Simi Valley man on probation arrested for shooting out window of empty Thousand Oaks business

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – A 25-year-old Simi Valley man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly shooting out the window of a Thousand Oaks business on West Hillcrest Drive.

On April 8, around 5:31 a.m., deputies were dispatched to a report of vandalism at a business in the 2400 block of West Hillcrest Drive and arrived to find the front window had been shattered by a gunshot stated a press release from the Ventura County Sheriff's Office Thursday.

Detectives initiated an investigation and learned that a man, later identified as a 25-year-old from Simi Valley, was outside the business the night prior, around 11 p.m., when the single gunshot was fired through the window while the business was closed and empty detailed the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.

Detectives discovered that the 25-year-old is a convicted felon and on probation with search terms prohibiting him from possessing firearms and ammunition noted the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.

According to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, the 25-year-old was spotted in Thousand Oaks and taken into custody without incident.

A probation-authorized search of his motel room resulted in the discovery of a loaded handgun that was later confirmed to have matched the spent casing recovered at the scene of the vandalism shared the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.

Later, the handgun was found to have been reported stolen out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota added the county law enforcement agency.

The 25-year-old was booked for multiple charges including:

• PC 246.3-Negligent Discharge of a Firearm
• PC 247-Discharging a Firearm at an Uninhabited Building
• PC 29800-Felon in Possession of a Firearm
• PC 30305-Felon in Possession of Ammunition
• PC 25400-Carrying a Concealed Firearm