Ventura County Sheriff's Department

Location: El Rio/ Saticoy/ Nyeland Acres
Date & Time: 12-17-2009 1730 to 2230 hrs
Unit Responsible: Sheriff Gang Unit

Suspects Charge City of residence Age
Arguellas, Manuel Possession of narcotics. Ventura 19
Male Juvenile Destruction of evidence. Oxnard 16
Amaro, Gilbert Violation of Parole. Oxnard 34
Barrozo, Roman Violation of Parole. Saticoy 25
Hill, Eric Violation of Parole. El Rio 39
Isaac, Mauricio Violation of Parole. El Rio 22
Ramirez, Louie Violation of Parole. El Rio 40
Renteria, Ray Narcotics Warrant. El Rio 51
Albanes, Michael Under the influence Ventura 34
of narcotics.
Rodriguez, Eric Under the influence Oxnard 32
of narcotics.
Altamirano, Daniel Under the influence Saticoy 28
of narcotics.

Ouwendijk, Danielle Under the influence Somis 32
of narcotics.
Lemos, Anthony False imprisonment El Rio 26
Warrant.
Rodriguez, Edgar Cultivating Marijuana. El Rio 22
Valentine, Frank Narcotics warrant. El Rio 18
Bleach, Eric Under the influence El Rio 25
of narcotics.
Candido, Ramon Under the influence El Rio 35
of narcotics.
Figueroa, Ralph Under the influence El Rio 49
of narcotics.
Martinez, Anthony Under the influence Oxnard 20
of narcotics.
Reynoso, Ernie Possession of Casitas Springs 29
methamphetamine.

On Thursday night, more than 45 deputies from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department conducted a 5-hour probation and parole sweep in the unincorporated areas of El Rio, Nyeland Acres and Saticoy. The deputies went to more than 130 residences and made 20 arrests for a variety of charges.

The probation and parole searches were conducted as part of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department ongoing proactive enforcement in areas prone to gang violence.

The Sheriff’s Department was able to gather the large group of deputies by shifting the regular work hours of various units from throughout the Department so they could assist in the operation. The units assisting included the Sheriff’s Gang Unit, Camarillo Gang Unit, Thousand Oaks Gang Unit, Thousand Oaks Bike Patrol, Narcotics, Homicide, Fillmore Gang Unit, Ojai Substation, Headquarters Substation, and the Sheriff’s Prisoner Transportation Unit.

In addition to Sheriff Department personnel, officers from the California Highway patrol working under a California Gang Reduction, Intervention and Prevention grant, conducted saturation patrols in the unincorporated area of West Ventura County and made 4 traffic related arrests.

The Ventura County Sheriff Department intends to increase the frequency of its parole searches, as the State of California plans the release of an estimated 27,000 non-violent inmates on unsupervised parole. An estimated four hundred fifty of those are expected to return to Ventura County.