Ventura County Sheriff's Department

Location of Arrest: The Oaks Mall 350 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA, 91360.
Location of Search Warrant: 19000 block of Romar Street, Northridge, CA, 91324 & 9000 block of Shirley Avenue, Northridge, CA, 91324.
Date & Time/ RB#: June 10, 2009 / 09-5771
Unit Responsible: East County Major Crimes Unit

In the recent past, an unidentified male voice began broadcasting on the radio frequency used by The Oaks Mall Security personnel. The unknown male voice broadcast profanity toward the security officers. The unknown male voice informed the Oaks Mall Security that they needed to give up their radio frequency to him. The unknown male voice threatened to jam the Oaks Mall frequencies if they did not comply with his demands. The unknown male voice said the police and the Federal Communications Commission would not do anything to him.

The Oaks Mall Security reprogrammed their radios so they could block the unknown male voice. However, the suspect hacked into the Oaks Mall frequencies and said he would continue to harass and jam their frequencies until they surrendered their radio frequencies to him.

The Oaks Mall filed a crime report with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department and the FCC. Through a coordinated effort, an agent of the FCC and deputies of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department located the suspect as he was making further demands to the Oaks Mall Security via their radio frequency. The suspect also admitted to “jamming” and “pulsing” the Oaks Mall Security frequency in his effort to shut down the Oaks Mall radio transmissions.

During this conversation, the FCC agent and deputies of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department arrested the suspect, who was later identified as 25-year-old Kevin William Bondy of Northridge, Ca.

The FCC found that Bondy willfully and repeatedly violated FCC regulations by engaging in unlicensed radio operation and intentional interference with licensed radio operations.

The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office filed a felony count of wiretapping and a misdemeanor count of annoying electronic communication. This case is pending before the Ventura County Superior Court.

Investigators served a search warrant at Bondy’s residence and a locked storage facility he rented. Investigators seized several computers, high-power transmitters, transceivers, antennas, scanners, and more than 100 handheld radios as evidence.

According to FCC officials, the seized equipment has an approximate value of $1,000,000.00.

The investigation revealed that the seized property could have been used by Bondy to completely shut down or disable any law enforcement, security, or public safety radio network.

Sheriff’s investigators are trying to determine who owned the specialized equipment seized from Bondy. Anyone with information about the radio equipment is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit at (805) 494-8201 or the Los Angeles office of the FCC at (888)225-5322.