Posts From F. Scott Faulkner
DUI Checkpoint Stops 754, Nabs 5, Cites 7
VENTURA COUNTY — We’ve all seen them: those rows of red traffic cones suddenly appearing in the middle of a busy street, artfully arranged so as to make it impossible for
Agricultural Equipment Thieves Finally Caught
Alberto Andrade, Anthony Santella and Rigoberto Avila (l-r) SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — As if being a farmer wasn’t challenging enough — considering the cost of equipment, labor, seed, pesticides, and California’s apparently
Pot Cooperative Busted for Tax Evasion, Money Laundering, Illegal Marijuana Sales
Robert Hoffman, Jeffrey Kroll and Willaim Macneil (l-r) Ventura County – California is among the national leaders in the movement toward the complete legalization of marijuana, but it is still a
Probation Violator Found with Meth and Burglary Tools
Antonio Turner and his kit Santa Barbara County – Two parallel criminal phenomena seem to be taking place throughout Santa Barbara County: a rash of auto burglaries going hand-in-hand with the
Five Juvenile Burglars, One Adult Arrested
VENTURA COUNTY — Modern myths often have a basis in truth. One of those that certainly has the ring of veracity to it is that “criminals always return to the scene
Campus Car Thieves Busted
Ventura County – As if getting a college education weren’t costly enough, students at Ventura county’s California State University Channel Islands apparently have to be prepared to cover the expense associated
Felony DUI Arrest for Running Over Pedestrian
Rene Michelle Castro SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Arrests for driving under the influence (DUI) commonly involve drivers intoxicated following consumption of alcohol. Less frequent, but increasingly common, are arrests for those
Standoff with Sword Ends in Arrest
Jose Villareal and Raquel Lopez Santa Barbara County – When romance goes awry, the results are often unpredictable and rarely work out to the benefit of those involved. Certainly the events
Serial Maturbator Caught Red-handed
Nathan Taylor Santa Barbara County – Compulsive behaviors often elude rational analysis, particularly when the behavior in question is, by its very nature, irrational itself. And when those behaviors are repeated
Fugitive Foiled by Facebook Postings
Julie Cromer SANTA BARBARA — A fugitive who fled from the justice being meted out by Santa Barbara Superior Court pursuant to an October 2015 conviction on charges of elder abuse has
