During the month of November, 2020, the Oxnard Police Department Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) began an investigation into narcotics activity occurring at a residence located in the 1200 block of Devonshire Road. During the investigation, detectives identified the resident, Octavio Perez, after patrol officers responded to an overdose investigation inside of the residence on November 17, 2020. During this incident, Perez was contacted by patrol officers inside of the residence while he was in possession of a firearm. Perez threatened to shoot police officers while Oxnard Fire Personnel were attempting to revive the fifty year old victim. The victim ultimately was pronounced deceased at the scene and Perez was not apprehended. During the investigation, two additional overdoses occurred at the residence and the victims were revived with Narcan.
On January 21, 2021, with the assistance of the Oxnard SWAT team, Oxnard K9 Unit, Oxnard Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT), the Oxnard Neighborhood Policing Team (NPT), Ventura County Sherriff’s Office, and the Ventura Police Department, DEU Detectives served a search warrant at the residence. During the service of the search warrant, Joseph Mondesi, fled out of the rear of the residence and began jumping neighboring fences. Mondesi was contacted by SWAT officers and taken into custody for his outstanding misdemeanor warrants. A seventeen year old reported runaway exited the residence and surrendered without incident. After multiple requests were made for the occupants to exit the residence, CNT officers attempted to make contact with any additional occupants.
CNT Officers attempted to make contact with the occupants for several minutes. Octavio Perez suddenly appeared in a front window of the residence and began waving a pistol at the SWAT officers before retreating out of view of the officers. CNT officers attempted to negotiate with Perez, however, Perez refused to cooperate. SWAT officers put chemical irritants inside of the residence in an attempt to gain compliance. After approximately ten minutes of the irritants being placed inside of the residence, five subjects including Perez, exited the residence. Perez became non-compliant and K9 Rocky apprehended Perez. As K9 Rocky was apprehending Perez, an imitation firearm fell from his person onto the pavement. The four other subjects were taken into custody without further incident.
DEU detectives responded to the residence after all of the subjects were detained to complete the investigation. Octavio Perez was arrested for a felony warrant regarding his Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS), elder abuse (felony), maintaining / operating a drug house (felony), brandishing an imitation firearm (misdemeanor), and altering an imitation firearm (misdemeanor). Mario Magdaleno and Maricela Suarez were arrested for a misdemeanor warrant and resisting or delaying a police officer during an investigation. Alan Quintero and Robert Pulido were arrested for resisting or delaying a police officer during an investigation.
The Oxnard Police Department is committed to reducing drug overdoses in the City of Oxnard. Anyone with information regarding this case or other criminal activity is encouraged to contact the Oxnard Police Department at (805) 385-7600, or online via the Oxnard Police Department’s website: www.oxnardpd.org, and clicking on “Report Suspicious Activity.” You can remain anonymous if you choose to do so by calling the Ventura County Crime Stoppers. at (800)222-8477. You can also visit their website: www.venturacountycrimestoppers.org to submit a tip via text or email.
Oxnard Police Department
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