Santa Paula Police Department – Incident Press Release
On Friday, March 22, 2019, the Santa Paula Police Department Detectives Bureau was investigating an attempted vehicle burglary on Coronado Circle and identified Eric Caples as the suspect while reviewing home surveillance footage.
On Monday, March 25, 2019, the suspect 41 year old Santa Paula resident, Eric Caples was arrested for the incident and violating his terms and conditions of parole. Additionally, Caples was found to be in possession of stolen property, which was returned to the owner. Through the investigation, it was found that Caples is the suspect in two other cases from 2018 where he was identified as a suspect in an unrelated vehicle burglary and a separate case utilizing a stolen access card. All three cases have been filed with the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office. Mr. Caples is a convicted felon and has previously been convicted of burglary.
If anyone has further information related to any of these cases please contact Sergeant Allen Macias at 805-525-4474 x.220.
664/459 PC Attempted Burglary, 496 PC Possession of stolen property, 459 PC Burglary, 484g(a) PC Unlawful use of a credit card, 3056 PC Parole violation.