Posts From F. Scott Faulkner

Back to homepage
Ventura

SUV Thieves Arrested

Jimmy Juarez VENTURA COUNTY — Following a rash of sport utility vehicle thefts from an Oxnard auto dealership storage lot over the past several weeks, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department

Ventura

DUI Warrant Sweep Nets Two

VENTURA COUNTY — Proving once again that the long arm of the law has neither limits to its reach nor a short memory, on November 18th, Ventura County’s Thousand Oaks

Ventura

Driver-Felon Busted for Weapons Possession

Daniel Miramontez VENTURA COUNTY — One would think that a coastal community steeped in history and the home to some of the most productive and fertile agricultural land in the

Santa Barbara

Burglary Trio Nabbed

Joseph Grazzaffi CARPINTERIA — The sleepy burg touting itself as home of “the world’s safest beach”—notwithstanding this year’s frequent great white shark sightings just yards away from surfers and swimmers—saw

Santa Barbara

SWAT Cops Burn Barricaded Suspect Out

Eddie Dominguez SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — The Laws of Unintended Consequences may have been at play in the morning hours of November 16th when Santa Maria Police Department’s SWAT Team

Santa Barbara

DUI Suspect Arrested at Gunpoint

Damian Gomez GOLETA — As the holiday season approaches, the perils of alcohol consumption as a precedent to operating a motor vehicle could not have been made more manifest than

Ventura

DUI with Critical Injuries Arrest

Sonny Ramos Oxnard Police Department officers responding to an accident scene in their city on November 7th had little difficulty determining whether or not to take 37-year-old Oxnard resident Sonny

Santa Barbara

Car Thief Attempts to “Swim for It”

Photo of Hale’s arrest Perhaps it’s the allure of the azure Pacific that has recently enticed a handful of aquatically-minded individuals with a sincere desire to avoid contact with law

Ventura

Resisting Arrest by Swimming Away

Ventura Pier Some criminals make no bones about the fact that they’ll do just about anything to avoid being arrested and going to jail. Michael Hernandez, a 35-year-old resident of

Ventura

Citizen Pursues Vehicle-Tampering Suspect

Proving once again that an alert public is the best defense against random crime throughout local communities, the October 28th arrest of 37-year-old Michael Barnett, a known Ventura area transient,