News & Press Releases

On September 20, 2023, the Honorable Judge Barbara Kronlund of the San Joaquin County Superior Court approved a settlement to resolve a civil law enforcement action against Dollar Tree. The settlement was entered in conjunction with forty-eight District Attorney and two City Attorney offices from around the state and requires, among other things, for Dollar Tree to conduct multiple annual waste audits at each of its Distribution Centers in California over the next five years.

September 12, 2023, Richard Fernandez, 36, of Stockton, was arraigned and officially charged in a sideshow-related Incident.

Stockton- In partnership with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and five other District Attorneys throughout California, today a settlement was announced with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (“Kaiser”) resolving allegations that the healthcare provider unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste, medical waste, and protected health information at Kaiser facilities statewide.

Larry Galicinao, 38, of Stockton, was sentenced to 28 years to life in State Prison by The Hon. Judge Richard Mallett. Galiciano was convicted of an attack where he doused two victims with gasoline and lit them on fire, causing horrific injuries.

Today, August 4, 2023, the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office Charged Sunthawon Savon, 20, on eight counts in the shooting of a Stockton Police Sergeant, and the carjacking of Sam Ol-Touch.

On August 2, 2023, a settlement to resolve a civil law enforcement action against Albertsons Companies, Inc., was entered by the Superior Court in San Joaquin County. The settlement was entered in conjunction with the District Attorney Offices of San Joaquin County, San Bernardino County, and Yolo County.

Jesus Solano Ocampo, 33, of Galt Sentenced to 9 Years in State Prison for transportation and sale of fentanyl and possession of other drugs for sale

Today, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved District Attorney Ron Freitas’s request for the County’s first-ever F.I.R.S.T Unit: Fentanyl Intervention and Response Safety Team.

On July 6, 2023, Lorenzo Ortega Ochoa, aka Lorenzo Ochoa Vital, 57, pled guilty to the theft of AT&T copper wire in Acampo.