Archive for September, 2009

A long-time bookkeeper for a medical practice group in Thousand Oaks has been accused of embezzlement totaling nearly one million dollars. Elizabeth Jones, 43, of Newbury Park, is accused of writing checks to herself, her creditors and others from accounts belonging to the group since at least 2002. She is scheduled to be arraigned [...]

Six Southern California defendants
Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce for their roles in a $3.7 million diamond heist following a Columbus, OH horse show at the Ohio State Fairgrounds.
An Indiana diamond salesman was accosted in the parking lot of a restaurant following the event, and the thieves stole two suitcases full [...]

Camarillo residents are being urged by police to lock their doors and windows after a series of daytime Camarillo burglaries. In one incident, a burglar was surprised by a resident, who was subsequently injured in a scuffle with the intruder. In that incident, a burglar who was identified as a Hispanic juvenile between the [...]

A US Court of Appeals panel overturned a graduate student’s conviction on conspiracy and arson charges, saying that the defendant, William Cottrell, 29, should have had an opportunity to present evidence of the effect of his Asperger’s Syndrome diagnosis. According to his attorneys, his diagnosis prevents Cottrell from forming intent to participate in a [...]

A Thousand Oaks man whom police believe entered the country illegally from Mexico was charged with attempted murder, robbery and a string of other felony charges for crimes that he allegedly committed over a three week period in August. Police say that Genaro Hernandez, 22, is accused of stabbing a co-worker in Thousand Oaks, and [...]

Silicon Valley financier and part-owner of the NHL’s Nashville Predators William Del Biaggio III was sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for fraud. Del Biaggio is accused of defrauding investors and banks of $110 million to help bankroll his purchase of an ownership stake in the Nashville Predators professional hockey team.
Del [...]

Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies say they’ve arrested a suspect in connection with a gas station robbery that occurred last Sunday. An employee of the Arco gas station on East Telegraph provided police with a description of the suspect. Police later learned that the suspect could be driving a stolen U-Haul truck. On Tuesday, the [...]

Cameron Douglas, son of actor Michael Douglas and grandson of Kirk Douglas was arrested last month in Manhattan and is accused of distributing methamphetamine nationally. Douglas, 30, faces a sentence of 10 years to life in prison if convicted. Prosecutors say that Douglas shipped large quantities of methamphetamine from California to New York via [...]

Four people were arrested last week in connection with a vehicle burglary that occurred at the Pacific View Mall on August 31. Two adults and two juveniles were arrested on burglary and conspiracy charges after being found in possession of the stolen goods. Officers stopped the group as they were attempting to leave [...]

Federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have arrested four people whom agents say purchased firearms and distributed them to convicted felons in Colorado and Northern California. Jerry Jones, Sanae Quiroz-Jones, Terry Price and Wendy Gardiner have all been charged with interstate firearms trafficking.
Jones and Quiroz-Jones were arrested in [...]