Oxnard Police Arrest Man and Two Juveniles After Baseball Bat Confrontation in Oxnard Public Park
– By F. Scott Faulkner
OXNARD, CA — May 14, 2026 — A fight on the afternoon of May 12 involving an assault with baseball bats at a public park in Oxnard escalated into a firearms investigation that ended with the arrest of a 27-year-old Oxnard man and two juveniles.
According to Oxnard Police Department spokesman Cmdr. Kevin Baysinger, officers
responded to reports of the disturbance “involving baseball bats” at the park at
approximately 4:30 p.m. Witnesses who reported the incident to 911 Emergency
dispatchers indicated that “several people had been involved in a confrontation.”
As officers arrived, they spotted a vehicle leaving the area and conducted a traffic stop.
Inside were a male juvenile and a female juvenile. Investigators later determined both
had allegedly participated in the assault, took them into custody and transported both to
Ventura County Juvenile Justice Center where they were booked on charges of assault
with a deadly weapon.
During their follow-up search of the suspect vehicle, “officers recovered a loaded
firearm from the passenger compartment.” At that point, the investigation shifted to
identifying the individual in possession of the weapon during the confrontation.
Police later identified John Angel Romero, 27, of Oxnard, as the individual connected
to the firearm who had brandished the gun during the altercation at the park.
Romero was contacted, taken into custody, and transported to Ventura County Jail
where he remains in custody on a no-bail hold, charged with multiple firearms
violations, brandishing a firearm and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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