Ventura County Sheriff s Office
VENTURA, Calif. An Oxnard woman was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading no contest to identity theft and theft from an elder on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced that Rita Runyon, 66, from Oxnard has been sentenced to six months in jail after pleading no contest to three counts of identity theft and two counts of theft from an elder.
After completing her jail sentence, Runyon will be placed on mandatory supervision for 30 months.
The District Attorney s Office said she was also ordered to pay $62,000 in restitution and have no contact with the victim.
A Simi Valley woman was convicted Thursday of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from her former employer, according to the Ventura County District Attorney s Office.
Tara Elaine Nykoluk, 45, of Simi Valley, was convicted by a jury on three counts of felony embezzlement and forgery. The jury also found the special allegation true that Nykoluk s crimes involved the theft of more than $100,000.
According to authorities, Nykoluk worked as a part-time bookkeeper for T&M Plumbing between 2006 to 2015. The company owner fired Nykoluk in 2015 after discovering she was using the company s debit card to make personal purchases.
Through an investigation, Nykoluk was found to have embezzled approximately $348,000 on more than 1,500 transactions over her eight years of employment. She used the funds to purchase vacations, meals from restaurants and other goods and services. The joint investigation was conducted by the Simi Valley Police Department and the District Attorney s Offi