An Oxnard man is scheduled to be sentenced in July after jurors found him guilty of rape and several other felony counts.
The charges involved multiple survivors and spanned eight years, according to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office. On June 9, jurors found Dustin Alba, 30, guilty of nine felony counts, including rape, sodomy and attempted rape.
He had pleaded not guilty to all nine counts.
Prosecutors said his crimes took place in Thousand Oaks, Oxnard and Los Angeles from 2012 to 2020. The survivors, many of whom met Alba through dating apps or social media, described dating or messaging with him before being forced into sexual acts, the prosecution said.
Alba faces 111 years to life in state prison, the DA’s office reported. He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 9.
Pedestrian dies in Ventura traffic crash
A 34-year-old Ventura woman died after she was struck by a car while walking along Olivas Park Drive in Ventura on June 12, police said.
The woman was walking near the intersection of Olivas and Seaborg Avenue at about 8:55 p.m. when the crash happened, Cmdr. Matt Cain said. According to a preliminary investigation, she was walking westboundon Olivas and a two-vehicle collision happened directly behind her, police said. One of the vehicles then struck the woman.
She was taken to Ventura County Medical Center in Ventura where she was later pronounced dead, Cain said. Her name had not been released.
The drivers pulled over and cooperated with authorities, police said. One reportedly sustained a minor head injury and was taken to a hospital.
This article originally appeared on Ventura County Star: Roundup: Jury convicts Oxnard man of rape, other sex crimes; pedestrian dies in crash
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