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News Story- Thousand Oaks SATG Burglary Arrests
| Nature of Incident: | South American Theft Group / Residential Burglary Suspects Arrested | ||||
| Report Number: | 22-42492 | ||||
| Location: | 100 block of West 54th Street, Los Angeles |
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| Date & Time: | 4-20-2022 @ 12:15 p.m. | ||||
| Unit(s) Responsible: | Thousand Oaks Special Enforcement Unit and Directed Enforcement Unit |
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| (S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent |
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| (S) Oscar Andres Salazar Perez (S) Franco Antonio Vasquez Soto |
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| Narrative: | |||||
| On April 1st, 2022, three suspects committed a residential burglary in the unincorporated community of Oak Park. During the commission of the crime, the victim returned home and discovered two of the suspects inside his residence. The victim detained one of the suspects until responding deputies arrived and took him into custody. The second suspect was seen running to a waiting vehicle driven away by a third suspect. The suspect in custody was identified as Alexis Damayanti Provoste Aranguiz. After the arrest of Aranguiz, deputies with the Thousand Oaks Special Enforcement Unit (SEU) continued the investigation utilizing law enforcement resources and were able to identify and locate the two outstanding suspects at a hostel in the 100 block of West 54th Street in Los Angeles. On April 20th, 2022, SEU and DEU deputies observed the two suspects leave the hostel on foot and walk to a nearby grocery store. As the two outstanding suspects exited the store, deputies attempted to make contact but they both fled on foot. After a short foot pursuit, both outstanding suspects were taken into custody. The suspects were identified as (S) Oscar Andres Salazar Perez and (S) Franco Antonio Vasquez Soto. Perez and Soto Perez were both determined to be Chilean Nationals and part of the South American Theft Group. Aranguiz is currently in the custody of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office for conspiracy to commit residential burglary. Oscar Andres Salazar Perez and Franco Antonio Vasquez Soto were both arrested for conspiracy to commit residential burglary. Perez and Soto were booked into the Pre-Trial Detention Facility for the violations, and each had their bail set at $250,000. |
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| Prepared by: | Senior Deputy Richard LaSecla | ||||
| News Release Date: | April 22, 2022 | ||||
| Media Follow-Up Contact: | Detective Weston Price [email protected] (805) 947-8281 |
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| Approved by: Booking Photo Release: |
Captain Steven Jenkins YES NO |
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Address/Location
Ventura County Sheriff's Office
800 S Victoria Ave
Ventura, CA 93003
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 805-654-9511