VENTURA COUNTY SHERIFF

MEDIA RELEASE

Bob Brooks, Sheriff

www.VCSD.org

Nature of Incident:

Nature of Incident: 245 P.C. Assault with a Deadly Weapon

Location: 3655 Dufau Rd. Oxnard, Ca.

Date & Time/ RB#: 05/16/2010 / 2230 Hrs. / 10-011707

Unit Responsible: Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit

(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (W)itnesses Address Age

Suspect- Francisco Santos Oxnard 32 Years

Victim- Octavio Gomez Oxnard 24 Years

Victim- Florencio Gomez Oxnard 19 Years
Victim- Ricardo Gomez Oxnard 20 Years

Narrative:

Ventura County Sheriff ‘s deputies responded to a disturbance call in the 3600 block of Dufau
Road. Upon arrival they observed a large wedding party with several hundred guests in
attendance and an additional disturbance located next door to the wedding. While deputies were
investigating the additional disturbance next door to the wedding, they were told that a fight had
broken out at the wedding location. Deputies responded to the fight and found several hundred
partygoers leaving the area.

Deputies located three stabbing victims at the scene. Witnesses at the wedding provided deputies
with the suspect’s description. Deputies provided medical attention to the victims while
broadcasting the suspect’s description to the responding units. County Fire and Ambulance
arrived and transported all three victims to local area hospitals.

Deputies responding to the scene, located and detained the suspect, Francisco Santos, who was
fleeing the area in a dark colored S.U.V. Witnesses identified Santos as the suspect and he was
arrested for the above listed charges. Santos was booked into the Ventura County Main Jail
without incident.

All three victims were admitted to local area Hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.
Anyone with information about this crime is encouraged to call the Ventura County Sheriff’s
Major Crimes Unit at 805-477-7000.

Officer Preparing Release: Sergeant Joe Evans

Follow-up Contact: Sergeant Joe Evans 805-477-7000

Date of Release: 05/17/2010

Approved By: Captain Rick Barrios, Major Crimes Bureau

IF THE SUSPECT IS NOT KNOWN, PLEASE ADD THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH

TO ALL NEWS RELEASES:
Ventura County Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 reward for information, which leads to the
arrest and criminal complaint against the person(s) responsible for this crime. The caller may
remain anonymous. The call is not recorded. Call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).

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