Here's a roundup of recent incidents and announcements form Ventura County agencies.

Life sentence handed down in gang shooting

An Oxnard man has been sentenced to 50 years to life in prison after being convicted of murder and attempted murder in what officials said was a gang-related shooting on Easter Sunday two years ago.

Jason Armenta was sentenced in Ventura County Superior Court on April 19, a year after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a rival gang member, Cristobal Gonzalez, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

The 22-year-old man is appealing the verdict, court records show.

The jury also found Armenta guilty of the attempted murder of a second person and sustained the allegations that he had personally used a firearm in the commission of the crimes and that the crimes were committed for the benefit of a criminal street gang.

Prosecutors said that Armenta drove into a residential neighborhood in south Oxnard repeatedly on April 4, 2021, and searched for rival gang members. After parking his car, he allegedly ran toward a playground area where Gonzalez was standing and fired numerous rounds at him and the other victim from a semiautomatic handgun.

Gonzalez was struck once in the head and died hours later. The other victim was not struck.

Missing person found dead at crash scene

An individual who has been missing for six months was found dead Sunday inside a car that apparently crashed into a tree in the remote Lockwood Valley.

County Sheriff's Capt. Ryan Clark said it was unclear how long the person had been dead, nor did he have any other identifying details on the individual.

Sheriff's officials were notified Sunday afternoon by dirt bike riders who spotted the wreck off the side of Lockwood Valley Road.

The sheriff's office turned the matter over to the Fort Tejon office of the California Highway Patrol. The agency could not be reached for comment Sunday night.

College police chief takes oath

The Ventura County Community College District swore in a new police chief this month.

Chief Kelli Florman is the first woman to hold the job, district officials said.

Florman started her career in 1993 as the first female police officer in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, where she worked as a field training officer and patrol sergeant among other duties, according to the district’s release. She integrated education experience with law enforcement duties in her roles as a professor, the second-in-command of police academies and as captain of the campus police force at Chaffey College.

“We are honored to have Chief Florman join us as the first female police chief to serve our district,” said Bernardo M. Perez, chair of the college district’s board of trustees. “Her background demonstrates true dedication to student success and campus safety for our students, staff, and faculty.”

Florman will make an annual base salary of $179,697, according to the district.

She will take over the post from the interim chief, Michael Pallotto, who served for 10 months after the retirement of the former chief, Joel Justice, who held the job for eight years. More information about the district’s police department is available at vcccd.edu/police.

This article originally appeared on Ventura County Star: Oxnard man gets long sentence for murder, will appeal