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Monday November 24th, 2025 :: 03:03 p.m. PST

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Arrest Made for Grand Theft from a Business

Nature of Incident:               Arrest Made for Grand Theft from a Business
Report Number: RB # 25-60050
Location: 400 Block of Bryant Circle, Ojai, CA
Date & Time: 11/21/2025  
Unit(s) Responsible: Ojai Patrol / Headquarters Patrol / Ojai Detectives
(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent

City of Residence

 Age
(S) Suzzann Villegas
(V) Adult Male
(V) Adult Male    
(V) Adult Female                                                             		 Port Hueneme
Ojai
Ojai
Ojai		 54
44
76
72
 
 
Narrative:
 
 
 
 
On 05/16/2025, deputies from the Ojai Station were contacted to investigate a theft from a business located at the 400 Block of Bryant Circle in the City of Ojai. The owners of the business advised that a former employee, identified as (S) Suzzann Villegas, had made numerous unauthorized charges using company funds. The charges were over the course of several years with a loss of over $100,000 to the business.
 
Ojai detectives conducted a follow up to this investigation and authored a search warrant for the financial statements related to these purchases. Based on the evidence obtained by detectives, an arrest warrant was requested and obtained from the Ventura County Superior Court for Villegas for grand theft (embezzlement) and the unauthorized use of another’s personal information.
 
On 11/21/2025, Ojai detectives and patrol deputies from the Headquarters Station located and arrested Villegas at her residence in Port Hueneme, Ca. Villegas was transported and booked by Headquarters patrol at the Pre-Trial Detention Facility in Ventura with bail set at $ 20,000.
 
 
Prepared by: Detective Joseph Sharif  
News Release Date: 11/24/2025  
Media Follow-Up Contact: Detective Joseph Sharif
805-646-1414
Joseph.Sharif@ ventura.org		  
 
Approved by:                         
 
 
Booking Photo Release: 		 
Captain Steven Jenkins
 
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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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