VENTURA POLICE DEPARTMENT Incident:
Attempted Robbery with Arrests Location: 7800 Block of Telegraph Rd. Date/Time Occurred: 11/01/24 @ 2:39 pm Officer(s) Involved: Ventura Police Department Patrol Suspect(s): (1) Male Juvenile – 14 yrs. Ventura Resident (2) Male Juvenile – 14 yrs. Ventura Resident Victim: Male – 76 yrs. – Ventura Resident Report #: 24-71141.
Narrative: On 11/01/24, at about 2:39 p.m., the Ventura Police Department Communications Center received a call from a 76-year-old male, indicating that he was the victim of an attempted robbery in the area of the CVS store in the 7800 block of Telegraph Road.
Patrol officers responded to that area and contacted the victim. The victim stated that he exited the CVS store and was walking towards his residence, when he was approached by a male juvenile (Suspect #1) on an electric scooter just north of the CVS store. Suspect #1 used his scooter to block the path of the victim and demanded money from him. The victim attempted to walk around Suspect #1 but he relocated his scooter in front of the victim and blocked his path a second time. Suspect #1 then summoned Suspect #2 to help him. Suspect #2 then approached on an electric bicycle and assisted by helping to corral the victim and money was demanded from the victim again.
The victim was able to eventually get around the juveniles and walk away without injury. He then called 9-1-1 to report the crime. Two juveniles matching the description given by the victim were located a short distance away in the same shopping center. An officer detained those juveniles, and they were ultimately identified as the two suspects. The two suspects were cited for attempted robbery and released to their parents.
