Ventura County Sheriff's Department

(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (W)itnesses, (P)arties Age
(S1) Eric Plourde, Quebec Canada 32 years

On August 18, 2009, at about 9:00 p.m. Camarillo Deputies stopped a subject in the 1200 block of Crestview Ave. While talking with the suspect he fled down a steep hill and escaped. Further investigation by the deputies revealed the subject was in a stolen car from Oregon.
On August 19th, at about 11:15 a.m., a female reported to the Camarillo Police Department that she was the victim of a carjacking. While the victim was walking into the Sportsman Restaurant, 4462 Central Avenue, the suspect confronted her and demanded her car keys. After a short struggle, the suspect took the victim’s keys and fled the area in her car. Several deputies responded to the scene and a search was conducted, without success. The suspect description in this case matched the suspect that fled from deputies on August 18th.
At about 3:45 p.m., Eric Plourde was attempting to drive the victim’s car across the border into Mexico near San Ysidro. U.S. Custom’s agents attempted to conduct a traffic stop, and Plourde fled in the car. After a brief vehicle pursuit, Plourde crashed and fled on foot. U.S. custom’s agents were able to apprehend Plourde a short distance away.
Plourde is also suspected of committing another robbery, on his way to the border, in the Carlsbad area. A woman reported in Carlsbad that she was walking in a parking lot when a man drove by her, and without getting out of his car he ripped her purse off of her shoulder. She was apparently injured slightly during the crime. Plourde was found in possession of the woman’s purse when he was arrested.
Plourde was picked up today by two Camarillo Detectives and booked at the Main Jail in Ventura for robbery, carjacking, and stealing a car. Bail was set at $100,000.00