Ventura Police Department – Incident Press Release
On Jne 30th at 4:25 PM Ventura Police Patrol officers responded to a report of a carjacking which just occurred in the 5700 block of Telephone Rd. The victim was sitting in her vehicle when the suspect approached her and pulled her out of the vehicle. The suspect threw the victim to the ground and took the keys to her vehicle. The suspect then fled the area in the victim’s vehicle, running over the victim’s foot in the process. The victim suffered minor injuries as a result of the collision.
At about 11:45 PM, the California Highway Patrol stopped the victim’s stolen vehicle in the city of Oxnard after a traffic pursuit that began in Los Angeles County. The driver of the stolen vehicle, Gerd Pineda, was safely taken into custody by California Highway Patrol officers. Pineda was also identified as the carjacking suspect. Pineda was arrested by the California Highway Patrol for charges related to the traffic pursuit and he was arrested by Ventura Police for the Carjacking and Hit and Run incident. The recovered stolen vehicle was returned to the victim. Neither the suspect nor officers were injured as a result of this incident.
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