Man Arrested in Wife’s Shooting
Authorities Friday arrested a Ventura man wanted in connection with the shooting of his wife last month.
Joseph John Olivarez, 35, had been hiding in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties since the June 20 shooting, in which Michelle Olivarez, 33, was seriously wounded, authorities said.
Shortly after 1 a.m. Friday, investigators surrounded a house in Port Hueneme where they believed Joseph Olivarez was hiding. Officers from Oxnard and Port Hueneme took him into custody as he tried to sneak out a back door, and he was booked into Ventura County Jail.
Larry Caro, Olivarez’s brother-in-law, also has been arrested as a possible accessory.
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