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OXNARD POLICE DEPARTMENT
NEWS RELEASE
| INCIDENT: |
Person Arrested with a Loaded Firearm in a Vehicle
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| DATE/TIME: |
January 27, 2018 @ 4:30 p.m.
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| LOCATION: |
Santa Lucia Avenue @ Alpine Street
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| VICTIM(S): |
State of California
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| SUSPECT(S): |
17 year old Oxnard resident
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| PREPARED BY: |
Robert Flinn, Sergeant
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| CONTACT PERSON AND CONTACT INFO: | Christopher Williams, commander
christopher.williams@oxnardpd.org (805) 385-8290 |
DETAILS:
On January 27, 2018, at approximately 4:30 p.m., officers from the Oxnard Police Department Special Enforcement Unit conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the area of Santa Lucia Avenue and Alpine Street. Officers were responding to reports of a vehicle in the area driving erratically.
Officers contacted the driver of the vehicle who was identified as a seventeen year old minor and an identified Oxnard gang member. Officers noted objective symptomology consistent with alcohol use. Officers determined the driver to be under the influence of alcohol and unable to safely operate a motor vehicle whereupon he was arrested. During an inventory search of the vehicle, Officers located a sawed off shotgun on the floorboard behind the driver’s seat. Additional gun related charges were added.
The Oxnard Police Department Special Enforcement Unit (Gang Unit) is committed to reducing gang crimes and gun violence in the City of Oxnard through the strict enforcement of laws specifically targeting known, active gang members residing in the city. Citizens are reminded to contact the Police Department when they observe suspicious activity or are witnesses to a crime.
The Oxnard Police Department’s Special Enforcement Unit is committed to reducing gang crimes and gun violence in the City of Oxnard through the strict enforcement of laws specifically targeting known, active gang members residing in the city. Anyone with information regarding criminal activity is encouraged to contact the Oxnard Police Department at (805) 385-7600, or you can remain anonymous by calling the Ventura County Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477. You can also visit this site: www.venturacountycrimestoppers.org to submit a tip via text or email.
