Jauregui was bitten on the arm and the back while the officers struggled to restrain him. Santa Paula Fire EMTs were called to the residence to render aid, but Jauregui “refused treatment. Officers took him to Santa Paula Hospital” before Jauregui was booked into Ventura County Jail.Bail is not being set for Jauregui, noted Smith. Jauregui was booked for breaching a state warrant for violating parole for assault with a dead weapon, and a second warrant issued in Ventura County for providing false information to a police officer, as well as new charges of resisting arrest and being in possession of drug paraphernalia.“This is another great example of how effective our K-9s are,” said Smith. “A search by officers alone could have taken 15 to 20 minutes, but it only took K-9 Rex 15 seconds” to locate Jauregui hiding under the bed.When asked by SPPD officers why he didn’t come out of his hiding place, Jauregui said he “didn’t think the dog would find him,” Smith said. “Obviously, considering the detection powers of K-9s, he was very wrong.”
SPPD: Santa Paula parolee bitten by SPPD K-9 during warrant service
February 29, 2008
Santa Paula Police Department
A Santa Paulan wanted on several warrants who tried to hide from a Santa Paula Police K-9 received minor injuries when he was bitten inside a home on Acacia Road, according to a Santa Paula Police Department spokesman.
By Peggy KellySanta Paula TimesA Santa Paulan wanted on several warrants who tried to hide from a Santa Paula Police K-9 received minor injuries when he was bitten inside a home on Acacia Road, according to a Santa Paula Police Department spokesman. The incident occurred on Tuesday, February 26 at about 8:30 a.m., according to SPPD Senior Officer Ryan Smith, who noted that the arrest demonstrates just how effective K-9s are in police work.SPPD officers went to the residence located on the 500 block of Acacia Road to serve a “felony arrest warrant” on 20-year-old Jesse Jauregui, who is “considered armed and dangerous... a parolee at large.” Although told by others in the residence that Jauregui was not on the premises, SPPD officers searched the house assisted by K-9 Rex, Smith’s canine partner.“Rex indicated that there was someone under the bed,” and although officers asked “several times” that Jauregui come out, he did not reply. Rex was ordered under the bed while SPPD officers simultaneously lifted the mattress off of the hiding suspect, who started to fight with the officers.
