Newspaper deliverywoman stops to help motorists, but they steal her car
By Nancy Needham nancy@theacorn.com
      A 37-year-old newspaper deliverywoman was robbed at knifepoint after she stopped to help what appeared to be a stranded motorist at 5:15 a.m. Monday. The Thousand Oaks resident saw a Toyota Camry stopped in one of the traffic lanes on Moorpark Road near Rolling Oaks Drive.
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Change in police oversight to affect Lake Sherwood and unincorporated areas
By Sophia Fischer sfischer@theacorn.com
      A new police captain has been assigned to oversee patrol services in Ventura County's unincorporated areas, including Oak Park, Lake Sherwood, Hidden Valley, Lynn Ranch, Bell Canyon and parts of Newbury Park. Capt. Bill Flannigan and Capt. Brent Kerr of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department are switching jobs.
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Ventura County crime lab works in the real world
By Sophia Fischer sfischer@theacorn.com
      Entering the Ventura County Sheriff's Department Forensic Sciences Laboratory is like walking onto the set of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigations," except this is real. The blood samples being analyzed are from real people; the evidence being examined under hightech microscopes comes from actual crime scenes.
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Sheriff's Blotter
      Newbury Park The following subjects were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the times, dates and places indicated: A male, 73, at 8:21 p.m. Nov. 4 on eastbound Hillcrest Drive, east of Rancho Road; a male, 25, at 2:02 a.m. Nov. 5 at Kalinda Place and Hillcrest Drive; and a male, 19, at 12:15 a.
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Alleged stalker arrested after traveling here from Michigan
      A Michigan man suspected of stalking found the Thousand Oaks Police Department standing between him and a female resident he allegedly drove across country to see. George Costales, 39, was arrested the evening of Nov. 5 when he allegedly showed up at the victim's door.
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Media errors the topic at CLU
      The chief defense investigator for several high profile cases will speak from 10 a.m. to noon today, Thurs., Nov. 13 at California Lutheran University. Scott Ross, director of investigations for the Law Offices of Geragos and Geragos in Los Angeles, will discuss "Criminal Defense Investigations in the Media.
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