OXNARD POLICE DEPARTMENT
NEWS RELEASE
INCIDENT: | Kidnapping For Robbery Arrest |
DATE/TIME: | September 5, 2018, 11:00 a.m. |
LOCATION: | E. First St., Oxnard Ca. 93030 |
SUSPECT(S): | Jade Rubio, 21 years, Oxnard Resident |
PREPARED BY: | Brett A. Smith, Sergeant
Brett.smith@oxnardpd.org (805) 486-6211 |
CONTACT PERSON AND CONTACT INFO: | Detective Jonathan Ballow, 288-3289 or jonathan.ballow@oxnardpd.org |
DETAILS: On June 3, 2018, at approximately 2:09 a.m., Oxnard police officers responded to the 2000 block of N. Oxnard Blvd., Oxnard; reference a possible carjacking that just occurred. When officers arrived they located a victim who told them he was robbed of his personal belongings and his vehicle. Officers learned the victim picked up the suspect, Jade Rubio, and her friend to give them a ride. The victim agreed to let Rubio drive his car. Rubio brought the victim to an undisclosed location where a third male suspect was waiting with a gun. The male suspect pulled the victim from the car and robbed him at gun point while taking the victims personal belongings.
The victim was forced back into the vehicle at gun point where the suspects demanded the victim provide his PIN numbers to his ATM/Credit cards. The suspects proceeded to drive the victim throughout the city withdrawing money from the victim’s accounts.
Investigators from the Violent Crimes Unit (VCU) continued to investigate crime after the initial police response. During the course of their investigation, investigators learned the identity of one of the suspect’s, Jade Rubio.
On September 02, 2018, the Oxnard Police Department’s Special Enforcement Unit arrested Rubio in the area of E. First St., Oxnard, Ca. for the above charges. The Oxnard Police Department Violent Crimes Unit anticipates additional arrests for the remaining suspects involved in this incident.