Ventura Police Department – Incident Press Release
On March 23rd at 9:05 AM, the Ventura Police Department’s Command Center received a call of a carjacking that just occurred at the Chevron gas station in the 2500 block of E. Main St. The caller was the gas station clerk, who was calling for the victim.
Officers responded and contacted the 42-year-old male victim. He told officers he was allowing an acquaintance drive his vehicle, when they got into an argument. The acquaintance drove into the alley to the rear of the gas station, and threatened to get a weapon to harm the victim if he did not get out of the vehicle. Fearing for his safety, the victim got out of the vehicle. The acquaintance, later identified as Jeffrey Gonzalez, and a female passenger fled in the vehicle.
Approximately 2 hours later, officers were on a foot patrol in the area of Chestnut St. and Thompson Blvd., when they observed the stolen vehicle parked in a parking lot. The officers checked the vehicle and found Gonzalez sleeping inside. Gonzalez was detained and arrested without incident for carjacking.
The victim was not injured during this incident and his vehicle was returned.
A review of the Ventura County Superior Court website shows that Gonzalez has a prior conviction in 2016 for possession of drug paraphernalia.
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