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Ventura

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

Ventura

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

Santa Barbara

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

Ventura

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

Ventura

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

Santa Barbara

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

Ventura

“Hot Prowl” Burglars Arrested

Jose Gonzales VENTURA COUNTY — Alert citizens are often the key to the apprehension of bold criminals. A case in point resulted, according to Ventura County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Det.

Santa Barbara

Eight “Johns” Snagged in Undercover Prostitution Sting

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Working with the support of a 2016 federal grant, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department Special Investigations Bureau and its Criminal Investigations Bureau conducted a sophisticated

Ventura

Card Skimmers Caught in the Act

Tigran Ghazaryan, Adis Poghosyan, and Adels Torosyan VENTURA COUNTY — When the new owner of Camarillo’s Adolfo Gas Station bought the business, it was with some apparent prescience that the

Ventura

DNA Busts Burglar Ten Months Later

Andrew Jenson VENTURA COUNTY — The advent of law enforcement’s adoption of DNA science and the expertise with which the cops are wielding this technology doesn’t bode well for those