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2 teens, 18, arrested on hate crime, vandalism charges in Thousand Oaks
Two 18-year-olds have been arrested on felony vandalism and hate crime charges in Thousand Oaks, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday. A media release issued by VCSO states that Thousand Oaks Patrol deputies received a report of two suspects who were captured on surveillance video vandalizing the walls of a commercial building on Monday. […]
Rapist, makeup heir’s parole granted, then reversed
A serial rapist who is the heir to a makeup fortune will no longer be paroled this year, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Andrew Luster, 60, great-grandson to Max Factor Sr., was convicted in absentia in 2003 of 86 felonies connected to a spree of rapes between 1996 and 2000 in which […]
Former teacher charged for possession of illicit images
A 54-year-old Oxnard man faces charges for possession of child sexual abuse material, stemming from a monthslong investigation with local and federal law enforcement agencies. The Ventura County District Attorney’s office said Aaron Wayne Bouffard was arrested by Ventura Police Sept. 20 and pleaded not guilty at his Oct. 7 arraignment in Ventura...
Oxnard police use robot to find man hiding under bed; search locks down 3 schools
This story was updated to add new information. An Oxnard police search near three public schools — Charles Blackstock Junior High School, Ansgar Larsen Elementary School and Harrington Elementary School — prompted lockdowns at both campuses on Wednesday afternoon. ...
Teen in stable condition after Sunday evening shooting in Port Hueneme
PORT HUENEME, Calif. – A 15-year-old is currently in stable condition after they were taken to Ventura County Medical Center with a gunshot wound to their leg Sunday. On Sunday, Oct. 13, around 8:35 p.m., officers were sent to the 300 block of East Port Hueneme Road after multiple reports of shots fired in the The post Teen in stable condition after Sunday evening shooting in Port Hueneme appeared first on News Channel 3-12.