Nature of Incident: Non-Fatal overdose investigation leads to multiple arrests
Report Number: 17-188897
Location: Thousand Oaks
Date & Time: December 10th, 2017
Unit(s) Responsible: Ventura County Interagency Pharmaceutical Crimes Unit (PCU)
(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent City of Residence
(S) Kevin Noriega
(S) Mantej Sunner
(S) Hannah Madden
Thousand Oaks
Transient
Simi Valley
Narrative:
On December 10th, 2017, deputies from the Thousand Oaks Police Station were dispatched to a non-fatal overdose in the city of Thousand Oaks. The overdose victim in this case was transported to Los Robles Hospital for further evaluation and is expected to survive.
A thorough investigation was initiated by the patrol deputy and the PCU was called to assist. The investigation was able to identify several suspects who provided the heroin to the overdose victim as Kevin Noriega, Mantej Sunner and Hannah Madden.
On December 28th, 2017, Noriega was located in the city of Port Hueneme and arrested for 11352(a) H&S – sales of a controlled substance and a parole violation. Noriega was interviewed and admitted to the violation.
On January 18th, 2018, Sunner and Madden were located in Los Angeles county and arrested without incident. A search of both subjects incident to arrest revealed a large amount of heroin and US currency believed to be the proceeds of their illegal sales of controlled substances. In addition to the above, a fraudulent prescription was located in the wallet belonging to Madden. Sunner and Madden were interviewed and admitted to their part in this crime.
Sunner was arrested for 11351(a) H&S – possession for sale of a controlled substance, 11352(a) H&S – sales of a controlled substance and a local felony warrant. Madden was arrested for 11352(a) H&S – sales of a controlled substance and 11368 H&S – possess a fraudulent prescription.
The public may contact investigators from the Ventura County Interagency Pharmaceutical Crimes Unit at (805) 383-8700 or [email protected] with additional information about this case, or any other information related to narcotics.
The Ventura County Interagency Pharmaceutical Crimes Unit is a task force made up of members from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, Thousand Oaks Police Department, the California Highway Patrol, the Ventura Police Department, the Simi Valley Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Health Quality Investigation Unit of the California Division of Investigation, and the California Department of Health Care Services.
The primary mission of the task force is combatting the transfer of legal prescription medication to the illegal market. In addition, the task force works to identify and stop new trends of abuse among the younger population and investigates overdoses due to both prescription medication and illicit drug use.
Prepared by: Sergeant Matthew Young
News Release Date: January 23rd 2018
Media Follow-Up Contact: Detective Steve Egnatchik
(805) 796-9788
[email protected]
Approved by: Captain Robert Thomas
