Javier Barajas, 31 of Los Angeles, was sentenced on September 29, 2009 to 300 days in jail for his part in a March 2008 driveby shooting in Fillmore. Barajas had pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to a drive-by shooting that was gang-related, earlier. Barajas, his brother Jose Barajas, 30 of Los Angeles, and Jose Rodriguez of Simi Valley, had driven to Fillmore after the funeral of Jose Camacho, 22 of Moorpark, who was killed in Port Hueneme in a gang dispute. One shot was fired into a vehicle and another into an occupied residence. No one was injured. The three were arrested as they were returning to Moorpark, March 27, 2008.

Jose Barajas was sentenced to eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty to shooting at the inhabited building for the benefit of a criminal street gang. Rodriguez was given a four-year sentence in 2008. Javier Barajas’ attorney said his client was a family man who agreed to drive his brother to a club, and that his brother fired a weapon out the window. The attorney said Javier had no ties to gangs. Prosecutor Joann Roth said Javier Barajas knew exactly what he was doing when he drove the car to the drive-by shooting.