Posted on 07/23/2021 3:46:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The incident was reported about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday while authorities were conducting nighttime training operations in the Lake Casitas area, Ventura County Sheriff’s Office officials said in a news release.
“The pilot of Copter 4 took evasive action and identified a suspect vehicle leaving the area at a high rate of speed,” according to the news release.
The pilot followed the suspect vehicle into the Oak View area, where the driver stopped in the 200 block of Olive Street.
The driver, identified as 44-year-old Joshua Chimarusti, then exited the vehicle and allegedly fired more shots at the helicopter.
Chimarusti was eventually found and arrested early the following morning. The gun allegedly used in both shootings was found and seized as evidence.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
He’s probably already free on a PR bond
https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=cimarusti
In 1940, Truck Driver was the top reported job for people in the US named Cimarusti. .
that should explain it.
Kid I knew (slightly) in high school shot at a NY State Police helicopter back in the early ‘70s. Caused it to have to do an emergency landing.
He was shocked as sh** when they caught his ass. He went to prison (was over 18 when he did it). He thought because he was in the woods there was no way they could get to him. Boy was he wrong.
Was Chimarusti an illegal border jumper? Was the weapon traced to an actual person or was it sold to a Mexican police department?
Judging by the eyes, he’s got a real future in Dem politics.
You can’t fix stupid, but you can toss it into jail.
California man.
Cops can generate quite a manpower turn-out for an event like that, for sure.
“...The pilot of Copter 4 took evasive action...”
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that sounds odd
I doubt it. He's white.
Exactly!
Well... the govt is peddling the alien BS and the object was just hovering and beaming with bright lights — so maybe it was an honest miscalculation.
Shooting at an air unit?
Another violent Democrat ding?
Why? If you know the direction the fire is coming from, you’re going to make the chopper profile as small as possible, that would mean moving away from the direction of fire, while eliminating a broadside profile.
“Take a look at my Shocked Face!”
Did you ever notice a good percentage of suspects who behave like this seem to have Adam Schiff type eyes.
Meth is good for you, right?
Maybe the mark/wound/scar on the suspect's upper right forehead is from brain surgery. Lobotomy?
They got him on Olive St., up Ventura Avenue “The Avenue” that I know well. My old Ventura home was about ten blocks away — in a better neighborhood!
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