Man arrested in connection with stolen vehicle after Oxnard traffic stop
Christian Martinez
A 32-year-old man was arrested in Oxnard after he was reportedly found driving a stolen vehicle, police said.
Brandon Beechum, 32, of Oxnard, was arrested sometime after 9:15 p.m. Monday when police pulled over a suspicious vehicle in the 3400 block of Camino Avenue, according to the Oxnard Police Department.
Officers reportedly found that the vehicle had the wrong license plates, police said.
After a search of the vehicle identification number, police eventually found that the vehicle had been reported stolen on Dec. 9 out of Oxnard.
The driver of the vehicle, identified as Beechum, was arrested and booked into Ventura County jail on suspicion of felony unlawful taking of a vehicle, receiving stolen property and misdemeanor possession of methamphetamine, according to jail records.
He was held on $65,000 bail and is due in Ventura County Superior Court on Wednesday.
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