16-04-2025
Off-duty Ventura County Sheriff's deputies arrested after fight with bar bouncer
Two Ventura County sheriff's deputies were arrested in late March after a fight at a bar in Camarillo that sent a bouncer to the hospital.
The two deputies, Anthony Malagon and Dylan Davis, were at the El Rey Cantina in Old Town Camarillo a little after midnight on March 30, according to a statement released April 16 by Sheriff Jim Fryhoff. Both men were off duty.
At the bar, Fryhoff's statement said, "an apparent domestic incident occurred wherein a security guard intervened." The bouncer was injured in the subsequent fight and treated at a local hospital.
Davis, 33, was arrested on suspicion of multiple felony and misdemeanor offenses, including inflicting injury on a spouse; battery causing serious injury; using force likely to cause serious injury; making criminal threats; and misdemeanor battery.
Malagon, 27, was arrested on suspicion of battery causing serious injury and using force likely to cause serious injury.
Both men were booked into Ventura County jail and later posted bail. They have not been charged yet by the Ventura County District Attorney's Office, but both could face felony charges stemming from the incident.
Attempts to reach both men were unsuccessful.
In addition to the criminal investigation, the sheriff's office will also conduct an internal affairs investigation into whether Davis and Malagon violated any department policies. In the meantime, they have both been placed on administrative leave, Fryhoff said in his statement.
'I want to assure the public and our community that the Sheriff's Office takes this matter very seriously," Fryhoff said in his April 16 statement. "We hold our deputies to the highest standards of conduct; any violation of those standards will be addressed appropriately, without hesitation … as that is what both our community and our agency expect and deserve."
A spokesperson with the sheriff's office did not immediately respond to questions seeking more details about the incident.
Tony Biasotti is an investigative and watchdog reporter for the Ventura County Star. Reach him at tbiasotti@ This story was made possible by a grant from the Ventura County Community Foundation's Fund to Support Local Journalism.
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