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Malaika Cohen, author of SHACKLES- Overcoming Domestic Abuse a Modern Day Taboo, shares her experience as a domestic abuse survivor and how you can help others in similar situations.
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Unsolved Murder: Mike Grair

On October 10, 2008, Michael Grair's body was found inside his white Cadillac Escalade behind a vacant commercial center he owned. The engine was still running. His murder has yet to be solved and his family is offering $100,000 for information leading to the arrest or conviction of the killer or killers.
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Our newest feature Includes gang information, unsolved murders and high profile cases.
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Order your free Child Safety Kit, learn how to discuss bullying with your child and how to help prevent child abductions.

Among the resources include how to deal with internet safety and cyberbullying, and how to empower your child so they will be prepared when dealing with dangerous situations.
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Davina & Brock Husted

Unsolved Murder
On May 20, 2009, an intruder wearing a dark jumpsuit and a motorcycle helmet, entered the home of Davina & Brock Husted. After a brief confrontation, the suspect murdered both the husband and pregnant wife while the children were at home.

The case has not been solved and has yet to be determined if it was targeted or random.
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Employment Opportunities

Jobs & Careers
The City of Ventura is currently hiring to fill temporary jobs ranging from $8.23 to $40 an hour. This includes after school programs, sports official, and driving positions.

The City of Oxnard also has employment opportunities, but don't delay, as some have deadlines. Listings include application instructions.
March 9, 2009 : Read the full story

Oxnard PD's Guide to Twitter

Social Media Guide
We compiled a list of Oxnard PD's twitter feeds, according to beat sections.

We encourage you to add the appropriate account and get to know your beat officers.
May 2, 2009 : Read the full story
Persons appearing in our blog may not have not been convicted of the charges for which they are accused and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Showing newest 6 of 8 posts from April 2008. Show older posts
Showing newest 6 of 8 posts from April 2008. Show older posts

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Ventura County Crime Blog is committed to maintaining the following privacy practices:

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The toolbar sends unidentifiable and non-personal statistical data to enable quality assurance and improve support processes. Such non-personal data includes unidentifiable usage of toolbar components and queries. You can opt not to send such statistical data at any time from your toolbar Options dialog box.

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About Elidet Reyes: Content Editor

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Elidet Reyes, born and raised in Ventura County, has been volunteering since she was a senior in high school. After attending FIDM in Los Angeles and studying Product Development, she returned to Oxnard College to study journalism and marketing.

She comes from an online savvy family of entrepreneurs. Her older brother, Edgar Reyes, is a self employed media consultant who travels frequently to Japan. Her younger brother quit his banking management position to focus on the eBay business he has had for years. Her father also runs a bilingual website, NoriaZac.com, which was recently honored by local government officials in Mexico.

She is an advocate against drunk driving and was known for always telling her friends that it was "cheaper to call a cab than get a DUI." Later, she introduced it as a campaign named "Call your D.A.D.-Designate A Driver" to take her motto to the next level. Along with her brother Edgar, she designed bumper stickers while donating profits to drinking prevention programs. It is currently in the works to take it nation wide.

Social Media

Elidet is no stranger when it comes to social justice on the internet. In 2004, along with 805hiphop.com, & Mad.Face Marketing, she organized a hip hop fundraiser for the tsunami victims. The majority of the event was organized online, including the booking of the location of the Conga Room, which was owned by Jennifer Lopez, Jimmy Smits and Paul Rodriguez. Money raised was donated to the Red Cross.

Featured performers included Terminal Madness, Chingo Bling, Sen Dog from Cypress Hill, and Mellow Man Ace.

In 2006, during the great immigration boycotts, she encouraged students to stay in school and protest by getting an education and changing injustices. This garnered the media attention of the LA Times, who quoted her myspace blog post on their coverage of the protest.

Her experience in using social media to network has brought on many opportunities, including meeting journalists from across the country. By understanding social media and the different markets they target, she made the coveted front page of digg for a satirical article about feminism: "Is Digg Sexist?", been retweeted by actress Alyssa Milano, and was told by reporter Kristen Macias of People Magazine that she is "incredibly dialed in."

Marketing

She is a self employed marketing consultant and handles the marketing for the Ventura county Crime Blog. Aside from being the Content Editor of our blog, she also maintains the blog's appearance. Her experience with online marketing has helped the Ventura County Crime Blog grow from 3,000+ page views in March to over 28,000 in May.

Although she has volunteered for the Big Sister program in Ventura County, she is currently happily single and has no children. Contrary to what the internet says about her political goals, she has no plans to run for local politics and advises people not to believe rumors they read on the internet without facts and reliable sources.


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>Oxnard PD Hosts first twitter chat (KTLA video)
>Web sites help Ventura County law enforcement crack crimes (via Ventura County Star)-Interview
>KKZZ 1400am interview regarding 805 Vigilantes (starts at 43:44 min)-Interview
>Immigration protests extend to the third day (originally published in the LA Times)-Quoted in the article about promoting peace and education as opposed to protesting
>Usan latinos internet para promover marchas (via TabascoHoy.com)-Spanish interview regarding immigration rights

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>KDAY vs Power 106. Rivalry or Friendly Competition? The Truth Behind Felli Fel vs KDAY (featured on hiphop-elements.com)
>Is Digg Sexist? (satire piece featured on PointlessBanter.net & on the front page of digg.com)

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About Charlene Davidson: Crime Researcher

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Charlene Davidson was born and raised in Lincoln City, Oregon by her Cuban mother. From her father's side, she is part French.  Her father died while serving in the military when she was 8 years old and was adopted by her current step father, who helped raise the successful person she has become.

