Press release - Burglary Arrest

Published 3/23/2010 (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:

On March 23rd at approximately 9:54am officers from the Oxnard Police Department responded to the 1900 block of Isabella St. to investigate a call of a suspicious subject. A resident had called police to alert them of a suspicious person in the backyard of a nearby home. The reporting person gave a description of the subject as well as a vehicle that was waiting in the area.

When officers arrived they contacted the driver of the vehicle, Joshua Olsen and found that he had a felony warrant for his arrest. Officers then saw a subject, Julio Rodriguez, exit the victim house and jump over a rear yard fence. The officers chased the subject from yard to yard and a perimeter was established around the neighborhood. A police service dog apprehended the suspect a short time later and he suffered minor injuries. Several items were found along the path the suspect had taken and those items were later identified as stolen from the house on Isabella St.

Rodriguez was transported to St. John’s Hospital for treatment and later booked into the Ventura County Jail. Olsen was also booked into the Ventura County Jail. Both suspects were charged with burglary, conspiracy, and outstanding warrants.

Residents with questions or with information are urged to contact Detective Luis Mancha at (805) 385-7664.