On November 21, 2025, 79-year-old Augusto Agnelo Sousa was sentenced to 20 years in state prison after pleading guilty to six felony counts of child sexual abuse, including one involving force. The El Dorado County District Attorneyโs Office extends its deepest...
๐ From all of us at the El Dorado County District Attorneyโs Office, Happy Thanksgiving! Weโre thankful for our community and for the opportunity to serve you. Wishing everyone a peaceful and joy-filled holiday. FetchRSS)
DA Vern Pierson co-authored an op-ed in The Sacramento Bee calling on California to expand access to treatment programs. In El Dorado County, weโve structured our Prop. 36 program to mirror the success of our former Drug Court โ a proven model that reduced recidivism...
Earlier this week, District Attorney Vern Pierson received an unexpected honor: a personal letter from FBI Director Kash Patel recognizing his role in โOperation Daisy Cutter,โ a coordinated two-state effort targeting cartel-backed gangs. โWhile itโs an honor I...
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ On November 14, 2025, Bernardo Castillo was sentenced to 28 years to life in state prison and agreed to waive an additional three years of custody credit. The sentence follows the 2017 murder of his...
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ On November 14, 2025, Bernardo Castillo was sentenced to 28 years to life in state prison and agreed to waive an additional three years of custody credit. The sentence follows the 2017 murder of his...
