Nature of Incident: Residential burglary suspect captured on home video surveillance
arrested in the City of Ventura.
Report Number: 17-169769
Location: Motel 6, 2145 E. Harbor Blvd, Ventura
Date & Time: 11-7-2017, 1830 hours
Unit Responsible: Thousand Oaks Investigations and Thousand Oaks Special
Enforcement Unit
(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent City of Residence Age
(S) Blake Northrop Oxnard 34
Narrative:
On November 6, 2017, at about 8:15 am, the Thousand Oaks Police Department responded to a
report of a residential burglary in the 1300 block of Calle Crisantemo. The victim reported two
unknown suspects entered his home and stole thousands of dollars’ worth of property which
included motorcycles and home appliances. The homeowner’s video surveillance system
recorded the crime. Surveillance video showed two suspects loading the stolen items into a
large U-Haul box truck.
Investigators from the Thousand Oaks Police Department contacted several U-Haul rental
outlets and were able to identify one of the suspects as 34 year old Blake Northrop. Through the
course of the investigation, detectives learned Northrop was staying at a motel in the City of
Ventura and was still in possession of the U-Haul truck.
On November 7, 2017, investigators located Northrop and the U-Haul at Motel 6 in the 2100 Blk
of E Harbor Blvd, Ventura. A search warrant was obtained for Northrop’s motel room and with
the assistance of the Thousand Oaks Special Enforcement Unit, Northrop was arrested and the
search warrant was served. Investigators recovered almost all of the victim’s stolen property as
well as a large quantity of methamphetamine and heroin.
Blake Northrop was arrested and booked into the Ventura County Jail for Penal Code section
459 / Residential Burglary, two counts of Vehicle Code section 10851(a) / theft of a motor
vehicle, Penal Code section 182(a)(1) / criminal conspiracy, Health and Safety Code section
11352(a) / possession of heroin for sales, Health and Safety Code section 11378(a) /
possession of methamphetamine for sales, and Health and Safety Code section 11364(a) /
possession of drug paraphernalia.
CHIEF OF POLICE: COMMANDER TIM HAGEL
SHERIFF: GEOFF DEAN
Prepared by: Sergeant Robert Davidson
Media Release Date: November 8, 2017
Media Follow-Up Contact: Detective Jason Louis
(805) 494-8201
[email protected]
Approved by: Captain Bill Schierman
