Ventura County Sheriff's Department

Location: Dead end of Crescent Way, Thousand Oaks, Ca.
Date & Time/ RB#: Sept. 1, 2009 @ 8:30 a.m. / 09-21244
Unit Responsible: Thousand Oaks Police Department – Major Crimes Unit

(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (W)itnesses Address Age
(S) Hernandez, Genaro Thousand Oaks 23

On Tuesday, detectives arrested a local day laborer after he was identified as the suspect in a stabbing that occurred near Hampshire Road and Thousand Oaks Boulevard, on August 30, 2009.

Genaro Hernandez was arrested at the Pre-Trial Detention Facility, in Ventura, in connection with the stabbing that left a 30-year-old man in the Intensive Care Unit at Los Robles Hospital, with a collapsed lung.

The incident began when the victim was robbed August 13th of his cellular telephones while at the day laborer gathering site on Hampshire Road. During the robbery investigation, the victim was contacted by one of the robbers and offered his phones back for a price.

That suspect was arrested on August 26th for possession of stolen property and extortion. The investigation then focused on Genaro Hernandez, who initially identified himself to deputies as Fidel Robledo. On August 30, 2009, Hernandez found the victim walking on Crescent Way and stabbed him in the chest with a knife. The suspect then fled the scene, dropping the knife nearby.

The victim staggered to the nearby Alliance Gas Station, where he was able to summon help.

Two hours after the stabbing, Hernandez was arrested after he committed a residential burglary at a house in a nearby Westlake Hills neighborhood. He was booked for burglary, under the name of Jose Rojas, which was the name he provided to the arresting officer at that time.

Because he is an undocumented immigrant and has given law enforcement officials different names during prior contacts, Hernandez’ correct name and date of birth are not known.

Hernandez is being held in lieu of $550,000.00 bail for attempted murder, residential burglary, and an immigration hold.