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 enero 17, 2009 en aproximadamente 8 PM, officers from the Oxnard Police Department responded to a call of a fight with shots fired in the 2700 block of El Dorado Ave. Upon the officer’s arrival, they located two victims who had sustained stab wounds. A third victim showed up at the hospital an hour after the incident with a minor stab wound. La 28 year old homicide victim, later identified as Alfredo Vargas, underwent emergency surgery and died at approximately 2:30 am the following morning.

En julio de 2013, the investigation into this murder resulted in criminal indictments against four Lemonwood Chiques gang members, charging each with murder for their involvement in this attack. These four subjects, Jonathan Gallegos, Alexis Ramirez, Jorge Cervantes and Guillermo Galvan are currently in-custody, awaiting trial.

The investigation into this murder has remained active, with investigators assigned to the Cold Case Task Force continuing to pursue the outstanding suspects responsible for this murder. El martes, Febrero 18, 2014, investigators arrested a fifth suspect, Alejandro Jimenez, for his role in this murder. Jimenez, who was in the custody of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department on unrelated charges at the time of his arrest, was charged with Murder, with special allegations that the crime was committed for the benefit of a criminal street gang and that Jimenez personally discharged a firearm during this crime.

The success of this investigation is the result of countless hours of investigation and a cooperative effort involving multiple law enforcement agencies including the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office and the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department. The investigation into the murder of Alfredo Vargas is ongoing, and members of the public are asked to contact Detective Mike Young at (805) 385-7606 o mike.young@oxnardpd.org if they have any information about this incident. A previous booking photograph of Jimenez has been attached to this press release.

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 3/12/2014, en alrededor 2:20 pm, Oxnard Police Department officers were dispatched to a call of a student who had made a threat towards other students at Oceanview Junior High.

The threat came in the form of a video recording where the student had a gun and was shown to manipulate the magazine. In this recording, the student threatened to kill two other students and members of his family.

The video recording was emailed to another student, who did the right and responsible thing by informing school administration.

Since the minor making the threats as well as two would-be-victims were all students, the school was placed on lockdown. Officers responded immediately, and school resource officers were able to make contact with the students.

It was determined that the students were all friends and had made the video together. también, the gun shown, turned out to be an air-soft replica gun. There did not appear to be any other threat.

For students and schools, incidents like this can disrupt the learning environment. For parents, familias, and our community, it brings an unnecessary worry.

The Oxnard Police remind parents and all residents of the danger that replica firearms are a hazard to public safety when brandished or used in a threatening manner.
Por consiguiente, as in this case, it can deplete our immediate resources, and cost the city and our Department valuable time and resources, as well as our ability to respond to other incidents in the city.

FECHA / TIEMPO DE PREPARACIÓN: Marzo 12, 2014, 6:30 pm

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 marzo de 2, 2006, Oxnard resident Oscar Gonzalez was shot and killed in the area of San Benito Street and Trinity Place in the Lemonwood neighborhood of Oxnard. Gonzalez was shot and killed as he pursued vandals that he had interrupted damaging one of his family’s vehicles. The investigation into the murder revealed that the motivation behind the vandalism was gang related.

In response to a number of gang related homicides in the Lemonwood area, the Oxnard Police Department formed a special task force to investigate these gang homicides. Durante la investigación, Angel Romero was identified as the suspect in Gonzalez’ murder. En julio 2, 2013, a Ventura County Grand Jury indicted Angel Romero for murder. Investigators learned that Romero had fled Oxnard and his whereabouts were unknown.

The investigation was turned over to Oxnard Police Department’s Cold Case Unit. With assistance from the United States Marshall’s office and the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, Romero was located and arrested without incident in the Sacramento area. Romero will be extradited to Ventura County for prosecution. This investigation is the result of countless hours and a cooperative effort involving multiple local law enforcement agencies.