News Story - Vandalism Arrest
Nature of Incident: Felony Vandalism Arrest
Report Number: RB# 19-29880
Location: City of Fillmore and Piru
Date & Time: January- April 2019
Unit(s) Responsible: Fillmore Graffiti Investigators
(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent City of Residence Age
(S) Juvenile Piru 15
(V) County of Ventura Ventura
(V) Fillmore Unified School District Fillmore
Narrative:
A fifteen year old Piru juvenile was arrested after Fillmore detectives tied him to graffiti vandalisms that occurred at the Fillmore High School and at a county park in Piru.
The Fillmore Investigations Bureau concluded a 3 month investigation into the tagger who had been committing vandalisms at the Fillmore High School as well as throughout the town of Piru during the spring of 2019. The markings caused over $1600.00 in property damage to Fillmore High School and county parks of Piru.
Detectives worked in conjunction with the Fillmore School Resource Officer to collect intelligence in order to identify the vandal. Once identified, investigators sought a search warrant for the juvenile’s residence. During the service of the search warrant, investigators uncovered additional evidence linking the suspect to additional graffiti vandalisms.
The juvenile was booked at the Juvenile Justice Center in Oxnard for PC 594(b)(1)/ Graffiti Vandalism.
Prepared by: Deputy Cameron Knox
News Release Date: 05-07-19
Media Follow-Up Contact: Detective Shawn Pewsey
(805) 524-2234
Approved by: Captain Eric Tennessen
Address/Location
Ventura County Sheriff's Office
800 S Victoria Ave
Ventura, CA 93003
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 805-654-9511