OXNARD DEPARTAMENTO DE POLICÍA

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA

INCIDENTE:	Assault and Firearms Arrest
FECHA / HORA:	Septiembre 26, 2017 3:40 PM
UBICACIÓN:	100 Bloque de S. Grant Ave.
SOSPECHOSO:	Margarito Solano, 20 residente de Oxnard años de edad
PREPARADO POR:	Comandante Mike Adair
PERSONA DE CONTACTO e información de contacto:	Detective Mike Velasquez 805-385-8287; mike.velasquez@oxnardpd.org

DETALLES: En septiembre 26, 2017 en 3:35 PM the Oxnard Police Department’s Communications Center was contacted by an agent from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to report an incident they had been involved in during their attempt to apprehend a suspect. The ICE agents had just attempted a felony arrest warrant service on Margarito Solano in the 100 block of South Grant Ave. en Oxnard. During the arrest the suspect had driven his vehicle into one of the agent’s vehicle.

When Oxnard police officers arrived on scene, they learned the suspect had already been taken into custody. The initial information from the agents indicated that ICE’s Fugitive Operations Team was in Oxnard looking for Solano who had an active felony warrant and is a documented gang member. The agents located Solano on Grant Ave. and attempted to conduct an enforcement stop on the vehicle he was driving. En ese tiempo, Solano sped up and rammed into one of the agent’s vehicles in an attempt to flee. Solano was unable to drive by the agents and was taken into custody without further attempts to resist. The ICE vehicles involved in the enforcement stop were all equipped with red and blue flashing lights which were activated at the time of the stop. A loaded handgun was found in Solano’s pants pocket when he was searched.

Oxnard officers took custody of Solano and he was booked into Ventura County Jail on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and criminal firearms possession. One ICE agent suffered a minor injury when Solano rammed into the agent’s car. Solano struck the vehicle with such force that the vehicle had to be towed from the scene.

The Oxnard Police Department was not involved in the ICE operation. The Oxnard Police Department does not engage in immigration enforcement.

For additional information reference the original ICE operation, please contact the ICE Press Information Officer (PIO), Virginia Kice, en (949) 337-9594.

FECHA / TIEMPO DE PREPARACIÓN: 9/27/2017, 7:00 a.m.