Press release - Multi Location Gang Search Warrant Service & Arrests

Published 1/13/2010 (all press releases for this day)

John Crombach Chief of Police

Oxnard Police Department R. Jason Benites Assistant Chief Scott Whitney Assistant Chief

OXNARD POLICE DEPARTMENT

PRESS RELEASE

DETAILS:

During the early morning hours of 1/13/2010, law enforcement officers from around Ventura County conducted seven search warrants throughout Oxnard. These warrants stemmed from the recent increase of gang incidents within the City. During these incidents a specific Oxnard gang was named as being involved. Its members and associates residences were served with several gang association search warrants.

During the warrants, investigators seized gang paraphernalia, ammunition, replica weapons, and narcotics. The above listed persons were arrested during the warrants for charges ranging from Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Narcotics violations, and Warrants.

The Oxnard Police Department was assisted by members of the Ventura County Sherriff’s Department, Ventura Police Department, and Ventura County Probation during the service of the search warrants and arrests of the above listed people.

The Oxnard Police Department will continue to respond with a zero tolerance approach towards gang violence within our community. We will continue to serve search warrants and arrest those responsible for committing gang violence within our community. We will continue our partnerships with the community and with those groups within the community that provide alternatives to the gang lifestyle. The Oxnard Police Department deeply appreciates our partnership with other Ventura County Law Enforcement agencies who continue to assist us in curbing the scourge of gang violence within our community.