Police arrest stolen vehicle suspects in Ventura and Simi Valley
Authorities arrested stolen vehicle suspects in Ventura and Simi Valley as part of two separate investigations this week.
The first arrest was made around 10 a.m. Wednesday in the 1400 block of Victoria Avenue in the city of Ventura.
Deputies with the Ventura County Sheriff s Office had been investigating a series of thefts when they were able to locate a stolen vehicle in Ventura. Deputies identified the driver of the vehicle as Mario Montez, 43, who had an active felony warrant for violating his post-release community supervision, according to authorities.
Deputies pulled Montez over in the 1400 block of Victoria Avenue, after which Montez attempted to flee on foot, but he was quickly apprehended. While Montez was detained, he was found to be in possession of the key to the stolen vehicle.
One killed in east Camarillo crash
One person was killed in a car accident in east Camarillo Friday morning.
The crash was reported around 8:07 a.m. at the intersection of Mission Oaks Boulevard and Adolfo Road, according to Ventura County fire and sheriff s reports. The intersection is near Camarillo High School.
The accident involved a minivan and a utility truck. Each vehicle had two people inside, according to Ventura County Sheriff s officials. The sheriff s office is contracted to provide police services in Camarillo.
A woman riding in the front passenger seat of the van was declared dead at the scene, authorities said.
Arrest made in deadly Oxnard shooting
OXNARD, Calif. - An arrest has been made in a shooting in Oxnard that left a 21-year-old man dead earlier this month.
On Wednesday, Oxnard police arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of shooting and killing Cristobal Gonzalez of Oxnard.
On the evening of April 4, Gonzalez was found by police on the 600 block of Howell Road suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Investigators from the Oxnard Police Department Major Crimes Unit took over the investigation. For more than ten days detectives worked alongside other law enforcement agencies, including the Oxnard Police Department Drug Enforcement Unit, the FBI and the Ventura County Sheriff s Office, to identify a suspect in the shooting.