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Facebook Helps Nab Storage Locker Thieves
Santa Barbara – Like the late comic George Carlin, most of us are in need of a secure place to put our “stuff,” and turn to commercial storage units to store
Out-of-Town Gang Bangers Busted for Mail Theft
Santa Barbara – One would think that while driving through the streets of an unfamiliar city in the pre-dawn hours well after midnight, you’d be wise enough to make sure that
Livescan Print Check Reveals Burglar’s True I.D.
Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Kelly Hoover, in an effort to clarify an August 23rd report detailing the arrest and “positive” identification that day of
ATM “Card Skimmers” Busted
Santa Barbara – An alert fraud investigator employed by Chase Bank, working from a remote location, detected two “card skimmers” operating at the bank’s downtown Santa Barbara location in the early
“Suicide by Cop” Foiled by Arrest
Santa Barbara County – On the afternoon of April 27th, Santa Maria Police Department deputies found themselves faced with a situation requiring considerable restraint on their part. It was in the
Carpinteria Car Thieves Caught
Carpinteria – It’s not likely that tourists visiting the beachfront town of Carpinteria and lodging at the local Motel 6 are aware of their fellow overnight guests who use the facility
Mail Thieves Caught
Santa Barbara County – What may have been an indication that someone was going on an early and seriously illegal Holiday shopping spree, in the last week of November, Santa Barbara
Classic Gumshoe Work Rounds Up Robbers
Santa Barbara – Fans of television detective shows dating from the early days of Dragnet, Mannix, and Harry O, all the way up to today’s devotees of Law and Order know
Cops Smash Car Windows to Nab Chase Suspects
Santa Barbara County – In what could have been modern-day action movie crossover version of the John Ritter-Suzanne Sommers 1980’s TV hit show “Three’s Company” and director Ron Howard’s “Grand Theft
Local Boy Turns Thief in His Own Backyard
Santa Barbara – Among the Top Ten Rules for Successful Thievery, one would think that “don’t steal in your own neighborhood” might rank high on the list. Apparently, that fundamental tenet
