News Stories – Ventura County Sheriff's Office

11 Feb

Santa Paula – Narcotic Arrest (Martinez)

Nature of Incident: Narcotic Arrest Report Number: 19-19969 Location: 700 Block of Main Street, Santa Paula, California Date & Time: February 6, 2019 at 6:00 PM Unit(s) Responsible: Sheriff Narcotic’s West County Street Team West County Patrol Headquarters’ Station (S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent City of Residence Age (S) Luis Martinez Chula Vista, Ca. 29 Narrative: On 02/06/2019, Detectives from the Ventura County Sheriff’s West County Narcotic Street Team were conducting a narcotic surveillance on a suspected drug house in the city of Santa Paula. A subject later identified [...]

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11 Feb

Fillmore – Sex Registrant Compliance Sweep

Nature of Incident: Sex Registrant Compliance Sweep Report Number: N/A Location: City and County Areas of Fillmore Date & Time: February 10, 2019 / 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM Unit(s) Responsible: Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau Narrative: On Sunday, February 10, 2019, Sheriff’s detectives conducted compliance checks at the residences of thirty (30) registered sex offenders throughout the Fillmore area. The compliance checks were funded through the Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (SAFE / ELEAS) program. Twenty Nine (29) of the sex registrants were confirmed to be in compliance [...]

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09 Feb

Thousand Oaks – Missing Person at Risk

Nature of Incident: Thousand Oaks – Missing Person At Risk Report Number: 19-21462 Location: Los Robles Hospital 215 W. Janss Road Date & Time: February 9, 2019 @ 11:02 am Unit(s) Responsible: Thousand Oaks Police Department (S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent City of Residence Age (MP) Stevens, Donald Warren Thousand Oaks 76 Narrative: A 76-year-old Thousand Oaks resident was reported missing Saturday after he did not return home from visiting a relative at Los Robles Hospital Friday afternoon. Donald Stevens left his house for the hospital Friday at 3:00 [...]

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09 Feb

Thousand Oaks – Vehicle Assault with a Deadly Weapon

Nature of Incident: Felony Assault With A Vehicle Report Number: RB# 19-21156 Location: Thousand Oaks High School, 2323 N. Moorpark Rd, Thousand Oaks Date & Time: 02/08/19 @ 8:14 PM Unit(s) Responsible: Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit Thousand Oaks Police Department Investigations Unit (S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent City of Residence Age (V) Female Adult Thousand Oaks 51 (S) Male Juvenile Thousand Oaks 16 Narrative: On 02-08-19, a male juvenile used a vehicle to run over and assault a female adult. As a result, the female adult suffered life-threatening injuries. On 02-08-19, [...]

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08 Feb

Santa Paula – Narcotics Arrest

Nature of Incident: Narcotic Arrest Report Number: 19-20544 Location: 300 Block of Citrus Street, Santa Paula, California Date & Time: February 7, 2019 at 3:30 PM Unit(s) Responsible: Sheriff Narcotic’s West County Street Team (S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent City of Residence Age (S) Alejandro Oviedo Santa Paula, Ca. 44 Narrative: On 02/07/2019, Detectives from the Ventura County Sheriff’s West County Narcotic Street Team concluded a narcotic investigation into Santa Paula resident Alejandro Oviedo who has been involved in the sales of methamphetamine and heroin to residents of [...]

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08 Feb

Oak Park – Juvenile Battery Investigation

Nature of Incident: Juvenile Battery Investigation Report Number: 19-19904 Location: 6100 Doubletree Road, Oak Park Date & Time: 02-06-2019 @ 03:15 PM Unit(s) Responsible: Ventura County Sheriff’s Office (S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent City of Residence Age (V) Female Juvenile Oak Park 12 (V) Female Juvenile Oak Park 12 (S) 5-6 Male / Female Juveniles Unknown 13-16 Narrative: On 02-06-19, two juveniles were battered by several other juveniles in an area located near Medea Creek Middle School and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. As a result of being [...]

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08 Feb

Memorial Service for Jeff Dye

Nature of Incident: Memorial for Search & Rescue Team Member Jeff Dye Location: Calvary Community Church 5495 Via Rocas Westlake Village, Ca. Date & Time: February 15, 2019 @ 11:00 am Narrative: A memorial service and celebration of life will be held next Friday, February 15, 2019 to honor Search and Rescue Team Member Jeff Dye. The ceremony will take place at the Calvary Community Church in Westlake Village at 11:00 am, and is open to the public. Jeff Dye is survived by [...]

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03 Feb

Ojai – Rescued Hikers from Los Padres National Forest

Nature of Incident: Overdue Hikers Rescued from Flooded Sespe River Trail Incident Number: 19-18011 Location: Los Padres National Forest – Sespe River Trail Date: 02/02/19 Unit(s) Responsible: Lockwood Valley Deputies & VCSO Air Unit (S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent City of Residence Age (P) Mark Melleka Granada Hills, CA 21 (P) Greg Gatewood Granada Hills, CA 22 (P) Justin Kang Granada Hills, CA 21 Narrative: On Thursday 01/31/19, three friends went on a backpacking trip in the Los Padres National Forest. The hikers intended to go from the Piedra [...]

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02 Feb

Narcotics Arrest

Nature of Incident: Narcotics Arrest Report Number: 19-17462 Location: 9600 Block Mason Avenue, City of Chatsworth Date & Time: 2/1/2019 @ 4:20 PM Unit(s) Responsible: Ventura County Sheriff’s East County Street Narcotics Team City of Moorpark Patrol (S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent City of Residence Age Robert Cano Chatsworth 52 Narrative: On February 1, 2019, Detectives from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office East County Street Narcotics Team concluded a narcotics sales investigation into Robert Cano of Chatsworth, who was involved in the sales of narcotics to residents of [...]

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01 Feb

Fillmore – Criminal Threats

Nature of Incident:Criminal Threats / Street Terrorism Report Number:RB# 19-4219 Location:700 block of Akers Street, Fillmore Date & Time:01/08/2019 11:00 PM Unit(s) Responsible:Fillmore Patrol Unit / Fillmore Detectives / Sheriff’s Gang Unit (S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent City of Residence Age (S) Casillas, Anthony Fillmore 21 Narrative: On January 08, 2019, two victims were approached by a known and documented local gang member, Anthony Casillas. The victims were threatened by Casillas with violence in addition to gang slogans being used. Patrol deputies responded and were able to quickly [...]

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