Theft has become a concern throughout all three campuses in the Ventura County college district, with burglaries of personal items from within Moorpark facilities, stolen vehicles at Oxnard and Ventura, and a continuing pattern of burglaries from vehicles at Ventura College parking lots.

Within the month of January there were a total of eight reported thefts from vehicles at Ventura College, and as February progresses, two more incidents have been reported yet police still have no suspects. However, District Chief of Police James Botting said that similarities in the burglaries do provide specific warnings for potential victims.

Most incidents have occurred during basketball games, which last from 5:30 p.m. to7:30 p.m. The burglar or burglars targets Ford vehicles, particularly Rangers and Expeditions. Botting suspects that the thief also has access to an electronic device that can deactivate alarms and unlock the doors of these vehicles.

Additional burglaries and other criminal activity were reported as follows:

Ventura College:

Feb 3: Campus police cited a female student for possession of a small amount of marijuana.

Feb. 4: A binder containing several pages of rare coins was stolen from a vendor at the weekend Swap Meet at 11:30 am.

Feb. 4: Attempted kidnapping incident was reported by a female student at Ventura College, as mentioned in the Feb. 8 edition of the Voice.

Feb. 5: A VC instructor received several threatening messages on his voicemail from an unknown caller.

Feb. 7: Theft is reported from a vehicle in the E-lot. The vehicle door was left unlocked, and items stolen from inside were reported to be valued at $2,800.

Feb 9: A vehicle was entered and prescription medication was stolen from inside.

Feb 11: Graffiti was located in the men’s rest-room of the P-building.

Feb 11: A vehicle was reported stolen from the football construction site at 12:00 p.m. after the owner left his keys in the ignition. Suspect(s) entered the vehicle and removed it from the site by ramming the locked gates.

Moorpark College:

Jan. 31: Cash was stolen from a purse left inside a desk drawer, within the food court office in the campus center.

Feb. 1: Police were called to subdue a dog fight that broke out in the H-lot. Officers used pepper spray on the animals, which were returned to their owners unharmed.

Feb. 6: Police responded to a report of a reckless driver, revealing that the driver was a Moorpark student and had a suspended license.

Oxnard College:

Feb. 1: A hit-and-run is reported in the H-lot, and a witness was able to provide the suspect’s license plate number.

Feb. 8: Police recovered a vehicle that was stolen earlier that same day from Rose Avenue in Ventura.

A Message from the Chief: Megan’s Law requires sex offenders to register their addresses with law enforcement agencies. Students can access information and locate sex offenders in their areas using a link that is now available on the VCCCD police website: http://www.vcccd.netpolice/links1.htm