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Two young men and a teenage boy were arrested Thursday night in Moorpark after they allegedly pulled a knife on a young woman and stole her purse, authorities said.
The 19-year-old victim of Thousand Oaks snapped a digital photo of her alleged assailants before they made off with the camera and her purse, Ventura County Sheriff's Department officials said.
The robbery occurred about 11:20 p.m. at Peach Hill Park at 13204 Peach Hill Road in Moorpark, authorities said.
Responding deputies detained Julio Castro, 20, Jose Mendoza, 19, both from Moorpark, in the greenbelt area near Laurelhurst Road, and a 17-year-old boy, also from Moorpark, near Quail Summit and Fireside Lane.
The victim and witnesses identified the three as the assailants, all of the stolen property was recovered and the knife was located near the suspects, authorities said.
Deputies found a photo on the woman's camera of two males attempting to cover their faces with clothes matching those of Castro and Mendoza.
Both men were booked into Ventura County Jail on suspicion of robbery and participating in a street gang.
Castro was held Friday in lieu of $210,000 bail.
Mendoza had an additional charge of giving false information to a peace officer and was held without bail Friday.
The boy was booked into the Ventura County Juvenile Justice Center on suspicion of robbery and participating in a street gang.
Posted by handyhood on August 16, 2008 at 7:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
There shouldn't be a juvenile in this case. You play with a gang you should have to pay with the gang. Treat them all as adults and make them do time!
Posted by opns on August 16, 2008 at 8:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Glad she wasn't hurt, although, very emotional. I was a victim of purse snatching in broad daylight - it took so long to recover from that one incident. The feelings of violation of enormous. I'll have to add, that was quick response in taking that picture. Good for you!
Posted by jjp009 on August 16, 2008 at 8:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
This is exactly why I am licensed and carry a .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol with me at ALL times! I pray for the first jack-a** that pulls a knife on me and threatens my life over a few dollars...that would be his final mistake in life.
Posted by 1Patriot on August 16, 2008 at 9:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Hey jjp009,
I completely agree with CCW for ALL law abiding citizens. Too bad the VC Sheriff doesn't see it the same way.
I feel sorry for those honest citizens who aren't smart enough to own and know how to use a personal weapon. It amazes me to think that people honestly believe law enforcement could make it to their location (before their compromise) to save their sorry life.
Its too bad the cops didn't SMOKE these three and clean the gene pool...
Posted by jjp009 on August 16, 2008 at 9:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)
1Patriot: You're right. I do consider myself very lucky to be one of the privileged few with a CCW. I am also very fortunate that I have NEVER had to use my weapon in a defensive situation, but the way the world is going...I know someday I will. That's when I realized what many people don't...that most times no one will be able to protect you except you, and I wouldn't have wasted a split second smoking these gang banging bags of crap as soon as I saw the glint of that blade being raised toward me!
Posted by NightLight on August 16, 2008 at 9:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
At first I thought the robbers were just ignorant for not thinking to erase the pictures on the camera. Then I realized, the way things are going, they probably thought it was "cool" and they were figuring out how to post it on Myspace....
Posted by opns on August 16, 2008 at 10:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Now SEE this!!
A new blog site has been created for persons such as you and I that are concerned about our community. We need to take back our community, we need to look out for one another:
http://805vigilantes.blogspot.com/
Please become involved and Proactive - your comments are very important to all of us!
Posted by Hueneme_girl29 on August 16, 2008 at 11:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Good for her to snap a pic!
Posted by 1Patriot on August 16, 2008 at 12:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
opns...
I just went to http://805vigilantes.blogspot.com/ and the concept is great. I'd love to see something like this take hold, but my guess is a good part of the reason for the decay in Ventura county is a good percentage of the parents are lazy and expect someone else (city/state)to do the hard part of raising their offspring. Sadly, we're seeing our entire country turn because of losers who are too lazy to snap a knot in that kid's butt when he/she needs it. Of course, there's the scum bag lawyers and POLITICAL CORRECTNESS to take us down. Add all of this to Liberal politicians and we're pretty much screwed.
Posted by opns on August 16, 2008 at 12:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
HS - Oxnard Police Department ----
This is an excellent idea, i agree the parents should be held accountable by attending meeting that are already in place and should get lessons on how to protect their children from criminal activity.
I support you. and I hope others will Support you too.
1Patriot - thank you for visiting the site, and your frustrations are understood firmly. Somehow, someway, we need/must get the small neighborhoods into larger neighborhoods, into communities to make this go-live with Pro-Activity.
Therefore the blogsite - to give and receive ideas from the community, as to how to compaign to get at least some corners in control here and there.
And to all - in the neighborhoood, if you want to start organizing something in your corner or neighborhood - please i encourage you togo to the website and place some ideas.
Posted by Brownpride on August 16, 2008 at 1:35 p.m.
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Posted by 1Patriot on August 16, 2008 at 2:27 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Brownpride,
They're all not from Mexico, Black or Caucasian. Trash comes in all colors and nationalities. The problem is we don't weed out the trash. Our politically correct society won't allow it and we wind up wasting tax dollars on programs to fix kids that should have been fixed at home. Those same tax dollars could have been spent on school programs that would make our country stronger by making our youth smarter. Face it, our kids are a reflection of the lazy, undiciplined, parents who start them off on the wrong foot with crap for music, crap for TV shows and allow them to be influenced by pitiful moral standards.
Posted by patrickbateman on August 16, 2008 at 6:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Brownpride may be we should send you to elementary school to learn something just because they have latin names they are not consider illegals.
Posted by lilmamma on August 16, 2008 at 7:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hahaha idiots say "Cheese I'm going to jail". It's great that she got her purse back especially with identity theft being so common. These guys get the stupid criminal award hahaha.
Posted by Brownpride on August 16, 2008 at 7:33 p.m.
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Posted by deepwater805 on August 18, 2008 at 7:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
This falls under the heading of "least competent criminals". These guys are bozo's.....
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