Ventura County Sheriff's Department

Location: 1889 Oak Terrace Lane (Amgen) – Newbury Park
Date & Time: 5-8-08 @ 1808 hours Unit Responsible: Thousand Oaks Police Dept.

(S)uspects, Address, Age

(S) Male juvenile, Thousand Oaks, 15
(S) Male juvenile, Glendale, 15

Thousand Oaks police arrested two juveniles last Thursday night after they tried to retrieve a stolen vehicle from an Amgen employee parking structure. Alert security officers John Langford and Jaime Morataya called the Sheriff’s Department after the juveniles tried three separate times to enter onto Amgen property and take the vehicle. The security officers detained one juvenile while the second left the area on foot. When deputies arrived, they found the vehicle had been reported stolen a few days before. Deputy Jason Fuller recognized the juvenile and the vehicle from a previous surveillance footage. The video had captured the juveniles burglarizing a vehicle and stealing mail in a Thousand Oaks neighborhood. During the investigation, deputies found property belonging to at least 15 separate victims whose vehicles and homes were burglarized. The second juvenile who had left the area was located a short time after the incident. He too was arrested for his involvement in the crimes.

The juveniles told investigators how they would check parking lots and neighborhoods for vehicles that had items left in plain view.

Detectives continue to ask the public to remove valuables from their unattended vehicles and lock the doors and windows to their homes.

Both juveniles were charged with two counts of residential burglary, one count of vehicle theft, and numerous counts of vehicle burglary and petty theft. They were cited and released to their parents.