Probation check leads to two arrests

FALLBROOK – On June 30, at 7 p.m., deputies from the San Diego County Sheriff's Department conducted a probation compliance operation in the Fallbrook command area. The purpose of the compliance operation was to verify that probationers were in compliance with the conditions of their release.

The operation resulted in the arrests of 50 year old Rigoberto Barajas and 33 year old Ryan Zimmerman. Barajas was taken into custody on a new narcotics related charge. Zimmerman was taken into custody on an outstanding felony warrant related to an earlier DUI conviction.

A third subject, 30-year-old Andrew Young, was also out of compliance with the terms of his probation. His current whereabouts are unknown. A warrant for his arrest is in the process of being issued by the courts. Barajas and Zimmerman were booked into the Vista Detention Facility.

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