Rite Aid Shoplifting turns to Armed Robbery
Ventura County Sheriff's Department
Ventura County Sheriff's Department

On April 17, 2009, at approximately 8:20 PM, three suspects entered the Rite Aid Pharmacy at 600 Ventura Street, Fillmore, and stole electronics merchandise with a value of approximately $260.00 (Suspect 1 Hispanic male, 5-6, 130 pounds, bald, tattoos on chest, blue Dodger blazer, black pants, Suspect 2 Hispanic male, 5-8, 170 pounds, short dark hair, black long sleeve shirt, blue pants, suspect 3 Hispanic female, 5-3, 140 pounds, long blond/brown hair, green shirt, dark pants).

Rite Aid Loss Prevention Officers confronted the two male suspects, as they left the store with the stolen merchandise. S-1 pulled out a knife and told the Loss Prevention Officers to leave his wife (S-3) alone. S-1 then threw some of the stolen merchandise back into the store and ran to a parked, older model, gray, Dodge, van with a brown or burgundy horizontal stripe, bearing handicap license plates. One of the Loss Prevention Officers followed the suspect to the vehicle and saw the suspect retrieve a handgun from the vehicle. The Loss Prevention Officer obtained the license plate of the vehicle and returned to the store to report the crime. S-2 was driving the vehicle when it left the parking lot.

A search of the Fillmore and Piru area to the Los Angeles County line resulted in negative results for the suspects or vehicle.

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 494-TALK (Thousand Oaks / Moorpark) or 385-TALK (Camarillo / Oxnard / Port Hueneme).

Courtesy VCSD.