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Guest blog: Recent changes to the sex registration law July 23, 2021 Friday, July 23, 2021 Guest blog: Recent changes to the sex registration law As of January 1, of this year, a new law made some significant changes to Penal Code section 290 that can lead to many new questions about sex registration in California. Some of those questions may include: What are tiers? What is going to happen to a…
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Guest blog: Katie Gilbertson from SAFE FJC talks about Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month February 17, 2022 Thursday, February 17, 2022 Guest blog: Katie Gilbertson from SAFE FJC talks about Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. This month, we have a guest blog article with thoughts and comments about teen dating violence from Katie Gilbertson,…
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Guest blog: Know the Signs of Gift Card Scams December 28, 2022 Scams have been around for as long as we can remember. People have been known to commit fraud against one another for thousands of years. Some say the first scam was between two Greek sea merchants in 300 BC. Why do people keep getting swindled? Well, scammers can be clever in the ways that they take advantage of others. Also, it is…
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Riverside County program in place to REACH human trafficking victims January 26, 2022 Reflect, Emerge, Act, Choose, Hope takes a proactive approach to helping trafficking victims As National Human Trafficking Awareness Month is coming to an end, we want to let you know about a program here in Riverside County that is taking a proactive approach to helping victims of human trafficking. REACH is an…
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Our Victims' Memorial Wall -- A Place of Reflection and Remembrance April 30, 2021 Like so many others who have lost someone they love to violent crime, Jacqueline Creeach never got the chance to tell her mother or her aunt goodbye or that she loved them before they died. As she stood near where their names are now forever etched on our Victims’ Memorial Wall, Jacqueline paused. “It’s weird to…
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Meet four of our local Crime Prevention Unit youth who attended a national mentoring summit in Washington DC August 24, 2022 Recently, four youth ages 12-16 from across Riverside County who are part of the DA’s Crime Prevention Unit (CPU) outreach had the unique opportunity to take part in a Youth Mentoring Summit in our nation’s capital. They were accompanied by CPU and SAFE Family Justice…
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On National Intern Day, get to know one of our college interns – Isaiah Banuelos July 27, 2022 Isaiah Banuelos says he was kind of “tricked” into joining the mock trial team at his high school just a few years ago. Little did he know at the time, but that little twist of fate now has completely changed his life. While a freshman at Patriot High School in the Jurupa Valley in Riverside County,…
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Our Summer Law School Students Learn Firsthand About Becoming Prosecutors July 27, 2021 Interns. Far too often, they end up just doing menial, boring tasks that don’t benefit them at all in their attempt to gain valuable experience. That is not at the case here at the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. We put our summer law school student interns to work. We want them to leave here with…
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Our Summer Law School Students Learn Firsthand About Becoming Prosecutors July 27, 2021 Interns. Far too often, they end up just doing menial, boring tasks that don’t benefit them at all in their attempt to gain valuable experience. That is not at the case here at the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. We put our summer law school student interns to work. We want them to leave here with…
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Case dismissals continue to occur countywide November 14, 2022 COUNTYWIDE – Riverside County Superior Court judges have dismissed more than 600 criminal court cases since Oct. 10, 2022. More than half of those cases were dismissed by judges in the Larson Justice Center in Indio. Criminal cases are being dismissed throughout the county; however, most case dismissals have been in the eastern…