Meet the District Attorney
Ms. Pacioni received her Bachelor of Science degree from Northern Arizona University. After receiving her Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of San Diego, School of Law in 1990, she became licensed to practice law in the states of California and Arizona. In 1990, she worked as a Deputy District Attorney for the Kern County District Attorney’s Office and in 1992 she joined the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office.
In 2001, she left to raise her family, returning after an 8-year sabbatical during which time she also served as a Grand Juror of the Monterey County Civil Grand Jury, and as President of the Junior League of Monterey County. In 2012, she joined the National Charity League of Monterey Bay, of which she has served as a member of their Board of Directors. Ms. Pacioni was formerly a Board Member of the Monterey Rape Crisis Center, and is currently a member of the Monterey County Children’s Council and the Child Abuse Prevention Council. She is also a member of the Monterey County Bar Association and the California District Attorneys Association and the Monterey County Chief Law Enforcement Officers Association.
Ms. Pacioni has devoted her entire legal career to the pursuit of justice while handling virtually every type of criminal case prosecuted in Monterey County. For 20 years as a prosecutor, she has tenaciously represented victims of crime in numerous high-profile cases involving murder, gang crimes, vehicular manslaughter, assault, robbery, child molestation, adult sexual assault, and elder abuse. On November 21, 2019, Ms. Pacioni was recognized by the Monterey County Women's Lawyers Association as the 2019 recipient of the Lady Justice Lifetime Achievement Award for Legal Advocacy and Community Service.
In 2018, she was elected and became the first female District Attorney in Monterey County.
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Press Releases
MAN WHO CAUSED TWO-AND-A-HALF-HOUR STANDOFF WITH SEASIDE POLICE IN FEBRUARY PLEADS NO CONTEST TO ELDER ABUSE, RESISTING OR DELAYING A PEACE OFFICER
People v. Joseph Cubbage, 25CR001431
05/01/2025 3:27 PM
SANTA CRUZ MAN SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS PRISON FOR NARCOTICS SALES AND POSSESSION OF MACHINE GUN
People v. Nicholas Tzimbal, 24CR005135
04/30/2025 5:02 PM
SALINAS VALLEY STATE PRISONER SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE FOR MURDER OF FELLOW INMATE
People v Juan Jose Bueno, 23CR005388
04/30/2025 4:57 PM
SALINAS MAN SENTENCED IN FATAL DUI COLLISION
People v. Jose Ramiro Sanchez Jr. 24CR005525
04/30/2025 4:53 PM
MARINA MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR TRESPASS WITH THREATS TO CAUSE SERIOUS BODILY INJURY AND THREATENING OFFICERS
People v. Robert Poliquin, 24CR007960 and 24CR004119
04/29/2025 3:50 PM
SALINAS MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, ILLEGAL FIREARM AND DRUG POSSESSION
People v. Joe Torres, Jr., 24CR007452 and 22CR000847
04/29/2025 3:48 PM
MONTEREY MAN SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN STATE PRISON FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CRIMINAL THREATS, AND RESISTING A PEACE OFFICER WITH VIOLENCE
People v. Chance Youngs, 25CR000498
04/29/2025 3:46 PM
CONVICTED FELON SENTENCED TO STATE PRISON FOR POSSESSING UNREGISTERED ASSAULT WEAPON
People v. Sage Keller, 25CR001552
04/29/2025 3:43 PM
FATHER CONVICTED OF MURDERING INFANT SON IN 2000 GRANTED PAROLE
People v Joel Suarez Garcia - SS002270A
04/25/2025 2:27 PM
STATE PRISON INMATE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDER OF FELLOW INMATE
People v Jaime Demicio Romero 19CR000358
04/24/2025 5:00 PM
JONATHAN ROJAS CONVICTED OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER FOR 2020 GREENFIELD HOMICIDE
People v. Jonathan Rojas, 23CR006563
04/18/2025 4:26 PM
‘MURDER SQUAD’ MEMBERS CONTINUE TO BE PROSECUTED BY MONTEREY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
04/17/2025
MONTEREY MAN SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CRIMINAL THREATS AND WITNESS INTIMIDATION
People v Anthony Aglibot, 24CR005228
04/17/2025
SALINAS WOMAN RECEIVES PRISON SENTENCE FOR ROBBERY, GRAND THEFT, RESISTING ARREST, AND SHOPLIFTING
People v. Catherine Cheatham, 25CR001461, 25CR001462, 24CR006539, and 24CR004142
04/17/2025
SALINAS MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR POSSESSION OF A LOADED FIREARM IN PUBLIC
People v. Marco Orozco Solorzano, 25CR001394
04/16/2025 3:19 PM
SCOTTS VALLEY TRAVEL NURSE FOUND GUILTY OF CHILD MOLESTATION
People v. Travis Harris, 23CR005441
04/15/2025
SALINAS MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN AND DOMESTIC ABUSE
People v. Jeremy Michael Betancourt, Monterey County Case Nos. 23CR010018, 23CR010020, 24CR001114
04/10/2025
SEASIDE MAN SENTENCED TO 29 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR FORICLBE RAPE
People v. Stephen Earl Guice, 24CR002979
04/10/2025
LOS BANOS MAN SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR RAPE OF A MINOR
People v. Leonardo Pena, Monterey County Case No. 23CR001801
04/10/2025
COUNTY OF MONTEREY NATIONAL COMMEMORATION OF 2025 NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS’ RIGHTS WEEK
“Connecting, Kinship, and Healing” April 11, 2025, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
04/07/2025 2:01 PM
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Phone: (831) 755-5070
Fax: (831) 755-5068
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