January 18, 2025 – Ventura County Sheriff’s Office officials report that the Ventura County Fentanyl and Overdose Crimes Units (VC FOCUS) concluded an investigation with the arrest of Trevor Williams who was responsible for selling various controlled substances to Ventura County residents in addition to mailing various controlled substances to customers throughout the United States.
The investigation initially began in August 2024 when a male victim suffered a fatal overdose in Newbury Park. VC FOCUS began an investigation into the overdose and determined the victim had purchased pharmaceutical narcotics from Williams in the past. However, those narcotic purchases were not determined to be specifically related to the victim’s fatal overdose.
Detectives found Williams was advertising various controlled substances utilizing numerous social media accounts and that his customers were not limited to Ventura County but also lived all over the United States. Detectives contacted Williams on social media and set up undercover purchases of these controlled substances which were intercepted by investigators from the United States Postal Inspection Service. Detectives conducted additional covert surveillance of Williams and determined he also had a network of customers within Ventura County who he was delivering to daily.
On December 19, 2024, detectives arrested Williams for a variety of felony drug charges including Possession for Sales of Controlled Substances, and Sales of Controlled Substances. He was booked into the Ventura County Pre-Trial Detention Facility and arraigned on his charges on December 23, 2024. Williams was held to answer on the charges and remains in custody with bail set at $100,000…