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News release – 9/6/2012

Archives for September 2012


Jeri Williams
Chief of Police		 Oxnard Police Department

R. Jason Benites
Assistant Chief

Scott Whitney
Assistant Chief

OXNARD POLICE DEPARTMENT

NEWS RELEASE

INCIDENT:  Attempt Robbery, Assault with a Deadly Weapon, and False Imprisonment
DATE/TIME:  08/31/12, 1711 Hours
LOCATION:  2221 Sturgis Road, Oxnard
VICTIM(S):  Name withheld
SUSPECT(S):  #1 B/M 30’s tall, thin build, beard and long hair in a bun
#2 B/M 30’s tall, thin build, white T-shirt
SUSPECT VEHICLE(S):  Dark color Scion XB or Kia Soul
PREPARED BY:  Sergeant Christopher Williams (805) 486-6211
christopher.williams@oxnardpd.org
CONTACT PERSON &
CONTACT INFO:		  Detective Jaime Miranda (805) 385-7665
jaime.miranda@oxnardpd.org

DETAILS:
UPDATE:
Investigators are releasing the attached photographs of the suspects and suspect vehicle from the attempted robbery that occurred on Friday, August 31, 2012. Investigators are encouraging anyone with information to contact Detective Miranda at (805) 385-7665 or you can remain anonymous by calling our Crime Tip hotline at (805) 486-8362.
 
Original Text:
On 8-31-12, at about 1700 hours, two black males were observed driving up in a silver Scion XB or Kia Soul and stopping at the business located at 2221 Sturgis Rd. The store was just closing when these subjects entered. One suspect produced a handgun and attempted to obtain money from the clerks. One of the clerks was shot. The suspects fled in the suspect vehicle without taking any property.
 
The clerk was rushed to Ventura County Medical Center and listed in stable condition.
 
Anyone with information to the incident and wants to remain anonymous you are urged to call our Crime Tip hotline at 486-8362.

 


Jeri Williams
Chief of Police		 Oxnard Police Department

R. Jason Benites
Assistant Chief

Scott Whitney
Assistant Chief

OXNARD POLICE DEPARTMENT

NEWS RELEASE

INCIDENT:  National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
Oxnard Police Taking Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs
DATE/TIME:  Saturday, September 29, 2012/ 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
LOCATION:  Oxnard Police Department – 251 South C Street, Oxnard
PREPARED BY:  Commander Andrew Salinas, Special Projects
CONTACT PERSON &
CONTACT INFO:		  Sergeant Alex Rangel, Public Information Officer
(805) 385-7631 alex.rangel@oxnardpd.org

DETAILS:
On September 29, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Oxnard Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.  Bring your medications for disposal to the Oxnard Police Department located at 251 South C Street.  The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
 
Last April, Americans turned in 552,161—276 tons—of prescription drugs at nearly 5,600 sites operated by the DEA and more than 4,300 state and local law enforcement partners.  The Oxnard Police Department collected over 1000 pounds during this past collection. 
This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue.  Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs.  Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—both pose potential safety and health hazards.

Four days after the first Take-Back event in September 2010, Congress passed the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, which amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow an “ultimate user” of controlled substance medications to dispose of them by delivering them to entities authorized by the Attorney General to accept them.  The Act also allows the Attorney General to authorize long term care facilities to dispose of their residents’ controlled substances in certain instances.  DEA has begun drafting regulations to implement the Act, a process that can take as long as 24 months.  Until new regulations are in place, local law enforcement agencies like the Oxnard Police Department and the DEA will continue to hold prescription drug Take-Back events every few months.