A 40-year-old man in Ventura County is facing the possibility of life in prison for residential burglary, committed while wearing a parole ankle monitor, officials announced.
Matthew Rey Scott was convicted of first-degree residential burglaries in 2007 and 2015 and was on parole when he was captured for two additional burglaries late last year, according to a news release from the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office.
In December 2024, Scott entered a Simi Valley home where a female resident, who happened to be on the phone at the time, spotted the 40-year-old standing in the hallway leading to her bedroom…