Ventura County Sheriff's Department

Location: 2000 block of Los Feliz Drive / Thousand Oaks, Ca.
Date & Time/ RB#: Aug. 25, 2009 @ 2:26 p.m. / 09-20791
Unit Responsible: Thousand Oaks Police Department – Patrol & Investigations Units

(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (W)itnesses Address Age

(S) Hunt, Jonathan Thousand Oaks 19

Thousand Oaks deputies arrested Jonathan Hunt Tuesday, after Ventura County Probation Officers discovered a large quantity of stolen property in Hunt’s apartment during a routine probation search.

The items recovered include portable GPS units, i-Pods, and other portable electronics. Deputies seized more than fifty items from Hunt’s apartment. Hunt was already on probation for commercial burglary. Part of his probation terms allow law enforcement officers to search his property without a search warrant or probable cause.

Hunt told investigators that he steals mostly from unlocked cars, and took responsibility for at least 20 such thefts in the local area recently. Hunt said he walks through neighborhoods at night doing “door pulls,” which is commonly known among thieves as an easy way to steal property from unlocked cars.

Hunt is being held at the Pre-Trial Detention Facility in Ventura on a single count of receiving stolen property. His bail has been set at $20,000.00. Investigators would like to remind residents to remove valuable property from their vehicles and lock them to avoid being victims of this type of criminal activity.