Ventura County DA concludes shooting of white supremacist by two deputies justifiable homicide
The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office reviewed the circumstances surrounding the July 12, 2013, shooting of Daniel Houfek by Ventura County Sheriff s Deputies Danielle Delpit and Brian Dent. This is the full report: 14-065 Houfek Daniel OIS (Harman), authored by Senior Deputy District Attorney Christopher Harman. From the report: “On July 12, 2013, the […]
Sheriff searches for armed El Rio suspect
A subject reported to be armed with a handgun in an El Rio neighborhood threatened to harm family members yesterday morning around 10am. He was not located after a search of the area and a residence. A call was received at the Sheriff’s Communication Center at about 10:05 a.m. reporting Ralph Lopez was last seen […]
Ventura County Sheriff make arrest for stolen vehicle after high speed chase
The morning of September 11th at 5:39 a.m., purchase Headquarters Sergeant Jim Kenney was on patrol in the area of Faria Beach on Pacific Coast Highway. Sgt. Kenney noticed an older model van stopped on the shoulder with an inoperative rear taillight. When Sgt. Kenney attempted to detain the vehicle for the Vehicle Code violation, […]
Ventura County Sheriff’s K-9 Department pays tribute to its Fallen Partners
A fact hard to deal with at times, when living with working K9’s, is that they pass away. In a perfect world, our K9 partners would retire and live out their lives with us as family pets. They work for us with such dedication that is only fair they retire with the same from us. […]
Suspect Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter for Heroin Overdose Death
On February 9, 2014, Ventura resident Michael Zermeno overdosed on heroin at his home in the 6200 block of Freemont Court. He never regained consciousness and died two days later in the hospital. An investigation revealed Zermeno purchased the heroin from Matthew Slough in the City of Ventura just prior to overdosing. Investigators from the […]
