Santa Barbara
Shake-down Artist Busted on Extortion, Elder Abuse
Santa Barbara – At dusk on August 1, 2012, a 67-year-old driver made a legal right turn at a downtown intersection and was suddenly confronted by Matthew Rene Brown, 28, who
“Incredibly Dangerous” Gets 40-to-Life Sentence
Santa Barbara – Kenneth Barber, 42, who in 2008 was held in Santa Barbara County Jail on drug charges following a prior “strike” conviction and prison term for mayhem, was sentenced
Violent Assailant Can’t Outrun Nightclub Bouncers
Santa Barbara – The local State Street nightclub scene comes alive in Santa Barbara on most weekends, but sometimes it gets an early start when the workweek ends in a heat-wave
Rape Suspect Claims 14-year-old Girl “Consented”
Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara Police Department Public Information Officer Sgt. Riley Harwood announced today that Roger Navaroo Pulido, 36, of Santa Barbara, was arrested on August 28th on suspicion of
“No Slack” for Impaired Drivers with Area DUI Crackdown
Santa Barbara – A dozen Santa Barbara area law enforcement agencies—including California State Parks, Santa Barbara Police Department, Santa Barbara County Sheriffs, U.S Forest Service Enforcement, and all regional incorporated city
50-mile High-speed Chase Ends In Arrest
Santa Barbara County – Santa Barbara’s exclusive Montecito—an unincorporated hillside and beachfront community that is home to some of the wealthiest and most high-profile celebrities in the world—was the starting point
“Joint” Operation Nets $30M in Marijuana
Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara County Sheriff Narcotics deputies, acting in concert with California Department of Justice, National Forest Service, and Sheriff’s Search and Rescue teams conducted a series of raids
Child Molester Pleads After 18 Years On the Lam
Santa Barbara – As reported here on July 19th of this year, Jeffrey Reed Parish—after 18 years of living as an expatriate in Guatemala—was tracked down by Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s
Dirty Dancer Accused of Sexual Battery
Santa Barbara – A hot time at Santa Barbara’s popular downtown nightclub “Tonic” was the scene of a felony arrest just after midnight on August 19th when Elpidio Garcia-Venegas, 29, apparently
Friendship Turns Into Rape Charge
Sometimes a guy just needs to realize that when a woman says “no”, she means just that. In the early afternoon of August 12th, Francisco Godines Alcoser, a 48-year-old Santa
