Full Notification

VENTURA COUNTY SHERIFF

MEDIA RELEASE



Bob Brooks, Sheriff



www.VCSD.org


Nature of Incident: 245 P.C. Assault with a Deadly Weapon

Location: 3655 Dufau Rd. Oxnard, Ca.



Date & Time/ RB#: 05/16/2010 / 2230 Hrs. / 10-011707



Unit Responsible: Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit



(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (W)itnesses Address Age



Suspect- Francisco Santos Oxnard 32 Years



Victim- Octavio Gomez Oxnard 24 Years

Victim- Florencio Gomez Oxnard 19 Years

Victim- Ricardo Gomez Oxnard 20 Years

Ventura County Sheriff ‘s deputies responded to a disturbance call in the 3600 block of Dufau Road. Upon arrival they observed a large wedding party with several hundred guests in attendance and an additional disturbance located next door to the wedding. While deputies were investigating the additional disturbance next door to the wedding, they were told that a fight had broken out at the wedding location. Deputies responded to the fight and found several hundred partygoers leaving the area.



Deputies located three stabbing victims at the scene. Witnesses at the wedding provided deputies with the suspect’s description. Deputies provided medical attention to the victims while broadcasting the suspect’s description to the responding units. County Fire and Ambulance arrived and transported all three victims to local area hospitals.



Deputies responding to the scene, located and detained the suspect, Francisco Santos, who was fleeing the area in a dark colored S.U.V. Witnesses identified Santos as the suspect and he was arrested for the above listed charges. Santos was booked into the Ventura County Main Jail without incident.



All three victims were admitted to local area Hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.



Anyone with information about this crime is encouraged to call the Ventura County Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit at 805-477-7000.



Officer Preparing Release: Sergeant Joe Evans



Follow-up Contact: Sergeant Joe Evans 805-477-7000



Date of Release: 05/17/2010



Approved By: Captain Rick Barrios, Major Crimes Bureau

Ventura County Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 reward for information, which leads to the arrest and criminal complaint against the person(s) responsible for this crime. The caller may remain anonymous. The call is not recorded. Call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).