Parole Denied for Third-Striker Rocco Costanza

Tuolumne County District Attorney Cassandra Jenecke announced today that on May 11, 2021, 51-year-old Rocco Angelo Costanza was denied release at a parole hearing held via videoconference. This was Costanza’s initial parole suitability hearing.

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Forty-One Elected District Attorneys Challenge Early Release of 76,000 State Prison Inmates

Tuolumne County District Attorney Cassandra Jenecke announced today that she and forty other elected District Attorneys across California have filed a petition with the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) requesting the re...

Parole Granted for Murderer Gregory Todd Byers

On April 29, 2021, the Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) granted parole to inmate Gregory Todd Byers, who was serving a 15 years-to-life sentence after having pled to one count second degree murder and arson of an inhabited structure against Tuolumne County ...

Court of Appeals Overturns Elton Redick's Murder and Kidnapping Convictions

On April 27, 2021, the Fifth District Court of Appeals overturned the first-degree murder and kidnapping convictions of Elton Redick for his killing of Marc Dejong and his kidnapping of Bonnie Palmer. The Tuolumne County District Attorney’s Office was inf...

Gerald Allyn Kraft sentenced by Judge Kevin Seibert to 3 years

Tuolumne County District Attorney Cassandra Jenecke announced today that Gerald Allyn Kraft, 34, of Groveland, California, was sentenced by Judge Kevin Seibert to 3 years in state prison after being found guilty by a jury in August, 2020 of a violation of...