Posts From F. Scott Faulkner
Graffiti Trio Busted
Joseph Rocco Peransi, Jansen Michael Lee and Gregory Winfield Smith SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — It’s been nearly two decades since California schools slashed the budgets of non-academic arts and music
Drug Dealer Arrested for Third Time in One Year
Ventura County – Some people have such a passion for their work that they’re willing to risk almost anything to engage in it. Even when the potential for serious prison
Santa Barbara Sheriff Seeks Extradition of Kidnapping Suspect
Joseph Hetzel Santa Barbara – In the early evening hours of September 1st, 52-year-old Lompoc resident Joseph Hetzel forced his way into a vehicle being driven by 55-year-old Virginia Paris,
Senior Citizen Busted for Child Molestation
Conrad Bruce Nickerosn SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — The recently-popular mantra of those approaching their dotage that “60 is the new 50” or even that “70 is the new 60”, while
Home Video Leads to Arrest of Burglary Suspect
Corey Lee Garrelts Ventura County – The average run-of-the-mill residential burglar today faces a number of challenges unique to the digital age. Not only does a crook need to muster
Cellphone Left at Crime Scene Leads to Arrest of Burglar
Cesar Ramirez VENTURA COUNTY — There are so many things a criminal has to worry about today that his predecessors in crime never had to consider. Setting aside the last
Machete Wielding Attacker Caught
Joseph Bianco SANTA BARBARA — At midnight on August 25th, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department deputies rolled up to a Goleta area mobile home park residence in response to a
Possession of $600K in Meth Earns Arrest
Eddie Moreno and Monroe Monte Osborn VENTURA COUNTY — If the amount of drugs and controlled substances being illegally transported throughout local area communities and marketed to lower-level criminal street
Final Home Invasion Robbery Suspect Tracked Down
Ventura County – According to Ventura County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Detective Gabriel Gonzales, when four men working together as “pill farmers” who had “been visiting several doctors throughout the Southern
One Man’s Flight from Parole Officers Leads to Multiple Arrests
Nicholas McCloud Santa Barbara County – The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department Compliance Response Team has an apparently high rate of success when tracking down individuals suspected of violating the
