Ventura County Sheriff's Department

The flood control channel adjacent to Hwy 126 East of Wells Rd has been a source of illegal graffiti activity for some time. The gang and tagging crew graffiti is highly visible from the highway and has recently been the source of complaints from citizens.

On 11-6-08 at approximately 3:15 am, deputies from the Headquarters Patrol Station responded to the area for a call of possible criminal activity occurring in the area. Deputies responded to the location and detained three suspects while two others fled on foot. One of the subjects Aaron Pacheco, 23, of Fillmore, who fled as the deputies arrived was arrested a short time later and the investigation is continuing on the identification of the 5th suspect.

The three suspects, Andrew Dominic Gonzales II, 24, Rosa Linda Johnson, 23, and Kristina Elena Rosales, 20 all from Santa Paula, who were initially detained were later determined not to be involved in the actual vandalism and were cited and released for trespassing. The fourth suspect who fled on foot, Aaron Pacheco, was arrested for Felony Vandalism, resisting arrest, possession of graffiti tools, conspiracy to commit a crime and under the influence of a controlled substance. Pacheco was subsequently booked into the Ventura County Jail.