COMUNICADO DE PRENSA
FECHA: 29 de marzo, 2024 (4:44 p.m.)
TEMA: Vehicle Pursuit Ends with Arrests for Firearms Violations and Child Endangerment
SOSPECHOSOS: Víctor Ortíz, 19-residente de Oxnard años de edad,
Abigail Guerrero 19-year-old Oxnard resident
Julissa Guerrero 21-year-old Oxnard resident
14-residente de Oxnard años de edad,
UBICACIÓN: Pleasant Valley Rd.. at Rice Ave., Oxnard
CONTACTO: Bakari Myers, Sargento
(805) 797-6202 | [email protected]
On March 29th, en aproximadamente 4:44 p.m., oficiales de la Unidad de Aplicación Especial de Oxnard (Unidad de pandillas) responded to a call for service in the area of Maulhardt Rd. y Ranchita Ln. reference possible gang members in possession of handguns. The caller also mentioned that they believed the gang members were under the influence of alcohol and or drugs. The officers observed the suspected gang members leave in a vehicle and attempted a traffic stop on the vehicle as it traveled west on Pleasant Valley Rd. from Dodge Rd. El controlador, later identified as Abigail Guerrero, no cedió y se produjo una persecución. The pursuit came to a conclusion as there was heavy traffic and Guerrero was blocked in.
El pasajero delantero derecho, identified as Victor Ortiz, quickly exited the vehicle and discarded a handgun while attempting to flee on foot. Ortiz was apprehended after a brief foot pursuit. The handgun was recovered and determined to be a loaded 9-millimeter, Glocón, pistola semiautomática. Ortiz, un miembro criminal documentado de una pandilla callejera, was charged with felony firearms possession. Ortiz is on felony pretrial release from a previous firearm arrest from January 2024.
The driver and three additional passengers were removed from the vehicle. There was also a 1-year-old infant, sitting in a child seat that was not secured to the vehicle. There were several open alcoholic beverage containers in the vehicle and several loose deflated balloons in the vehicle. There was a loose deflated balloon in the infant seat next to the 1-year-old’s leg. Officers suspected that the balloons were used for inhaling hallucinogens. A 14-year-old juvenile passenger admitted possessing the handgun that was tossed from the vehicle. The juvenile was also charged with possession of the firearm. The 14-year-old also has a prior firearm arrest from January of 2024.
El controlador, Abigail Guerrero, was charged with evading and child endangerment. Abigail is the 1-year-old’s aunt. The 1-year-old’s mother, Julissa Guerrero, was also a passenger in the vehicle. Julissa was also arrested for child endangerment.
Unidad de Ejecución especial del Departamento de Policía de Oxnard se ha comprometido a reducir los crímenes de pandillas y la violencia armada en la ciudad de Oxnard a través de la aplicación estricta de las leyes específicamente la orientación conocida, pandilleros activos que residen en la ciudad. Si alguien tiene información sobre este caso u otra actividad criminal en contacto con el Departamento de Policía de Oxnard a (805) 385-7600, o en línea a través de la página web del Departamento de Policía de Oxnard: www.oxnardpd.org, y haciendo clic en Informe de actividades sospechosas. Puede permanecer en el anonimato si decide hacerlo. Puede permanecer en el anonimato llamando a Crime Stoppers del Condado de Ventura en (800) 222-8477. También puede visitar este sitio: www.venturacountycrimestoppers.org a presentar una punta a través de texto o correo electrónico.
