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2 ARRESTED IN ATTACK AT WOOD RANCH UNIT.


Byline: Kermit Pattison Daily News Staff Writer

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 apartment break-in in which the resident was squirted with pepper spray before grabbing a gun led shortly to two arrests Thursday, police said.

Police arrested two Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969.  men a short distance away after a brief foot chase around the Wood Ranch apartment complex.

Joseph Jordan, 23, and Jason Barton, 20, were arrested and were being questioned by detectives at the Simi Valley police station Thursday evening, police said.

Police would not release the identity of the victim as of Thursday evening.

Police said the two suspects knocked on the door of the apartment on the 600 block of Country Club Drive in the Rancho ran·cho  
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 complex shortly after 1 p.m.

"When the resident opened the door, they sprayed him with pepper spray," said Lt. Ken Tacke of the Simi Valley Police Department The Simi Valley Police Department (SVPD) is the police department of the city of Simi Valley, California. The department currently has over 120 sworn officers, and more than 65 support personnel[1]. The department has a patrol area that covers over 39 square miles. .

The victim struggled briefly with the two intruders as they tried to make their way into the apartment, said Tacke. But he broke free and rushed to the back of his apartment to grab a gun, police said.

With their would-be victim now armed, the suspects ran from the apartment, police said.

Simi Valley police dispatched about eight officers to scour scour, scours

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 the neighborhood. Within a few minutes, police said, officers spotted Jordan and Barton, who then fled.

"One of them was captured inside the apartment complex," said Tacke. "The other was just outside. They didn't get very far."

Tacke said the capture was quick because officers rushed to the scene from points around the city.

"We did a pretty good job of containing the area," Tacke said. Police still were investigating the incident Thursday evening.
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Date:Mar 1, 1996
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