Ventura | Vagrants arrested for Burglarizing City Hall
Ventura Police Department – Incident Press Release
On 5/13/18 at 11:40 AM, the Ventura Police Command Center received a report of a male subject passed out in a vehicle in parking lot in the 4000 block of E. Main St. Patrol officers contacted the occupant of the vehicle, Andy Batey, who was in possession of property that appeared to be stolen. Through further investigation, officers learned that an iPad in Batey’s possession had been stolen from Ventura City Hall, which had been burglarized over the weekend. There was not sufficient evidence to arrest Batey for the burglary, however he was arrested for felony possession of stolen property and booked at the Ventura County Jail.
On 5/28/18 at 6:20 AM, a Ventura City employee called the Ventura Police Command Center several minutes after seeing a suspicious subject walk through a City Hall parking lot. The subject was carrying bags that appeared to belong to other city employees. When the officers arrived they located property stolen from inside City Hall stashed in the bushes. Officers checked the area but were unable to locate the suspect. It was discovered that City Hall had been burglarized a second time.
Ventura Police Street Crimes Unit detectives conducted further investigation and were able to identify the suspect and developed probable cause to arrest Brian Kimball. In addition, Kimball was previously arrested on 5/23/18 by the Ventura Police for committing a commercial burglary at the Ventura Mission located at 211 E. Main St. Kimball was released from the Ventura County Jail
on his own recognizance two days later (5/25/18). Three days after his release (5/28/18), Kimball burglarized City Hall for the second time.
On 5/31/18 at 1500 hours, a Ventura PD patrol officer located Kimball and placed him under arrest for commercial burglary. Kimball was found to be in possession of a controlled substance during the arrest. Detectives interviewed Kimball who confessed to committing both burglaries at City Hall.
Kimball was booked at Ventura County Jail for two counts of commercial burglary, possession of stolen property, and possession of a controlled substance.
This is an active investigation. Anyone with information or is a witness to this crime is asked to contact Sgt. Ferrill at (805) 339-4452.
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Ha! Caught a couple of stink badgers!
I wonder if one of these dudes was the same individual who was camping on the roof of city hall and got busted.
No, no, we don’t have a problem with criminal vagrants. That is so ironically funny it is beyond words. Maybe Kimball won’t be released O.R. after he burglarizes City Hall. Getting too close to home. Next burglary, a judge’s chambers at the gubermint center.