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Sentencing Hearing an Explosive Ending to Santa Barbara County's 1st Human Trafficking Trial (Noozhawk)
Defendant Brannon Pitcher was removed from the courtroom for his repeated obscenity-laced outbursts while the Victim's Attorney, J'Aimèe L. Oxton, read an Impact Statement on behalf of the Victim-Survivor, a minor child...
Nearly One Year After Being Arrested, Rapper 'Sad Boy Loko' Pleads Not Guilty To Attempted Murder (SB Independent)
Rap Artist 'Sad Boy Loko', legally known as Mario Hernandez Pacheco, pleaded not guilty to all charges at his June 17th Preliminary Hearing. His attorneys, Adam Pearlman and J'Aimèe L. Oxton, claim there is no digital or physical forensic evidence linking him to the crime...
Domestic Violence Solutions of Santa Barbara County Announces Six New Members Will Join Its Board Of Directors (Noozhawk)
Founded in 1977, Domestic Violence Solutions (DVS) of Santa Barbara County works to end the intergenerational cycle of domestic violence by providing prevention and intervention services and by challenging society’s attitudes, beliefs and behaviors to effect social change. “As the only full service domestic violence organization serving Santa Barbara County, we are committed to providing a safe and confidential shelter, emotional support, personal advocacy and empowerment to battered women, men, teens and children” said Julie Capritto, Board President. “Our role is to provide the first (highly emotional) emergency step in an integrated community system that aims to restructure the lives of women, men, teens and children who are in desperate situations because of violence” (in the home), Capritto said...
Lost Boys: 'Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind' (Voice of OC)
Santa Barbara Criminal Defense Attorney J'Aimèe L. Oxton, who specializes in Juvenile and Criminal Law, has seen how the youth can be broken down by a system that not only isolates them from their support network at home, school and the community, but also diverts them from any court-ordered rehabilitation they might have underway...
Facing More Than 10 Years In Prison, Woman Sentenced to Probation for DUI Crash That Broke Son’s Neck (SB Independent)
Prosecutors refused to offer any kind of plea deal, instead arguing against probation and in favor of a lengthy prison sentence. However the woman's Criminal Defense Attorney, J'Aimèe L. Oxton, successfully convinced the Judge that probation was a far more appropriate sentence for her client. “I feel this is absolutely the most fair results under the circumstances,” Oxton said, explaining the sentence is sufficiently punitive, while simultaneously providing her client with the treatment and services Oxton believes is necessary to prevent something like this from happening again. “I fell it is my job to look a little deeper" than simply focusing on the events of the DUI crash and her client's arrest, Oxton said. As a Criminal Defense Attorney, my goal is to always find solutions for my clients "that address the underlying cause of their arrest," and she finds that taking a holistic approach "reduces the chances" of reoffending and maximizes public safety upon release from custody...
Convicted Pimp Sentenced To 38 Years To Life (SB Independent)
Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Brian Hill said the defendant’s sentence is “commensurate” with his actions. While the Victim’s Attorney, J'Aimèe L. Oxton, read a statement on behalf of the victim, she was interrupted by a barrage of profanity coming from the defendant, who was seated at the table in front of her. He laughed as Defense Attorney Oxton began to read the Victim’s history of an unstable home environment, and he banged on the courtroom table so that Attorney Oxton was nearly inaudible. Judge Hill subsequently ordered defendant Brannon Pitcher removed from the courtroom for the remainder of his sentencing hearing...
Plea Deal Avoids Trial on Attempted-Murder Charge (SB Independent)
Santa Barbara rap artist Sad Boy Loko, legally Mario Hernandez-Pacheco, was sentenced January 15th to three years in prison after pleading no contest to felony assault and street terrorism. Pacheco had been held in Santa Barbara County Jail without bail since his arrest on August 3, 2018. Those 15 months of time served will count toward his prison term, resulting in his release in a few short months. Pacheco, 30, through his Santa Barbara Defense Attorneys, Adam Pearlman and J'Aimèe L. Oxton, were able to strike a plea deal with prosecutors on behalf of their client to avoid trial on the original charges of attempted murder and robbery. Before his arrest, Pacheco was an up-and-coming rapper. He’d gained a large following in his hometown of Santa Barbara and had recently signed with platinum-selling rapper YG's record label 4Hunnid Records...