Ventura County Sheriff's Department

On April 15, 2009 at about 2:35 A.M., Sheriffs deputies were dispatched to a home in the 400 Block of 4th Street in the City of Fillmore on a report that a robbery had just occurred inside the home. Deputies received information that the suspect ran from the scene, but was possibly hiding in the area.

Patrol deputies quickly responded to the victim's home and simultaneously searched the area for the 17 year old female suspect. Deputies at the home found two victims identified as a mother and daughter. The suspect was identified as a close relative of the family. The victims reported to deputies that the suspect unexpectedly arrived and forced entry into the home as they slept. The suspect confronted the 19 year-old victim and the mother in their room. The suspect brandished a knife at the two victims, threatening to cut the 19 year-old victim's throat and then cut the mother's arm causing a minor injury. The 19 year-old victim was unharmed. As the victims attempted to call the police, the suspect took the phone preventing them from calling. The suspect stole money from the mother's purse and fled with the 19 year-old victim's purse. Patrol deputies in search of the suspect, arrested her about two blocks from the home. At the time of the arrest, the suspect was carrying some of the stolen property.

The suspect was charged with felony counts of armed robbery, residential burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment, and preventing a victim from reporting a crime to the public. The suspect was lodged in Juvenile Hall. Fillmore Police Department Ventura County Sheriffs Department.