Here’s a roundup of latest incidents and bulletins from Ventura County businesses:
1 arrested after obvious joyride in stolen RV close to Ventura seashores
A 44-year-old lady allegedly stole a motorhome and took it on a harmful joyride round Ventura, together with alongside the promenade Tuesday morning.
The Ventura Police Division mentioned they acquired quite a few calls shortly after 7:30 a.m. a few motorhome driving recklessly in seaside areas. A motorbike officer arrived to search out the leisure automobile driving dangerously near pedestrians because it headed eastbound on the seaside path close to Sanjon Highway.
The motive force by no means yielded to the officer, in response to Ventura police. She saved rolling by the seaside path previous San Buenaventura State Seaside and into the Pierpont neighborhood, taking out a metropolis signal in her wake and zigzagging alongside residential streets and main roadways alike, together with Seaward Avenue and Harbor Boulevard.
The motive force in the end crashed the RV right into a parked automobile on Montauk Lane after which continued on to Seaward the place the RV got here to a cease, police mentioned. Nobody was injured through the drive.
Officers mentioned they later discovered the automobile had been stolen from a house in Ventura’s west finish a while Monday night time.
The motive force was arrested on suspicion of a number of felony and misdemeanor offenses, together with evading arrest, hit and run, possession of a stolen automobile and a parole violation. She was booked into Ventura County jail the place she’s being held with out bail. The girl is about to seem in Ventura County Superior Court docket Thursday afternoon, jail information present.
Ventura man charged with felony little one sex crimes
A 35-year-old Ventura man was charged Monday with 4 felony counts of kid sex crimes, together with two for human trafficking of a minor, in response to the Ventura County District Legal professional’s Workplace.
He was arrested final week by the Ventura Police Division below a felony warrant stemming from an August search of his dwelling, in response to the DA’s workplace and courtroom information. He additionally faces 4 particular allegations in addition to the fees.
The man was arraigned in Ventura County Superior Monday and plead not responsible to his present fees. A public defender was appointed for him, courtroom information present.
The district legal professional’s workplace mentioned the man has earlier convictions for a lewd act upon a baby and illegal sexual activity with a minor. He had been below post-release group supervision, a type of parole, since his launch from state jail.
The man is being held with out bail as a result of he violated the phrases of his supervision, the DA’s workplace mentioned.
Crews reply to blast at energy substation in Simi Valley
Fireplace crews and police responded to a blast at an influence substation in Simi Valley Tuesday afternoon that additionally induced close by site visitors alerts to blink.
The incident was reported round 3:45 p.m. close to the intersection of Cochran and First streets, in response to the Simi Valley Police Division.
Officers arrived to help with site visitors by the intersection and assisted as fireplace crews assessed the scenario, mentioned police Sgt. Danny Frates. He described the incident as “nothing main,” but it surely did have smoke exhibiting when officers arrived.
It wasn’t instantly clear what induced the blast on the substation, which is owned by Southern California Edison. Officers with Edison mentioned Monday night time that they investigated a “flash” on the web site however no tools was broken and no outage was induced in the realm.
The site visitors alerts continued to blink for a number of hours after the incident though police left the scene inside about 20 minutes, Frates mentioned. Fireplace crews remained on the scene for about an hour, in response to reviews.
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