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Ventura

Rolling Stop Leads to Drug Bust

Photo: Police display Reynoso’s cache Ventura County – Somewhere in the California Department of Motor Vehicles driver’s manual, there is undoubtedly a chapter about the wisdom of driving around on

Santa Barbara

Bungling Bostonian Burglar Busted

Photo: Joseph Rose Goleta – The fine art of burglary requires a certain degree of careful planning, a modicum of situational awareness, and reasonably good luck…all elements apparently absent in

Ventura

Hit-and-run Victim Chases Suspect Down

Ventura County – As if traffic on today’s highways and byways wasn’t frustrating enough, when one is the victim of a hit-and-run driver’s errant ways the temptation to chase someone

Ventura

Half-million-dollar Bail for Human Trafficker

Photo: James Powell Ventura County – When the report of a 14-year-old female runaway from the Sacramento area suspected of being in Camarillo was received by the Ventura County Sheriff’s

Santa Barbara

Inmate Charged with Assault on Custody Officer

Photo: Thunderhawk Gutierrez Santa Barbara County – Even the most cursory reading of the best-selling yet imaginary guidebook “How to Behave While You’re in Jail” may have given 28-year-old Santa

Santa Barbara

Woman Arrested for ADW in Supermarket Parking Lot

Photo: Julia Di Sieno SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — There is no argument against the truth that driving through your neighborhood shopping center or supermarket parking lot requires a good deal

Ventura

Dating Site Con Man Busted

Photo: Dan Nguyen Ventura County – Apparently some people are so determined to find romance online that they forget to recharge their B.S. detectors. When that happens, a woman may

Ventura

Car Thief Caught with Keys in His Pocket

Photo: Lindsey Banner VENTURA COUNTY — Criminals who don’t understand the bottom-line basics of the proper criminal behavior often find their nefarious activity brought to a sudden halt by the

Ventura

ADW Over Cup of Coffee

Ventura County – Sometimes a man just needs his cup of coffee. In the case of Ventura County transient 40-year-old Justin Haggard, not getting that cup of Joe apparently makes

Santa Barbara

Discovery of “Honey Oil” Lab Leads to Arrests

Photo: Honey oil lab weapons Santa Barbara County – The community of Montecito, famous for its celebrity residents of the Oprah Winfrey-Jeff Bridges-George Lucas ilk, is hardly the place that