Yanci Dakin Convicted of Third Strike Offense After Domestic Violence Incident Last Year

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – Yanci Mcclay Dukin was convicted of four felony counts connected to a violent attack on his girlfriend in October of last year, his third strike offense.

According to the Ventura County District Attorney's Office, Dukin was convicted by a Ventura County jury of the following felony offenses: inflicting corporal injury on a cohabitant, assault with a firearm, criminal threats and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.

Between Oct. 15 and Oct. 17, 2025, Dakin was living with his then-girlfriend in an encampment near the Santa Clara River and during that stay, he repeatedly beat his partner, breaking her nose and threatening her with a gun detailed the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.

On the morning of Oct. 17, 2025, Dakin began searching for someone outside their encampment with a gun when he held the gun to his girlfriend's head and face while threatening to shoot and kill her noted the local prosecutor's office.

Dakin then fired the gun until it was out of ammunition and fled the scene as a witness in the encampment called police about the incident shared prosecutors.

Officers located and arrested Darkin later that evening.

The 46-year-old is next due in court for a sentencing hearing on Nov. 16, 2026, where he faces 25 years to life in state prison stated the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.

He remains in custody without bail added the local prosecutor's office.

"The brutality of this defendant's violence and the fear he inflicted on the women in his life are
difficult to overstate," shared Deputy District Attorney Darian Cohen who co-prosecuted the case. "The extraordinary courage of the victim and the two additional survivors who came forward ensured that the defendant has been held accountable."