Ventura County Sheriff's Department

RB#: 09-29159
Location: 300 block of Arneill Road, Camarillo, Ca.
Date & Time: 11/27/09 / 12:15 a.m. Unit Responsible: Sheriff’s Major Crimes

(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (W)itnesses Address Age
(V) Marcos Orosco Camarillo, Ca. 37
(V) Richard Ortiz Camarillo, Ca. 38
(S) Abel Tinajera Oxnard, Ca. 32
(S) Elsa Tinajera Oxnard, Ca. 38

On 11-27-09, at approximately 12:15 a.m., sheriff’s deputies from the Camarillo Police Department responded to a disturbance at a bar in the 300 block of Arneill Road. They arrived to find two victims, one with minor injuries and the other with severe facial injuries.

Interviews with the victims and witnesses revealed that the two suspects, who are married, were at the bar with a group of people. An argument started between the two suspects and another group of people, at which time the suspects were asked to leave. The argument continued into the parking lot, where suspect Elsa Tinajera got into the driver’s seat of her vehicle and suspect Abel Tinajera got into the passenger seat. Elsa began driving around the parking lot in a reckless manner, and appeared to be intentionally trying to run people down with her vehicle. At one point, the vehicle “clipped” the legs of victim Richard Ortiz, causing minor injuries. As she drove by victim Marcos Orosco, suspect Abel Tinajera reached out the window with a knife and sliced Orosco’s face, causing a severe injury and hospitalization.

The suspects had fled the area by the time deputies arrived on scene. However, a witness provided a vehicle description and license plate number, which the deputies had broadcasted to other law enforcement personnel in the county. Sheriff’s deputies spotted the vehicle a short time later and initiated a traffic stop. The suspects were positively identified by witnesses and taken into custody. Both suspects were booked into the Ventura County Jail for penal code section 245(a)(1), Assault with a Deadly Weapon.