Homicide in Santa Paula | Victims – One dead, one critical in condition, another in Emergency Room
Santa Paula Police Department – Incident Press Release On Saturday October 24, 2020, at approximately 10:13pm, the Santa Paula Police Department received a call of shots fired with two subjects down in the 200 block of Ventura St. Upon officer’s arrival, officers located two subjects with gunshot wounds. One subject was pronounced deceased on scene and […]
Man Charged with Attempted Murder in Santa Paula Shooting
Richard Steven Valencia (DOB 09/26/78), of Santa Paula, was charged in the October 9, 2020, shooting of Samir Salgado, also of Santa Paula. The complaint charges one count of attempted murder with an allegation that Mr. Valencia personally used a firearm, one count of felony assault with a deadly weapon on Mr. Salgado, one count of being […]
Moorpark Man Charged with Murder in Woman’s Death
VENTURA, California – District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that William Justin Koznar (DOB 04/27/88), of Moorpark, was charged with the October 7, 2020, murder of Sara Goodwin, of Modesto, California. The complaint charges one count of murder. Ms. Goodwin died from multiple blunt force trauma at a hospital after an altercation with Koznar. […]
Suspect booked for Murder at Moorpark Marriott Fairfield Inn
Ventura County Sheriff – Incident Press Release On 10/7/2020, at approximately 9:32 AM, the Sheriff’s Communications Center received a call for service at the Marriott Fairfield Inn regarding a disturbance. Patrol deputies responded and learned William Koznar, a guest at the hotel, had created a disturbance in the lobby and hotel staff were requesting assistance […]
Gabriel Cortez charged for the murder of Rogelio Lara
Gabriel Cortez (DOB 2/21/1997), of Oxnard, was charged with the September 27, 2020, murder of Rogelio Lara, also of Oxnard. The complaint charges one count of murder with a special allegation that Cortez used a firearm in the commission of the crime. At approximately 10:30 a.m., on September 27, 2020, Mr. Lara was sitting in […]
San Antonio, Texas Homicide Suspect Arrested In Port Hueneme
Port Hueneme Police Department – Incident Press Release On August 22, 2020 Detectives and Officers from the Port Hueneme Police Department located a suspect wanted in connection with a homicide that occurred on 8/20/2020 in San Antonio, Texas. The suspect, identified as Jorge Izquierdo (11-06-90) was taken into custody without incident in the 2500 block of […]
Oxnard Investigators Seek Assistance with Homicide
Oxnard Police Department – Incident Press Release On March 21, 2019, at about 10:30 PM, Oxnard Police Officers responded to a call of a shooting in the 900 block of Spruce Street. Upon arrival, officers located Jose Aguilera, a 20 year old Oxnard resident, who had suffered a gunshot wound. Unfortunately, Aguilera succumbed to his injuries […]
Oxnard Man Sentenced to Life For 2009 Murder
Alexis Ramirez (DOB 10/23/89), of Oxnard, was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison by Judge Gilbert Romero. On July 8, 2020, Ramirez pled guilty to second degree murder with the use of a knife and for the benefit of a criminal street gang for the January 17, 2009, killing of Alfredo Vargas, also […]
MS-13 Gang Members Indicted for 6 Murders in US
BY ZACHARY STIEBER Eight members of the transnational street gang MS-13 have been indicted for six murders on Long Island in New York state, according to a recently unsealed indictment. The defendants were involved in a series of brutal murders in 2016, federal officials said. In one case, 19-year-old Oscar Acosta was lured to a wooded area near an elementary […]
Gang Member Pleads Guilty to First-Degree Murder for Newbury Park Killing
Caden Crowell (DOB: 11/19/98), of Camarillo, pled guilty to the first-degree murder of David Smith, age 19, of Thousand Oaks. Crowell also admitted personally using a firearm in the commission of the murder. On the evening of November 30, 2017, Crowell fired one shot from a vehicle and killed Mr. Smith while he was riding […]
