Ventura County Sheriff's Department

Date & Time: July 17, 2009, 0630 Hrs.

On July 8, 2009, at approximately 2200 hrs. deputies from the Fillmore Station responded to a shots fired call in the 300 block of Clay St., in Fillmore. When deputies arrived they found that rival gang members had confronted the victim, a known gang member. The rival gang members shot at the victim as he was driving away.

On 7-17-09 at 0630, the Fillmore Special Enforcement Detail with the assistance of deputies and officers from the Santa Paula Police Department and Ventura Police Department, conducted search warrants at four locations in the City of Fillmore and one location in the City of Moorpark. This was in response to the gang related shooting that occurred on 7-8-09. The following persons were arrested as a result of the search warrants:

Valerie Sanchez, 06-07-1981
Charges: 11377 H&S possession of a controlled substance, 11550 H&S UI controlled substance
Juan Perez, 07-20-1986
Charges: 422 PC criminal threats (related to a prior incident)
Miguel Perez, 11-27-1983
Charges: 422 PC criminal threats (related to a prior incident), 11377 H&S possession of a controlled substance, 11364 H&S possession of pipe, 11550 H&S UI controlled substance, 186.22 PC, gang enhancement and a 14601 CVC driving on a suspended CDL warrant.
Ricardo Magana, 04-14-1984
Charges: 12020 PC possession of nunchaku.

Also Martin Gonzales 09-13-1984 was cited and released for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.