Moorpark College Reporter

Thousand Oaks man lights two homeless citizens on fire

Thousand Oaks man lights two homeless citizens on fire

By Rachel Franklin November 16, 2021
Ventura County Sheriff's Office is currently searching for Thousand Oaks transient Robert Burn, who is suspected of lighting two other transients on fire while they were inside a tent.
Image provided by the Oxnard Police Department

Police arrest two gang members in Oxnard, confiscate two guns, 90 grams of meth and $1300

By Rachel Franklin March 18, 2021
Officers of the Oxnard Police Department Special Enforcement Unit arrested 37-year-old Jose Santillan and 25-year-old Peter Robledo March 16 on probable cause of numerous felony firearms offenses and felony possession of methamphetamine for sale.
Photo courtesy of the VCCCD Police Department.

Moorpark College on-campus Catalytic Converter theft leaves $2500 in repairs

By Rachel Franklin March 16, 2021
Moorpark College Police Department issued a catalytic converter theft warning. Thieves left roughly $2500 in damages after stealing five catalytic converters from Moorpark College maintenance and operations (M&O) vehicles parked on the Moorpark College campus over President’s Day weekend last month.
The entrance to the Thousand Oaks Police department, in Thousand Oaks, CA. Photo credit: Audrey Lang

TOPD arrests two after seizing 40 guns, 1000 rounds of ammunition and over 50 grams of narcotics

By Rachel Franklin March 2, 2021
Two suspects were arrested in Thousand Oaks for possession of narcotics and illegal firearms. Detectives from the Thousand Oaks Police Department’s Directed Enforcement Unit (DEU) seized over 40 firearms and over 1,000 rounds of ammunition during the service of a search warrant at the 1900 block of Rory Lane, Simi Valley.
Image courtesy of the Oxnard Police Department

Oxnard church volunteer arrested for several sexual assaults in Ventura County

By Rachel Franklin February 28, 2021
On Feb. 12, 2021, a 14-year-old girl reported to the Oxnard Police Department that she had been lured to a local motel under the pretenses of a cleaning job, where she was then allegedly sexually assaulted by 44-year-old Oxnard resident Isaias “Carlos” Vasquez according to a media release by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.
Lt. Gregory Beckley sits in his office in the Moorpark College Police Department. Beckley is being transferred to Ventura College to serve as supervisor of their police department. Photo credit: Gian Matteo Sacchetti

Lt. Beckley says goodbye to MC

By Gian Matteo Sacchetti October 30, 2016

As part of a plan to rotate the Ventura County Community College District lieutenants, Lt. Gregory Beckley is leaving Moorpark College on Nov. 1 to serve as supervisor of the Ventura Community College...

The Moorpark College Financial Aid Office is warning students to be aware of scammers impersonating financial aid workers as a result of a general warning from the Internal Revenue Service. Photo credit: Willem Schep

Scammers target college students

By Elliott Keegan September 28, 2016

The Financial Aid Office is warning students to be aware of scammers attempting to trick students into paying a fake Federal Student Tax or giving away sensitive financial information. The warning is not...

Officer Andrew Huisenga, along with a Cadet Jake Kerstein, patrol the observatory parking lot (D and E) to look for suspicious activity. Photo credit: Renee Abrahan

Police offer tips to deal with an increase in crime

By Renee Abrahan November 20, 2015

With the increase in on-campus crime, county and campus police offer tips on how to prevent or handle these situations should they happen to you. In the 2014, the VCCCD Crime Statistic Reports showed...

Broken window on damaged car in the Moorpark College north overflow parking lot on February 28, 2012. Police believe that the window was broken by flying gravel kicked up by a vehicle. Photo provided by Moorpark College Police Department.

Shattered Windows in Moorpark Parking Lot

By Tarek Fattal March 6, 2012

  Rocks shattered two car windows Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 28th, in the north overflow parking lot at Moorpark College. Lt. Bob Escobedo of Moorpark College Campus Police was called to the scene,...

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