After graduating from high school, she traveled across the country and has lived in Arizona, New Jersey, Texas and Florida.  She ultimately settled in California to attend law school.  She recently passed the bar exam and looks forward to making community contributions. Ultimately, her goal is to relocate to San Diego to practice law.

After graduating from Pepperdine, along with her long time boyfriend, she moved to Camarillo then to Oxnard.  She began volunteering with 805 Vigilantes after running into Ellen at a local coffee shop in 2008.

Charlene currently volunteers her legal knowledge to our website and has dedicated her time in researching old crime cases.

Charlene recently got engaged to her long time boyfriend of 6 years and are planning a December wedding.  While they are currently childless, they plan to have a "whole football team" of children. They plan to marry in Malibu, California.




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Crime Library Guide

Reporter: Ellen Rodriguez 4 Responses
Last updated June 15, 2009 at 1:20 a.m. PST

Welcome to The Ventura County Crime Library! It will be updated constantly.  It is still a work in progress and we appreciate any feedback.

Dates in parentheses are the dates the article was published, not necessarily the date of the event.

Crime Directory

A list of over 130 unsolved murders in Ventura County from 1979-2009.  
If you know of a murder case that is unsolved and is not on our list, please email us CrimeReports [at] VenturaCountyCrimeBlog.com

If you have any information on any of the suspects listed, you may receive up to $1,000 for tips submitted through Crime Stoppers.

A listing of gang violence, news, injunction information, community involvement, and gang laws in California.

Public Reports: Officer involved shootings & incidents (PDFs)
Be advised, the following reports may contain pictures of the scene of the incident, which may be disturbing to some.

High Profile Cases
-Charlene & Lyman Smith, murdered by a serial killer, the Original Night Stalker.
Case has never been solved.
-Socorro "Cora" Caro for the murder of 3 of her 4 children
-Jeffrey Aguilar for the murder of Gurmohinder Singh (video)
-Calvin Sharp for the murder of Sev'n Molina
Brandon McInerney, 14 at the time, shot Lawrence King during class in a computer lab.
-Gregorio Aguilar for the murder of Sean Odle
-Rebecca Braswell & Matthew Toerner for the murder of John Marmo Jr.
-Seth Scarminach, murdered by Alex Medina, 14.

Vandalism/Graffiti

Armed Robberies
You can received up to $1,000 for information on any of these cases

DUI

Narcotics

Molestation, Rape & Child Abuse

Murder Suicide 
-Mauricio Cuevas Romero, suspected of killing his wife, Olga Lidia Dominguez-Simon before committing suicide. Video courtesy of KEYT 3.
-Julio Cesar Zavala, suspected of killing his 27 year old wife before committing suicide.


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Gangs

Reporter: Ellen Rodriguez 6 Responses
Last updated June 17, 2009 4:19 p.m. PST


If there is anything you would like to see on our crime blog, please submit information through our contact form.  

(Note: Dates in parentheses are dates the article was published, not the date of the crime.)

News


Oxnard Gang Injunction & Laws
Includes photos of suspects, tattoos, and vandalism

Gang Violence
(Note: Some stories that may end up under "gang violence" may include victims of gang violence, who were not necessarily associated with gangs or gang members themselves.)

A group of 3 gang members robbed 2 men in 2 separate incidents. Suspects have not been caught.

17 year old Ventura resident shot in the head in a possible gang related shooting due to the words exchanged prior to the shooting.

Authorities have new leads and suspect the killer is a member of a Santa Paula gang. Reeves was murdered in 2003.  In 2005, 2 Santa Paula gang members, Michael Carillo, then 19, and Nathan Maloney, then 24, were acquitted. 

Garcia & Lopez were both members of Colonia Chiques and knew each other well.  Although this crime was, technically, NOT committed for the benefit of the gang itself, known gang members were involved.

Juan Jose Zarate was stabbed in the heart by Ernesto Gracia, at Goode's Liquor in Oxnard, after a confrontation. It was found he did for the benefit of his gang.

Ramon Dominguez will be retried for attempted murder after the jury deadlocked. Dominguez was on trial for the chase a 16 year old boy who was shot twice and committing the crime for the benefit of the Colonia Chiques gang.

Murder suspect Marcus Moralez on trial for the killing a Rio Mesa High School football player to elevate his status in an El Rio gang and to make a name for himself in the largely Latino community.

Bryan Davalos
Bryan was murdered by 4 gang members in an alley in Oxnard, where he was beaten and stabbed. Julio Cesar Chavez of Oxnard is currently serving 25 years to life.



Rosana Olvera & 10-15 Ventura gang members murdered William "Bill" Zara, after mistakenly accusing him of calling police regarding a party she was having. At the time, she was 36 years old, William was only 18. 


Community Involvement

Written by Greg Totten, Ventura County D.A.
Written by John Calhoun, CEO/President of the National Crime Prevention Council & director of California's 13 City Gang Prevention Network
Boys and girls, some from rival gangs, worked together for a holiday skit during their time in juvenile hall.



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