Simi Valley resident freed after erroneous arrest

Simi Valley police said a victim of identity theft was arrested in error Tuesday on suspicion of being a fugitive from crimes on the East Coast. 

Police said they received an arrest warrant from the Pennsylvania State Police indicating that Simi Valley resident Gary Allen Frost was wanted for felony violations.

Acting on this warrant, officers arrested Frost and booked him into the Ventura County jail.

“We were later informed by the Pennsylvania State Police that the warrant information was incorrect and that Mr. Frost was possibly the victim of identity theft,” Simi police said in a news release Wednesday afternoon. “Mr. Frost was immediately released from custody and is in no way a suspect in the investigation being conducted by the Pennsylvania State Police.”

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