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Santa Barbara

Car Thief Captured After Ditching Girlfriend

Efren Martinez and Cataline Padilla Carpinteria – Clear evidence of contemporary social and gender mores indicating that chivalry is indeed a thing of the past, it was just after 3:00 a.m.

Santa Barbara

Victim Chases “Hot Prowl” Burglar into Arms of the Law

Francisco Ayala Hernandez Santa Barbara – There may be no more threatening property crime than a “hot prowl” wherein a burglar slips into a residence in the dead of night with

Ventura

Hooker Sting Nets Four Ladies of the Night

Asia Noel and Jiayang Yang Ventura County – Prostitution in the 21st Century is no longer considered a “victimless” crime, but is in fact, the economic driver behind the proliferation of

Ventura

Trio Busted After Month-long Crime Spree

David Williams Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean announced yesterday the arrests of three suspects following an ongoing investigation by detectives in multiple Southern California jurisdictions, “including the cities of Ojai,

Ventura

Quarter-million-dollar Bail for Drug Dealer

2000 Jardin Drive Ventura County – While navigating the chain of supply and demand in the illicit drug business may have a significant profit incentive for those expert enough to survive

Santa Barbara

Hot Pursuit Nabs Parole Violator

Renee Zacarias SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — In what may be reasonably categorized to the “some people simply refuse to learn” department, on the night of February 13th Santa Maria Police Department

Santa Barbara

Senior Citizen Arrested in Hit-and-Run Car Chase

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — The CHP station is Buellton must be a busy place, considering the enormous amount of high-speed vehicular travel constantly flowing through a jurisdiction that includes U.S. 101,

Santa Barbara

DNA Yields Arrest in UCSB Cold Rape Case

Daniel Chiang Chen Santa Barbara County – Two years ago, on February 23, 2014, UCSB Police and Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a violent gang rape

Santa Barbara

Fight Over Sunglasses Ends in Stabbing

Jonathan Castaneda Santa Barbara – What appears to have been a verbal confrontation between two men walking the streets of downtown Santa Barbara just after noon on February 10th led to

Santa Barbara

DMT Cook Burned & Busted

Laurence Larsen Santa Barbara – Early in the evening of February 13th, Santa Barbara Police and Santa Barbara City Fire units responded to a 911 Emergency call reporting a fire in