Posts Tagged ‘Ventura County Sheriff’s Department’
Ventura DA Wants Mexican Heroin King In US Jail
Written by 888BailBond Bondsman on March 31, 2010 – 6:14 am -440 pounds of heroin – that’s about the weight of a full grown black bear. Yet Jose Antonio Medina Arreguin, aka ‘Don Pepe,’ has been alegedly able to smuggle one bear-sized shipment of heroin per month into California. Arreguin reportedly did so by driving it across the Tijuana border into San Diego.
Mexican narcotics officers say Arreguin’s operation netted him $144 million a year. They were finally able to arrest the kingpin’s arrest in an attempt to take out the drug market there, after a two year investigation into his dealings,
Ventura County authorities now want to extradite Arreguin from Mexico, for trial.
At a news conference, Ventura County Read more »
“Pulp Fiction” Screenwriter ‘Tweets’ Land Him in Ventura County Jail
Written by Robin Sandoval-March on November 29, 2009 – 8:06 am -
Roger Avery, one of the co-writers of cult hit film “Pulp Fiction” found himself in hot water, off furlough and behind bars in a Ventura County Jail today.
According to the Associated Press, his move to the main jail comes after ‘tweeting’ about serving time in a Ventura County work furlough program rather than in jail. However, it is unclear where his ‘tweets’ were really coming from.
Avary was given one year in jail in September for a car crash in Ojai he caused, killing a passenger and injuring his wife. Avary was not under full-time custody at the Ventura County Jail rather, he was allowed to attend his job during the day and report back to the furlough facility at night and on weekends.
But now, the details of Avery’s second act have changed. Officials Read more »