Oxnard Police Department Incident Press Release
On March 12, 2020, two neighbors in the Pleasant Valley Estates housing tract observed a suspicious subject looking into rear yards of their neighbors’ homes. The reporting neighbors contacted police and followed the subject until the first officers arrived. When the officers attempted to stop the subject on his bicycle the subject dumped the bicycle and started climbing fences to rear yards to elude detainment. Responding officers set up a containment perimeter and launched an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to assist in the search. The UAV operator was able to follow him and coordinate perimeter officers to contain in the suspect in the rear yard of a home in the 800 block of Yale Place. Officers persuaded the suspect to surrender, without incident, utilizing the Police Canine “Leo”.
The suspect was arrested for resisting arrest and an additional drug-related charge. He is now under investigation as a suspect in recent burglaries and thefts in the neighborhood.
Blackstock junior high school and Hueneme high school were placed on lockdown as a precautionary measure. The lockdown lasted for approximately 15 minutes.
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