Photo: Greg Boren
VENTURA COUNTY — Those who are making a concerted effort to avoid contact with law enforcement while in California because they may have criminal charges hanging over their head would do well to adhere to the state’s rather rigorous motor vehicle laws… one of which requires any vehicle on the road to display current registration tags.
Perhaps because he hails from Greeley, Colorado, 25-year-old Greg Boren was unaware that members of California law enforcement agencies make a habit of glancing at the colored registration tags on vehicles passing through their line of sight; when an out-of-date tag is spotted, probable cause for a vehicle stop arises. According to Ventura County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Capt. James Fryhoff, that’s precisely what led to Ojai Patrol VCSD Deputy Kathryn Torres—“who was on routine patrol when she observed a vehicle with expired registration tags”—to pull a suspect vehicle to the side of an Ojai Valley area roadway.
Contact with the two men inside the car prompted further suspicion, and Torres soon had both men in handcuffs “for drug-related offenses.” Further investigation determined that the driver didn’t have any identification or a valid driver’s license in his possession.
Once both men were transported to Ventura County jail for booking, the driver’s true identity was determined to be that of Greg Boren, “wanted by the U.S. Marshal’s Office for two counts of attempted murder” pursuant to a prior arrest in Colorado which led his case to be featured on “America’s Most Wanted” television series.
Boren remains in custody pending extradition to Colorado to face multiple charges of attempted murder.
Photo: Courtesy Weld County, Colorado Sheriff’s Department
