(This story has been updated with more information on the barricaded man.)
Barricaded Oxnard man arrested after brief standoff
A 30-year-old man who barricaded himself in his Oxnard home Feb. 28 was arrested after a brief standoff.
The Oxnard Police Department was called at 6:13 p.m. of the 500 block of West Channel Islands Boulevard by firefighters who were treating the man for a seizure, said police Cmdr. Miguel Serrato.
At some point, the man became uncooperative with the firefighters, Serrato said. He armed himself with a metal pole and locked himself in his home.
Serrato said a dispatcher discovered that the man had a felony warrant and was on parole. Police sent out the SWAT team that included the drone and K-9.
Serrato said officers the man ultimately surrendered a short time later.
The man was booked into Ventura County jail on suspicion of misdemeanors for resisting arrest, possession of drug paraphernalia. He was also wanted on a felony warrant for battery on a non-confined person by a prisoner and being on parole.
He is being held on $50,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in Ventura County Superior Court March 3.
Man arrested in Oxnard after attempt to steal electric scooter, backpack
A 55-year-old man was arrested after he and at least one other person tried robbing a person on an electric scooter in Oxnard early on March 1.
The Oxnard Police Department got a call at 12:29 a.m. from the victim who had been pulled from his scooter near the intersection of Wooley Road and M Street, said Cmdr. Miguel Serrato. The victim told officers the culprits had fled with the victim’s backpack.
The victim gave chase and caught the 55-year-old who was taken into custody by arriving officers, Serrato said.
The man was booked into Ventura County jail on suspicion of felonies for robbery, conspiracy to commit a crime, possession of a hard drug and a misdemeanor for being under the influence of a drug, jail records show.
The man is being held on $100,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in Ventura County Superior Court March 3, jail records show.
This article originally appeared on Ventura County Star: 1 arrested in Oxnard after standoff, 1 in alleged e-scooter robbery
Reporting by Stacie N. Galang, Ventura County Star / Ventura County Star
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