On Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at 11:15am, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a suspicious vehicle at the 1100 block of Mockingbird Lane and Sierra Vista Avenue, with a male and female subject inside, the male exhibiting indecent exposure. A Fillmore deputy arrived on the scene and contacted the subjects, with the male, Juan Torres, 28 of Oxnard, providing a false name, then fleeing the area. According to a passerby the subject was observed running northbound on C Street before taking an unknown direction. Fillmore deputies were advised on where the subject was last seen but units were unable to locate him. The female, Victoria Nunez, 19 of Camarillo, was arrested, and the vehicle was towed from the scene and impounded. At 4:10pm, deputies arrested Torres in the Rite Aid parking lot, after a short foot pursuit. Torres was booked at the Pre-Trail Detention Facility for evading arrest, trespassing, providing a false name, and residential burglary. He remains in jail awaiting his court appearance with bail set at $40,000. Photo credit Angel Esquivel-AE News.

Fillmore Patrol Deputies arrested a wanted felon who was on probation and fled from deputies, committing several other crimes in the city of Fillmore.

On the morning of April 19th, 2023, a resident called our dispatch center to report two suspicious subjects loitering in a parked vehicle at Mockingbird Lane / Sierra Vista Avenue in the city of Fillmore. When patrol deputies arrived to investigate, a male party provided a false name and immediately fled on foot. The male suspect was identified as Juan Torres, a wanted felon who was on probation for vehicle theft. The female in the vehicle was identified as Victoria Nunez. Nunez was subsequently arrested for possession of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia. Nunez was booked into the Pre-Trial Detention Facility for narcotics violations.

Deputies coordinated a search and were unable to locate Torres. Several hours later, another resident called and reported seeing Torres on their property via a surveillance camera in the 400 Block of B Street. Deputies returned to search for Torres who fled again on foot and ran into the yards of several residences. Deputies coordinated a search and watched as Torres ran into the Balden Towne Plaza shopping center. Deputies contacted Torres and were able to take him into custody.
During the investigation, a resident in the 1100 block of Mockingbird Lane called and reported a burglary at their residence. The investigation revealed Torres was the suspect, and he illegally entered the victim’s residence and stole personal items, including a bicycle. Torres was in possession of the stolen property, which was returned to the victim. The victim’s bicycle was also recovered.

Torres was booked at the Pre-Trail Detention Facility for evading arrest, trespassing, providing a false name, and residential burglary. Torres remains in jail awaiting his court appearance with his bail set at $40,000.
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The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank members of the public for their on-going support and due diligence in providing information to assist our agency in solving crimes. We are better at what we do because of our community partnerships.

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office has also established a secure database to log information about who has surveillance systems. If you would like to register your surveillance information and allow authorities to contact you, should a crime occur in/or near where your cameras are installed we kindly ask that you email the Fillmore Police Department at FillmorePD.CameraShare@ventura.org.

Prepared by: Sergeant Will Hollowell
Approved by: Captain Eduardo Malagon