In Your Town for April 9, 2025

NOVATO

Suspect charged
in lewdness probe

A Novato man has been charged with sending lewd material to a minor.

The investigation began when a student told a Novato school resource officer that a man had sent her inappropriate images of himself. Novato detectives arrested the suspect after serving a search warrant at his home on April 2.

Payam Jonathan Ravanfar, 25, pleaded not guilty to the felony charge at his arraignment Friday. Marin County Superior Court Judge...