OXNARD POLICE DEPARTMENT

NEWS RELEASE

On 2/3/17, at approximately 11:00 a.m., a detective from the Auto Theft Vehicle Task Force, located a grey Nissan Maxima near the intersection of Ninth St. and Hobson Wy.  The detective noted that the vehicle matched the description of a recently stolen Maxima and that the license plate on this vehicle appeared to be false.  Officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle at the intersection of Hobson and Rigging.  The driver, identified as 36 year old Oxnard resident Jose Rodriguez (photo below), attempted to quickly walk away from the vehicle but was detained.

Officers checked the vehicle’s identification number and learned that the vehicle had been reported stolen.  Rodriguez was arrested for vehicle theft.  Rodriguez was searched incident to his arrest and officers located a meth pipe.  Rodriguez was booked for vehicle theft, possession of narcotic paraphernalia and was booked into the Ventura County Jail.

Jose Rodriguez