Ventura | Armed Robbery Suspect Gets Cuffed

Ventura Police Department – Incident Press Release

Over the past several weeks, Detectives with the Special Enforcement Team and Major Crimes were able to identify Jonathan Sabalza as the suspect in the listed armed robberies.

Arrest was made in the 6300 block of Whipoorwill Street on 3/18/19 at 6:00 AM.

The robberies occurred:

#1) Chevron, 3477 Telegraph (occurred on 1/30/19 @ 12:30 AM)
#2) Circle K, 3506 E. Main Street (occurred on 3/3/19 @ 4:25 AM)

On 3/18/19, at approximately 0600 hours, Ventura Police Major Crimes, Special Enforcement Team and Street Crimes Unit Detectives, along with patrol and K9, located Sabalza hiding in an apartment in the 6300 block of Whippoorwil Street in Ventura. After a brief standoff, the suspect came out of the apartment and was arrested. During a subsequent search, the handgun used in both robberies was located.

No one was injured as a result of this incident.

A review of the Ventura County Superior Court website shows that Sabalza has two open cases from 2018 for charges of felony evading an officer, hit and run, possession of a controlled substance, and a prior conviction in 2017 for resisting arrest.

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