Oscar Aguirre Silva, Extortion, California 2023

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Defendants Sentenced for Crime Spree in Ventura

Two men, Oscar Aguirre Silva and Edward Donaldo Ramirez Martinez, were sentenced to federal prison terms for their roles in a crime spree last year in Ventura County. The crime spree included extortion, robbery, and bank fraud.

On November 6, 2023, Silva threatened violence to extort a taco truck vendor in Oxnard. Four days later, Silva robbed a woman at gunpoint and stole her iPhone, purse, which contained a credit card and a debit card in the victim’s name, and a debit card in the name of another victim. Ramirez served as the getaway driver during this armed robbery.

Both men then traveled to a Walmart store in Ventura, where they used the stolen cards to purchase $524 worth of merchandise. Later, Silva and another co-defendant, David Ray Reyes, used and attempted to use the stolen cards to purchase other items at an Oxnard smoke shop.

On November 25 and 26, 2023, Silva robbed two Oxnard businesses – a smoke shop and a grocery outlet.

In a separate hearing, Judge Hernán D. Vera sentenced Ramirez to 54 months (4½ years) in federal prison. Ramirez pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of being a felon in possession of ammunition.

Silva pleaded guilty to one count of interference with commerce by extortion (Hobbs Act), two counts of interference with commerce by robbery (Hobbs Act), three counts of bank fraud, two counts of attempted bank fraud, and two counts of aggravated identity theft. He was sentenced to 72 months (six years) in federal prison and ordered to pay $2,941 in restitution.

The Ventura County Violent Crime Task Force, which includes the FBI, the Oxnard Police Department, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, and the Ventura Police Department, conducted the investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Lyndsi C. Allsop prosecuted the case.