Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko, Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff, and Oxnard Police Department Assistant Chief Rocky Marquez announced today that Bobby Rollins Jr. a 55-year-old-man of Long Beach, has been arrested and charged with kidnapping with the intent to commit robbery. The arrest comes 36 years after Rollins is accused of committing the crime in June of 1990. Prosecutors have further alleged he personally used a firearm during the commission of the crime. Rollins also faces several aggravating factors, including that the crime involved great violence and that the victim was particularly vulnerable when the crime was committed.
Rollins was arrested without incident in Long Beach on June 10, 2026, by District Attorney Investigators with assistance from the Long Beach Police Department.
“More than three decades after this violent kidnapping, advances in DNA technology and the determination of investigators have led to the arrest of Rollins and justice on behalf of a victim who never forgot what happened to her,” District Attorney Erik Nasarenko said.
On June 11, 1990, Rollins and an unidentified accomplice approached the 18-year-old victim while she was parked in a lot at the end of Perkins Road in Oxnard. At gunpoint, she was removed from her car, robbed of her property and forced down an embankment, where she was allegedly sexually assaulted by one of the men, now identified as Bobby Rollins Jr. Any possible charges related to the sexual assault are unfortunately outside of the statute of limitations.
Following the attack, the victim was able to return to her car and drive away at a high rate of speed. She crashed her vehicle into a light pole, about a half mile away, at the intersection of Perkins and Hueneme Road. Witnesses to the crash assisted the victim, where she ultimately received help from the Oxnard Police Department.
Although evidence was collected in 1990, the forensic technology available at the time was unable to identify a suspect. As a result, the case remained unsolved for decades.
In 2021 and 2023, Ventura County received funding through the U.S. Department of Justice’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) program to test previously untested sexual assault kits and pursue investigative leads generated through modern DNA analysis.
“Because evidence was carefully maintained for more than 30 years, it was still available when new DNA technology became capable of providing answers that simply weren’t possible in 1990,” said Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff. “Our Forensic Services Bureau submitted the evidence for advanced DNA testing and analysts were able to develop a male DNA profile, which was then uploaded into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS). The profile generated a match identifying Bobby Rollins Jr., providing investigators with a critical lead that ultimately resulted in his arrest.”
Senior Deputy District Attorney Emily Reber, a member of the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Unit, is prosecuting the case.
Investigators are trying to identify the other person who was with Rollins during the attack.
Investigators also believe Rollins may have committed similar crimes between 1989-1992.
If you believe you have information about this case or possible other unreported crimes Rollins may have committed, please contact Ventura County District Attorney Investigator Yumi Kirk at (805) 477-1638.
Rollins faces a possible maximum sentence of life in state prison, if convicted.