Ventura man armed with knife caught with help from police dog
{EDITOR'S NOTE} The 19-year-old previously named in this article had all charges dropped and his record expunged in January of 2025 by the Ventura County Superior Court. The original version of the article is shared below with the name of the man replaced.
VENTURA, Calif. - An armed man was arrested by Ventura police Tuesday morning.
After a chase, Ventura police officers unleashed a police dog on a 19-year-old who was armed with a knife.
At around 10:45 a.m., 911 received a hang-up call from a woman at a house on the 200 block of Burl Avenue. The woman called back and told dispatchers she was involved in a physical altercation with her boyfriend.
When officers arrived at the house, the 19-year-old was inside the home, refusing to cooperate with the officers on the scene. Police say, he then told them he was armed with a knife.
As officers continued to negotiate, they discovered the 19-year-old had left the home and was running away from the area.
Ventura police motor officers helped with the search and found the 19-year-old on the bike path near the Community Park on Kimball Road. He was still armed with the knife and allegedly threatened officers as he ran onto Highway 126.
At one point, the 19-year-old allegedly raised the knife (pictured above) up while coming towards the officers, threatening to hurt them if they didn't shoot him. Officers ordered the 19-year-old to drop the knife, but when he didn't obey their commands, they used a taser.
The taser didn't stop the 19-year-old, who was continuing to come towards the officers, police say. Police released police dog Bolt on the teen, who was then taken into custody without further incident.
The 19-year-old was treated at the hospital for his injuries. After given the all-clear by doctors, he was arrested for attempted murder, felony domestic violence, false imprisonment, assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, and felony resisting arrest.
The woman received non-life threatening injuries because of the apparent assault and was treated for those injuries.
No officers or the police dog were injured.
