CAMARILLO MAN, 4 OTHERS ARRESTED IN COCAINE CASE.Byline: Teresa Jimenez Daily News Staff Writer A man who had been under investigation for three months was arrested Tuesday evening on suspicion of selling cocaine to an undercover officer, the Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. reported. Carlos Phillip Lopez, 33, of Camarillo was arrested at his home on suspicion of selling cocaine and possessing cocaine for sale, and he was being held in the county jail in Ventura in lieu of Instead of; in place of; in substitution of. It does not mean in addition to. $20,000 bail, authorities said. Investigators also arrested four other men, including three from the Conejo Valley The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both Southeastern Ventura County and Northwest Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It was discovered in 1542 by Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, and eventually became part of the Rancho El Conejo land grant by , who police said were at the house in the 100 block of Mobil Avenue in Camarillo when investigators arrived. Investigators obtained a warrant to search the house, sheriff's Sgt. Curt Rothschiller said. ``He was selling on the street level to a lot of people in that area and obviously outside the area,'' Rothschiller said about Lopez. Frank Medina Morales, 29, of Oxnard and Dean Anthony Birdsong birdsong. Song, call notes, and certain mechanical sounds constitute the language of birds. Song is produced in the syrinx, whose firm walls are derived from the rings of the trachea, and is modified by the larynx and tongue. , 28, of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. were arrested at the house on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance controlled substance n. a drug which has been declared by federal or state law to be illegal for sale or use, but may be dispensed under a physician's prescription. , authorities said. They were released on $5,000 bail. Steven Andrew Schmidt, 29, of Thousand Oaks and Daniel Wittman III, 33, of Newbury Park were arrested on suspicion of soliciting the sale of a controlled substance after arriving at the residence, authorities said. They were released on $5,000 bail. Rothschiller said the men arrested at the home appeared to be middle-class people who drove into the area to contact Lopez. |
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