OXNARD POLICE DEPARTMENT

NEWS RELEASE

INCIDENT:	UPDATE: Stolen van found with dog inside unharmed
DATE/TIME:	Wednesday, 12/26/18, 12:00 p.m.
LOCATION:	2500 block of Ukiah Street, Port Hueneme
VICTIM(S):	Withheld
SUSPECT(S):	Unknown
VICTIM VEHICLE(S):	Blue, 2007, Honda Odyssey Minivan, Colorado license plate CMW693 (Recovered)
PREPARED BY:	Luis Mc Arthur, Commander luis.mcarthur@oxnardpd.org (805) 207-4762
CONTACT PERSON AND  CONTACT INFO:	Enrique Alvarez, Senior Officer (805) 385-7664

  UPDATE:

A man’s van that was stolen three days ago from St. John’s Hospital in Oxnard where his wife was being treated, was recovered and returned to the couple with their beloved puppy Scrappy inside.

On Wednesday, 12/26/18, at about noon, a resident reported the abandoned Odyssey van in the 2500 block of Ukiah Street in the City of Port Hueneme. Inside the van, Scrappy was found alive, although weak and dehydrated having spent what was assumed to be three days and nights inside the vehicle.