy a flood-damaged home north of Ventura. Storms over the past two winters have pummeled a creekside neighborhood near Foster Park, leading to repeated flooding. Plans call for clearing sediment and debris from Coyote Creek and rebuilding the channel to...
Invasive Fruit Fly Quarantines Lifted in Southern California, Including Culver City
Thanks to the cooperation and diligence of California residents and local agricultural officials, CDFA, working in coordination with the USDA, the Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner, and Ventura County Agricultural Commissioner, has declared an end to the Mediterranean and Queensland fruit fly quarantines in Southern California following eradication of the two invasive species.
Photo Essay: Piru's Newhall Mansion is a 130-Year-Old Queen Anne Design in a 40-Year-Old Body
I first became intrigued with the Ventura County town of Piru because of its position in the path of the St. Francis Dam flood. (It's also home to a filming location from the music video to "Hot Legs" by Rod Stewart.) But then my interest was piqued even further when...
California Farm Workers Demand Exact Location in Pesticide Regulation
More than 23 members of CAPS 805, the Ventura County branch of Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR), traveled from Ojai, Ventura, Oxnard, and Port Hueneme to Shafter, CA, to participate in a California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) hearing. They called for growers to disclose the exact location and time of pesticide applications.
Two Ventura County Men Sentenced for Crime Spree Involving Taco Truck Vendor and Small Businesses
LOS ANGELES, California - Two Ventura County men were sentenced to federal prison terms for their involvement in a crime spree that included extorting a taco truck vendor, robbing two small businesses, and fraudulently using stolen debit and credit cards. Oscar Aguirre Silva, 31, of Ventura, received a 72-month sentence from United States District Judge Hernán D. Vera, who also ordered him to pay $2,941 in restitution. Silva pleaded guilty on April 25 to multiple charges, including interference with commerce by extortion and robbery, bank fraud, attempted bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft. At a separate hearing, Judge Vera sentenced...
Alleged Serial Killer Extradicted To Ventura County
Photos courtesy Ventura County District Attorney) A 73-year-old Mississippi man is in the Ventura County Jail charged with murdering three women in Ventura County some 47 years ago. Prosecutors say DNA evidence allegedly links Warren Luther Alexander to the 1977 strangulation deaths of Kimberly Carol Fritz, Velvet Ann Sanchez, and...
DNA credited for cracking open three Ventura County murders from 1977
DNA evidence is being credited for cracking open three nearly 50-year-old cold-case murders in Ventura County. The Ventura County District Attorney's Office announced it had extradited a 73-year-old Mississippi man this week after investigators linked him to the strangulation deaths of Kimberly Carol Fritz, Lorraine Ann Rodriguez and Velvet Ann Sanchez...
Roundup: Arrests made in Ventura attempted kidnapping and Oxnard holdup on bus
1 arrested after attempted kidnapping in Ventura An Oxnard man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of an attempted kidnapping on Ventura's westside a day earlier. The Ventura Police Department said...
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