Update: SWAT Team Responds to Suspect Apprehension Call

Updated 5:30 p.m. March 27:  The Ventura County SWAT team was called to Moorpark this afternoon to help in apprehending a suspect with an outstanding felony warrant that warned he should be considered armed and dangerous.

Augustine Loza, 53, who was wanted for a parole violation, was taken into custody on the 400 block of Second Street without incident at 3:19 p.m. Loza had been on parole for a robbery.

According to Sr. Deputy Bob Berger, public information officer for the Moorpark Police Department, the call informing the department that Loza may be at the Moorpark residence came in at about 1:50 p.m.

After police were unable to make contact with Loza via telephone calls and a public address, the SWAT team and a hostage negotiation team were called in for precautionary measures.

“When we go to a house like that and try to make contact and no one comes out, it becomes an issue and we do it for the officer’s safety," Berger said. "So that’s why they were called out, just for safety in case things started to go down hill, we don’t want to wait until the last minute to take care of business."

After about an hour and a half, however, Loza gave himself up without incident.

“When we were able to make contact within the residence, he came out and gave himself up and we took him into custody,” said Berger.

According to neighbors, Loza is the brother of Gorge Loza, who was arrested March 3 for placing a facsimile explosive devise and threatening note outside the Moorpark Police Department. The police department was unable to confirm the relationship.