Here is a roundup of recent incidents and announcements from Ventura County agencies:

Driver pleads guilty to fatal DUI

VENTURA — The driver in a crash on the 101 Freeway that killed a 16-year-old Ventura girl last year pleaded guilty to felony charges Thursday in Ventura County Superior Court.

Nelson Manuel Rivas, 23, of Oxnard, pleaded guilty to intoxicated manslaughter and driving under the influence causing serious bodily harm, with enhancements, prosecutor Kelsey Einhorn of the office of the Ventura County District Attorney.

Rivas was driving a southbound Nissan Sentra on the 101 in June 2021 when the car veered off the road and rolled down an embankment south of Victoria Avenue. Chloe Arbuckle, 16, was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene. A 17-year-old girl who was also ejected from the car suffered serious injuries.

Rivas had been charged with additional crimes and previously pleaded not guilty to all counts.

The remaining charges will be dismissed at a sentencing hearing scheduled for 9 a.m. on August 9 in Courtroom 23. He could face up to five years and eight months in prison, Einhorn said.

A motorcycle accident near Lake Casitas brings a helicopter

VENTURA COUNTY — A motorcycle accident near the entrance to Lake Casitas Saturday night sent the motorcyclist to the hospital.

The accident was reported around 6:15 p.m. on Santa Ana Road, about a quarter mile south of the junction with the 150 freeway, according to reports from the California Highway Patrol and the Ventura County Fire Department. . Firefighters reported finding a motorcycle off the roadway.

A Ventura County Sheriff’s Copter 8 helicopter was called to the scene. The helicopter crew transported the jumper to Ventura County Medical Center, a sheriff’s official confirmed.

The runner suffered serious injuries, according to the CHP.

This article may be updated if new information becomes available.

Criminal Perfume Theft Conviction

VENTURA COUNTY — A Los Angeles man and woman were convicted Friday in Ventura County Superior Court of thefts of perfume worth thousands of dollars from an ULTA Beauty store in Thousand Oaks.

The cases involved robberies last August and February at the beauty chain’s premises at Janss Marketplace on North Moorpark Road, according to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office.

In August, Cornell Eugene Williams, 23, and Emmoni Ann Walden, 18, stole perfumes worth between $3,000 and $5,000, the prosecutor’s office said.

Over two days in February, Walden and a minor stole more than $12,000 worth of perfume. Later in February, Williams and Walden stole an additional $5,335 in perfumes from the store, aided by a driver who was waiting in a car.

A tracking device with the stolen merchandise led Ventura County sheriff’s deputies to the suspects, prosecutors said.

The driver, Carolyn Nicole Crawley, 32, previously pleaded guilty to a commercial burglary charge and was sentenced earlier, the prosecutor’s office said.

Williams had previously pleaded guilty to one count of commercial burglary. On Friday, he was sentenced to one year in custody and one year of mandatory supervision and ordered to pay $8,335 in restitution to ULTA Beauty, prosecutors said.

Walden previously pleaded guilty to one count of commercial burglary and three counts of organized retail theft. She was sentenced Friday to three years in Ventura County jail and two years of mandatory supervision. She was ordered to pay $35,911 in restitution, prosecutors said.

6 home burglary suspects arrested

VENTURA COUNTY – Six suspected members of a so-called South American robbery group were arrested Tuesday in Newbury Park, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office reported.

The suspects, all Colombian nationals in their 20s and 30s, are believed to be linked to multiple burglaries and attempted burglaries on May 20 and June 3, sheriff’s officials said. The incidents are being investigated with the Simi Valley Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

On Tuesday, detectives from the Thousand Oaks Sheriff’s Office learned that a team of suspected thieves were in Newbury Park. That afternoon, authorities conducted a traffic stop with two associated vehicles in the 400 block of Ventu Park Road.

Detectives had also contacted the victim of an attempted ‘knock knock’ residential burglary in the 100 block of Heavenly Valley Road in Newbury Park. A suspect with flowers allegedly knocked on the woman’s door saying the flowers were for “Alan,” sheriff’s officials said. No one of that name lived in the house. The landlord reported the suspicious behavior, consistent with a method robbers use to find homes with no people around, authorities said.

The six suspects were arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit residential burglary and jailed in Ventura County Jail. Charges are pending for other local burglaries, authorities said.

Free Legal Clinic for County Residents

The nonprofit law firm California Rural Legal Assistance Inc. will host a free legal clinic on July 14 for eligible U.S. citizens who wish to expunge their criminal records. The session will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the EP Foster Library in Ventura, 651 E. Main St.

Volunteer lawyers will analyze a person’s criminal record and prepare documents for eligible clients. The nonprofit, which provides free legal services to low-income residents, will file the forms with Ventura County Superior Court.

The legal agency’s pro bono partners for the clinic include Bank of America, McGuireWoods LLP and Jubilee Legal. The Ventura County Public Defender’s Office is also providing support.

Appointments are recommended by calling 805-483-8083 or emailing [email protected]

Articles may be updated as more information becomes available.