Jeri Williams Jefe de la Policía

Departamento de Policía de Oxnard R. Jason Benites Jefe Adjunto De Scott Whitney Jefe Adjunto

OXNARD DEPARTAMENTO DE POLICÍA

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA

DETALLES: En 11/1/13 en aproximadamente 0700 horas, Oxnard police officers responded to a 911 call at the Colony Mobile Home Park, situado en 2400 East Pleasant Valley Road. Cuando los agentes llegaron a la escena, they located a female victim named Juana Pitones. Pitones had her hands tied behind her back with rope. Pitones was not injured and did not require medical treatment.

Pitones told officers she arrived home last night around 2300 hours and was confronted by two unknown male suspects. The suspects entered the victim’s home and demand money and other valuable items. The suspects tied the victim’s hands behind her back and then tied her to a chair. The suspects fled with the undisclosed amount of money and other valuable items.

If anyone has information about this incident, they are encouraged to call Detective Steven Funk at (805) 385-7796. Si desea permanecer en el anonimato puede llamar a la línea directa de crímenes violentos en (805) 982-7070 o Ventura County Crime Stoppers al (800) 222-8477. También puede visitar este sitio http://www.venturacountycrimestoppers.org/contactus.aspx a presentar una punta a través de texto o correo electrónico.

FECHA / TIEMPO DE PREPARACIÓN: 11/1/2013, 1005 horas

Jeri Williams Jefe de la Policía

Departamento de Policía de Oxnard R. Jason Benites Jefe Adjunto De Scott Whitney Jefe Adjunto

OXNARD DEPARTAMENTO DE POLICÍA

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA

DETALLES: 17 Ventura County Gang Members With Ties to the Mexican Mafia Charged For Roles in Mexican-Based Drug Trafficking Organization

Operation “SuperNova” is Targeting Gang-Related Drug Trafficking

LOS ANGELES – In the third phase of Operation “SuperNova,” a multi-agency task force investigation that targeted Mexican Mafia-affiliated street gangs in Ventura County, 17 people have been charged following an investigation by a task force comprised of the FBI; the Ventura Police Department and the Oxnard Police Department. Following arrests this morning, 14 o 17 defendants named in a federal criminal complaint unsealed this morning are now in custody.
Several teams of police officers and federal agents executed arrest and search warrants early this morning and took six defendants into custody without incident. Eight of the 17 defendants charged were already in custody based on unrelated charges and soon will be brought into federal custody. The remaining three defendants charged in the complaint are fugitives, some believed to be residing in Mexico, where they allegedly direct the narcotics-trafficking activity alleged in the complaint.
The criminal complaint details a year-long undercover investigation and outlines a series of narcotics transactions that led to the seizure of more than two pounds of methamphetamine and quantities of heroin that were being sold on the streets of Ventura County. The complaint alleges that the drugs were supplied by a Mexican drug trafficking 0rganization controlled by Mexican Mafia member Martin Madrigal-Cazares. Local street gangs allegedly communicated with the head of the organization in Mexico, while controlling narcotics sales and collecting “taxes” on behalf of the Mexican Mafia in Ventura County.
This case targeted the “shotcallers” of Ventura County and Oxnard street gangs — including Lemonwood, Surtown and Ventura Avenue Gangsters — whose members control the drug trade in their respective territories. The defendants charged in the complaint (with the exception of Cazares) are residents of Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo and Moorpark. Those named are:

· David Acosta, 33, in custody;
· Daniel Armendariz, 38, arrested today;
· Pedro Arrieta, 42, arrested today
· Robert De La Cerda, 35, in custody
· Lina Fuentes, 35, fugitive;
· Daniel Gonzales, 40, in custody;
· Philip Guerra, 28, arrested today;
· Ruben Hernandez, 20, in custody;
· Alejandro Herrera, 38, in custody;
· David Leal, David, 44, arrested today;
· Martin Madrigal-Cazares, 38, a fugitive believed to be residing in Mexico;
· Dillon Mansell, 21, in custody;
· Armando Molina, 30, arrested today;
· Edwin Mora, 29, in custody;
· Librado Navarrete, 27, a fugitive;
· Frank Ruiz, 32, arrested today; y
· Javier Tamayo, 35, in custody

As a result of the first phase of Operation Supernova in 2011(see: http://www.justice.gov/usao/cac/pressroom/pr2011/018.html), 11 defendants were convicted and received sentences of up to 25 years in prison. In the second phase of Operation Supernova in 2012 (see: http://www.fbi.gov/losangeles/press-releases/2011/oxnard-gang-members-arrested-on-federal-drug-and-gun-trafficking-charges-in-second-part-of-operation-supernova), six defendants were charged in connection with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and illegally sell firearms. The total seizure for the three-phase operation totals 18 pounds of Methaphetamine, five kilograms of cocaine, six pounds of heroin and 46 armas de fuego.
The defendants named in the complaint are charged conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and, if they are convicted, each would face a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison and statutory maximum sentences of life in prison.
The defendants arrested today will make their initial appearances this afternoon in United States District Court in Los Angeles. The federal defendants will be prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office.
The investigation was conducted jointly by the Ventura Police Department; el Departamento de Policía de Oxnard; and the FBI.
The Ventura Gang Task Force is one of many FBI Safe Streets Task Forces throughout the United States, funded for the purpose of assisting local police in identifying and addressing violent crime in America.

A criminal complaint contains allegations that a defendant has committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed to be innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.

MEDIA CONTACTS:

United States Attorney’s Office: 213-894-6947
FBI: 310-996-3343
Departamento de Policía de Oxnard: Miguel Lopez: 805-385-7631

Jeri Williams Jefe de la Policía

Departamento de Policía de Oxnard R. Jason Benites Jefe Adjunto De Scott Whitney Jefe Adjunto

OXNARD DEPARTAMENTO DE POLICÍA

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA

DETALLES: The Oxnard Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on Saturday, Abril 26, 2014 en un lugar secreto dentro de los límites de la ciudad en el horario de 8:00 p.m. a 3:00 a.m.

Los oficiales buscarán señales de alcoholismo y / o drogas y los oficiales revisarán a los conductores para obtener la licencia adecuada, lo que retrasará a los automovilistas solo momentáneamente.. Cuando sea posible, especialmente oficiales entrenados estarán disponibles para evaluar los sospechosos de conductores ebrios con las drogas.

Estadísticas recientes revelan que 30 por ciento de los conductores en los accidentes fatales tenían una o más drogas en sus sistemas. Un estudio de los conductores activos mostraron más dio positivo para los medicamentos que perjudiquen conducción (14 por ciento) que hizo por el alcohol (7.3 por ciento). De los fármacos, marihuana era más prevalente, en 7.4 por ciento, un poco más de alcohol.

En 2013, había 1,519 collisions in Oxnard. 745 of those collisions involved an injury of one or more persons. También en 2013, había 149 collisions involving an impaired driver which resulted in 60 injured persons and 1 death.

Según la Administración Nacional de Seguridad Vial (NHTSA), checkpoints have provided the most effective documented results of any of the DUI enforcement strategies, while also yielding considerable cost savings of $6 para cada $1 gastado. Casi 90 percent of California drivers approve of DUI checkpoints.

Los fondos para este puesto de control se proporciona al Departamento de Policía de Oxnard por una subvención de la Oficina de Seguridad Vial de California, través de la Administración Nacional de Seguridad Vial, reminding everyone to ‘Report Drunk Driver – Call 9-1-1.


FECHA / TIEMPO DE PREPARACIÓN: Abril 23, 2014 / 1630 horas