Thousand Oaks police arrest CVS robbery suspect

Jeremy Childs | Ventura

Thousand Oaks police arrested a man accused of stealing $3,500 in merchandise from a CVS last month in Newbury Park, authorities said Tuesday.

The robbery took place at 8:18 p.m. May 20 at the CVS at 2120 Newbury Road.

A store employee saw a man walking out of the store with an estimated $3,500 worth of merchandise and confronted him, authorities said. The man said that if he was followed, he would pull out a gun and shoot the employee, authorities reported. The employee was able to see the license plate of the thief's vehicle and reported it, authorities said.

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Thousand Oaks detectives used the license plate to identify the suspect as Brandon Magee, 29, of Victorville, for whom there was an outstanding arrest warrant on suspicion of robbery out of Riverside County, according to authorities.

On May 23, members of the Thousand Oaks Police Department and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office found Magee in San Bernardino County and arrested him on the the outstanding, authorities said. He was booked into San Bernardino County jail but later posted $50,000 bail for his release.

During the arrest, Magee was wearing the same clothes as during the CVS incident and was also found to be in possession of a semi-automatic handgun, authorities said. Based in part on this evidence, Thousand Oaks detectives secured an arrest warrant for Magee in connection with the CVS robbery, authorities said.

Magee was arrested and again booked into San Bernardino County jail, where he later posted $100,000 bail and is due to appear in the Ventura County Superior Court on Aug. 23 regarding the CVS robbery charge, according to authorities.