Ventura County Sheriff's Department

Results from an ongoing investigation and tips from local citizens recently led to the arrests of 6 individuals related to the thefts from vehicles and burglaries of vehicles. All the suspects lived in the Newbury Park or Thousand Oaks area. Two of the arrestees were adults. Tyler O’Green (18yrs) was arrested on numerous felony charges for committing the actual thefts and Kathleen Dedrud (35 yrs) was arrested for using one of the stolen credit cards after the fact. The other 4 were juveniles ranging from 12-16 years, and were responsible for the actual thefts from the vehicles and vehicle burglaries.

During the months of June and July of 2008, The Newbury Park area had seen an increase in thefts/burglaries from vehicles. The crimes were occurring in residential areas between midnight and four in the morning. Many of the vehicles targeted were left unlocked with valuables left inside. Some vehicles were locked but had property left in plain view, resulting in a window being broken by the suspects to steal the property. Items taken were purses, wallets, GPS systems, laptop computers, IPODs, Cell phones/chargers and U.S. currency.