OXNARD : Grand Jury Indicts 3 on Cocaine Charges
The Ventura County Grand Jury has indicted three Oxnard men on suspicion of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and sale of cocaine, the district attorney announced Thursday. Named in the indictments handed down Wednesday are Alejandro Gonzalez, 24; Jaime Ochoa, 22, and Jose Picado, 19.
Ochoa and Picado were arrested by the Sheriff’s Department after undercover purchases of one ounce of cocaine Dec. 26 and Jan. 2 in Oxnard, Deputy Dist. Atty. Nancy L. Ayers.
Gonzales was arrested Jan. 9 when he visited an Oxnard residence that was being searched by officers in an unrelated investigation. His car was searched, and two ounces of cocaine were found in the trunk, Ayers said.
A jury trial has been set March 2.
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