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Un hombre de 65 años fue arrestado por posesión de un arma de fuego y narcóticos.

Los oficiales realizaron una parada de tráfico cerca de la intersección de Las Calles Indian Canyon y Vista Chino en Palm Springs.

Durante una revisión del vehículo encontraron 17 gramos de metanfetamina y un arma de fuego.

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OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) – Two juveniles and a 27-year-old Oxnard man were arrested in connection with a fight involving baseball bats and the brandishing of a firearm at Durley Park Tuesday.

On May 12, around 4:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to a fight involving baseball bats at Durley Park in the 800 block of Hill Street stated a press release Wednesday from the Oxnard Police Department.

Responding officers located a vehicle leaving the area and found a male and female juvenile inside shared the Oxnard Police Department.

According to Oxnard Police, both were later arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and booked at the Ventura County Juvenile Justice Center.

During a search of the vehicle, officers found a loaded firearm in the passenger compartment and investigators learned the gun belonged to a 27-year-old acquaintance of the juveniles who had brandished the weapon during the fight detailed the Oxnard Police Department.

The 27-year-old Oxnard man was arrested for multiple firearm-related charges including brandishing a firearm as well as contributing to the delinquency of a minor noted the Oxnard Police Department.

The investigation into this incident is ongoing and anyone with more information is asked to contact the Oxnard Police Department at 805-385-7600 or online here.

You can also remain anonymous while sharing your tip by calling the Ventura County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or by visiting their website here.

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VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Christopher Alexander Rodriguez was convicted of two felony counts related to drug sales after almost two pounds of methamphetamine and sales paraphernalia were discovered during a search of an Oxnard home in September of 2024.

A Ventura County jury found Rodriguez guilty of possession of methamphetamine for sale and conspiracy to commit a crime as well as the following special allegations:

• CRC 4.421(a)(10) – Crime Involved a Large Quantity of Contraband
• CRC 4.421(a)(8) – Manner in which Crime was Carried Out Indicates Planning, Sophistication, and Professionalism
• PC 1170.74 – Crime Involved Methamphetamine
• H&S 11370.4(b)(1) – Punishment by Quantity
• H&S 11370.4(b) – Substantial Involvement

According to the Ventura County District Attorney's Office, detectives with the Ventura County Combined Agency Team began investigating narcotics trafficking by Rodriguez in September of 2024 and on September 24, 2024, investigators executed a search warrant at an Oxnard home.

Inside the garage where Rodriguez was living, detectives found approximately 765 grams of methamphetamine, three digital scales, packaging materials, and personal identifying items that belonged to Rodriguez detailed the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.

A search of the residence also resulted in the discovery of and additional 2.7 kilograms of methamphetamine, digital scales, sales sheets, and vacuum sealing equipment that allegedly belonged to co-defendant Adriell Contreras noted the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.

Contreras is currently in federal custody on an unrelated drug charge added the local prosecutor's office.

Detectives search Contreras' vehicle and found $5,000 in cash, cell phones, and steroid-type drugs and a search of Contreras' cell phones revealed photographs of bulk amounts of methamphetamine and text messages related to the sale of narcotics, including messages with Rodriguez about methamphetamine distribution, shared the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.

Rodriguez is currently scheduled for a sentencing hearing on June 23, 2026, where he faces up to seven years and four months in state prison shared the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.

He remains in custody until his sentencing hearing added the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.

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