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“Knock Knock Burglary Crew” in Custody

Michael Bishop, 24, Rodrick Brumfield, 29, Oussama Mimouni, 28, and Joy Williams, 27, were arrested in connection with the string of burglaries.

Thieves who plagued several Southern California counties with more than two dozen burglaries and at least one violent home invasion were stopped, according to authorities.

The Ventura County Sheriff's Department announced the arrests of four suspects dubbed "The Knock Knock Burglary Crew" on Tuesday.

Michael Bishop, 24, Rodrick Brumfield, 29, Oussama Mimouni, 28, and Joy Williams, 27, were arrested in connection with the string of burglaries.

Sheriff Geoff Dean called the suspects "a group of violent criminals," and then said, "I'm sorry to say they're probably almost animals."

According to Dean, the suspects drove around neighborhoods from December 25 to April 7 and used an app to get the home phone numbers of different residents. If no one answered the phone the suspects would allegedly knock on the door before forcing their way into a usually empty home.

On March 31, a hard-of-hearing elderly couple did not hear the phone call or knocks at the door of their Camarillo home. A man and woman, both in their 80s, were attacked while the suspects allegedly ransacked and robbed their home. The woman was pushed down a flight of stairs and the man was choked before pretending to pass out and fall to the ground.

As of now, all of the suspects except for Mimouni were being charged in connection with the home invasion. They were all also being charged in connection with multiple burglaries stemming from Ventura, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties.

Bishop, Mimouni and Williams were arrested without incident in early May. Brumfield barricaded himself in his Lancaster home before a SWAT team responded and used chemical agents to force him out of the attic he was hiding in. Two guns were found nearby. 

Investigators also found photos with the some of the suspects holding up wads of $100 bills and at least two of suspects drove high-end luxury vehicles, that they used as decoys to fit in with affluent neighborhoods before allegedly robbing the homes.

"All of the suspects, arrestees have affiliations with Los Angeles street gangs," Dean said.

Brumfield was on parole at the time of his arrest, Bishop was on Post Release Community Supervision at the time of the robberies.

Williams, Brumfield and Mimouni were being held in lieu of $1,000,000 bail and Bishop in lieu of $1,540,000.

If convicted Williams faces 66 years in prison, Brumfield faces 44 years in prison, Bishop faces 34 years in prison and Mimouni faces at least 14 years in prison, with additional charges pending.

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