OXNARD DEPARTAMENTO DE POLICÍA

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA

DETALLES:En septiembre 14, 2016 acerca de 10:37 a.m., North District Oxnard Police Officers who are assigned to The Neighborhood Policing Team (NPT), were conducting a directed patrol in the East Village neighborhood. The officers were in the neighborhood because of recent burglary incidents and conducting extra patrols in the area to try and locate or identify persons that may not belong in the neighborhood or who were behaving suspiciously. They observed two persons riding bicycles in the neighborhood that had committed a traffic violation and wanted to speak with them.

Officers attempted to contact 25 year-old Oxnard resident Frank Valentine and his female companion. The officers pulled up alongside asked them to stop their bikes because they wanted to talk to them. The female cooperated and stopped immediately but Valentine immediately sped away on the bicycle and started to evade the police officers. The officers were able to drive ahead of him in their police unit and tried to block his path to make contact with him. They ordered him to stop but intentionally drove his bicycle into the door of one of the police officers as they attempted to exit the vehicle to speak to him. The suspect abandoned his bicycle and started to run away in the 900 block of Lucero Street. The second officer in the police unit attempted to physically detain Valentine and he ran into the officer and violently pushed the officer away from him which resulted in a foot chase northbound on Lucero Street. When Valentine ran away officers discovered a fixed blade knife had fallen on the ground, presumably it fell out of Valentine’s pocket as he was running.

The police officers pursued Valentine on foot and he ran into a backyard in the 1100 block of Lucero Street and disappeared. The officers quickly established a perimeter around that house and it was determined through records checks that Frank Valentine had prior contacts at this home and had an active felony arrest warrant. Valentine matched the description of the man that had assaulted one of our police officers and had run into the backyard. The officers conducted a records check and we’re able to get a photograph of Valentine and he was positively identified as the person who was riding the bicycle, assaulted one of the police officers, had possessed a concealed fixed blade knife and had actively resisted.

Numerous Oxnard Police Officers arrived in the East Village neighborhood and established a perimeter around this house. It was determined that the suspect had a prior arrest for a firearms violation so members of the Oxnard Police Department’s Special Enforcement Unit (SU) and Police K-9 Unit were summoned to the scene to assist with the apprehension of the suspect. Telephone contact was made with uninvolved residents inside the house and they voluntarily evacuated the house. One of the residents told the police that Valentine had run inside the house and was hiding in a bedroom on the second floor of the home.

Numerous announcements were made to Valentine ordering him to surrender and come downstairs and submit to arrest. The suspect refused to cooperate with the police instructions and continued to conceal himself in the home.

Members of the SEU eventually entered the residence and searched the ground floor of the home. After securing the ground floor of the home they continued making verbal announcements ordering the suspect to comply and surrender. Telephone contact was eventually made with Valentine and one of his family members convinced him to surrender. Valentine told officers that he was ready to surrender and he eventually came down and was taken into custody without further incident.

Frank Valentine is a PROS offender and was on supervised release as a result of an illegal firearm possession conviction. He had an active felony arrest warrant for violating his probation. Valentine was taken to a local medical facility for a booking medical clearance because an electronic control device was used during the initial foot pursuit. After being examined by a doctor he was booked into the Ventura County Jail for the arrest warrant and the fresh felony charge of assaulting a police officer, felony possession of a dirk or dagger, misdemeanor vandalism and felony resisting arrest. One police officer was injured during the initial confrontation with Valentine and was taken to a local hospital for a precautionary examination. The officer was later released and is expected to have a full recovery.

The Post Release Offender program was created by Assembly Bill 109 - el 2011 Realineación de la seguridad pública. Este programa exige que las personas condenadas a no violenta, non-serious or non-sex offenses will serve their sentences in county jails instead of state prison. El público debe saber que la divulgación bajo AB 109 is based on the offender’s most recent commitment offense, prior convictions are no considerado.

The Oxnard Police Department Neighborhood Policing Team focuses on crime and quality of life issues at the neighborhood level with a focus on Community Policing and Problem Solving. The Oxnard Police Department will continue to monitor this area and work closely with the East Village community and neighborhood council.

El Departamento de Policía de Oxnard continúa alentando a los residentes a ser socios en la seguridad pública como parte de la iniciativa Operation Safer and Stronger. Si alguien tiene información con respecto a la actividad criminal en contacto con el Departamento de Policía de Oxnard a (805) 385-7600 o Ventura County Crime Stoppers al (805) 222-8477 y www.venturacountycrimestoppers.org/contactus.


FECHA / TIEMPO DE PREPARACIÓN: 9/15/16, 0630 horas

OXNARD DEPARTAMENTO DE POLICÍA

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA

DETALLES:En septiembre 14, 2016 just before 2:00 p.m., Oxnard police officers received numerous 9-1-1 calls regarding a man who was walking in the roadway in front of cars in the very busy area of Rose Avenue and Lockwood. Officers were responding to the scene when they received additional calls about the subject acting erratically and he was last seen walking north over the U.S. 101 freeway overpass towards Auto Center Drive. Officers located 30 year-old Oxnard resident Jesus Garcia Ceja and he attacked an Oxnard Police Officer.

An Oxnard police officer arrived on-scene and located Ceja on Stroube Street in the El Rio neighborhood. The officer saw that Ceja was blocking the path of a car and trying to stop this car that was driving down the street. As the officer exited his patrol car Ceja immediately ran full speed towards him and attacked the police officer. The officer deployed his electronic control device (ECD) but it was ineffective and the suspect started punching the police officer and attacking him. The police officer became involved in a physical altercation with the suspect and the suspect grabbed the officer and tried to tackle him. The police officer was able to get the suspect down to the ground and the suspect continued trying to assault the officer. Two citizens came to the aid of the officer and tried to help him hold down the suspect. The police officer made a request for emergency back-up and notified dispatch that he was in an altercation, additionally a citizen who had been on the phone with police dispatchers told them that the officer was in a physical fight with someone.

Additional police officers arrived and had a substantial struggle with Ceja. A second ECD was deployed and temporarily subdued Ceja long enough so that he could be handcuffed. It took three police officers and two citizens to control Ceja and get him into handcuffs. Ceja continued to resist and struggle after being handcuffed. He was taken to a local hospital for examination and was eventually sedated by medical personnel. One police officer was injured with a minor contusion to the head; Ceja was also injured during the arrest.

There were several witnesses who came forward and gave statements about Ceja’s behavior and the assault on the police officer. Just prior to being contacted by the police Ceja had thrown a large rock into the windshield of a car on Rose Avenue at Auto Center Drive that was occupied by a man and woman. Thankfully they were not injured.

Ceja was examined at a local hospital and later booked into the Ventura County Jail for Felony violations including assaulting a police officer and throwing an object at a moving vehicle. Case# 2016-97329.

El Departamento de Policía de Oxnard continúa alentando a los residentes a ser socios en la seguridad pública como parte de la iniciativa Operation Safer and Stronger. Si alguien tiene información con respecto a la actividad criminal en contacto con el Departamento de Policía de Oxnard a (805) 385-7600 o Ventura County Crime Stoppers al (805) 222-8477 y www.venturacountycrimestoppers.org/contactus.


FECHA / TIEMPO DE PREPARACIÓN: 9/15/16, 0730 horas