Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies seized a rifle and a loaded high-capacity magazine from a man allegedly trespassing on a commercial agricultural property outside Oxnard on Wednesday.
The sheriff’s agency increased patrols around commercial ag businesses due to an uptick in crime. Recent incidents include burglary, vehicle thefts, vehicle tampering, vandalism, narcotics offenses and trespassing, officials said.
At around 4:20 p.m., a deputy on such a patrol saw a man and woman apparently trespassing behind the fence line of a property in the 5700 block of West Gonzales Road. The unincorporated area is east of Harbor Boulevard.
The pair, both 42, were described as transient. Both had outstanding arrest warrants, authorities said.
As they were being arrested, deputies found the man had a short-barreled rifle, the loaded magazine and methamphetamine. Due to prior convictions, he is prohibited from having firearms and ammunition.
He was arrested on suspicion of multiple firearms and narcotics violations and booked into Ventura County jail, where he was not eligible for bail, jail records showed.
