July 1, 2022
DOCUMENTED CRIMINAL STREET GANG MEMBERS ARRESTED ON FIREARMS CHARGE DURING TRAFFIC STOP IN ONXARD:
The Oxnard Police Department issued the following statement and posted the following picture of confiscated forearms in their statement.
At approximately 7:40 p.m., officers from the Oxnard Special Enforcement Unit (Gang Unit) conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle near the intersection of Ventura Rd. and Scott St. Officers contacted the driver pursuant to a search warrant.
The driver, Michael Espinoza, and passenger, Fidel Rojas, were removed from the vehicle. Espinoza and Rojas are documented Oxnard criminal street gang members.
Officers searched the vehicle and located a loaded .40 caliber Glock-style Polymer 80 semi-automatic handgun and a loaded 9-millimeter Glock semi-automatic handgun.
Polymer 80 semi-automatic handguns are sold commercially as incomplete, without serial numbers, and must be further manufactured to make them into functioning firearms. Officers arrested Espinoza and Rojas for felony firearms possession.
Special Enforcement Unit Officers followed up by serving a search warrant at Espinoza’s residence, located in the 100 blk. of East C St., in the city of Port Hueneme.
Officers located a bag containing two completed, 80%, semi-automatic, .223 caliber rifles and two loaded 30 round magazines.
80% rifles are sold commercially as incomplete, without serial numbers, and must be further manufactured to make them into functioning firearms.
Officers examined the rifles and noted fresh metal shavings on the rifles. Fresh metal shavings can be indicative of a ghost firearm that was recently assembled.
Officers continued to search and located a drill press which is often used to further assemble P80 handguns and 80% rifles.
The Oxnard Police Department’s Special Enforcement Unit is committed to reducing gang crimes and gun violence in the City of Oxnard through the strict enforcement of laws specifically targeting known, active gang members residing in the city.
Anyone with information regarding this case or other criminal activity is encouraged to contact the Oxnard Police Department at (805) 385-7600, or online via the Oxnard Police Department’s website: www.oxnardpd.org, and clicking on Report Suspicious Activity.
You can remain anonymous if you choose to do so. You can remain anonymous by calling the Ventura County Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
© CopyRights Raw_News1st
