News & Press Releases

Today, the Manteca Rotary Club honored San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office Bureau of Investigations Investigator Josh Gillespie as the recipient of the Don I. Asher Memorial Officer of the Year Award.

The San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office, in commemoration of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), will be raising awareness April 24-30, 2022 about crime victims’ issues, rights, and introduce the community to important resources.

The San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office, in commemoration of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, will be raising awareness April 24-30, 2022 about crime victims’ issues, rights, and introduce the community to important resources.

Today, District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar announced that defendant Anthony Gray, 52, was arraigned on murder charges in the death of a 15-year-old Stagg High School student.

Today, District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar, members of the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office and Family Justice Center joined Women’s Center Youth and Family Services in their “Teal Sand Project” in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Today, District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar has endorsed California State Senator Shannon Grove’s bill, Senate Bill 1042. This bill will include human trafficking with crimes that, defined by the penal code, to be “serious” and “violent” under California law.

Today, District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar announced defendant Robert Elmo Lee, 83 of Lodi, was found guilty of first-degree murder with a special circumstance of murder for financial gain in his role in the shooting death of Dr. Thomas Shock, a Lodi podiatrist.

Today, San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar announced co-defendants Christina Lyn Garner, 42, and Jeremy Wayne Jones, 49, were arraigned on murder charges with a special circumstance alleging the victim, Justin Peoples, was intentionally killed because of his race, color, religion, nationality, or country of origin. It is further alleged that weapons, including a firearm, were used to commit the murder. Defendant Christopher Dimenco, 58, was arraigned on accessory charges.

On March 15, 2022, District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar announced defendant Afzal Khan, 43, of Lodi was convicted of one count of contacting a minor to commit lewd and lascivious acts or serious felony and one count of arranging a meeting with a minor for lewd purposes.

In 2020, the California Department of Justice and DPR filed a lawsuit alleging that Alpine violated laws prohibiting pesticide drift, endangering the public’s health and safety. Separately, District Attorney Verber Salazar filed a lawsuit against the company, and the two cases were later consolidated. Today’s decision finds in their favor, determining that Alpine failed to apply pesticides in accordance with industry standards.