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Santa Barbara

Compliance Sweep Nets Twin Brothers

Marco and Miguel Pacheo Santa Barbara County – The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department’s Compliance Response Team, a unit funded by the Community Corrections Partnership, various county law enforcement agencies and

Ventura

Dealing Opiods on Craigslist Ends in Arrest

Cody Harvey VENTURA COUNTY — Craigslist can be a wonderful online tool for finding all kinds of things offered for sale or trade. Bicycles, furniture, that formerly state-of-the-art bulky 200-lb TV

Ventura

K9 Cop Nabs Robbery Suspect

Dano, K-9 cop VENTURA COUNTY — With a name right out of the 1970s-era iconic TV cop show Hawaii Five-0, Thousand Oaks Police Department personnel undoubtedly enjoy working with their K-9

Santa Barbara

$1,000,000 Bail for Psychic Scammers

Anthony Lee Davis and Gina Lucyfenia Lee SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Certainly falling into the “they should have seen this coming” column of criminal enterprises, a pair of “psychics” operating out

Santa Barbara

Million-dollar Fire Starter Arrested

Daniel Abraham Reyna Santa Barbara County – When little boys play with matches, things can become dangerous quickly. And when bigger boys—even those who are 19-year-old adults—play with fire, disaster can

Ventura

Cop Nabs Knife-wielding Bank Robber

Oscar Barretto Ventura County – Banker’s hours certainly aren’t what they used to be. Not only are bank employees regularly putting in a full 8 hour day like anyone else, but

Ventura

Coke & Cannabis Dealer Busted

Aldolfo Gonzalez and his stash VENTURA — While California may be on the leading edge of the so-called “marijuana revolution” making its way across the country, there are very clear restrictions

Ventura

Dr. Feelgood Arraigned on Drug Charges

Dr. William Matzner (Photo: Courtesy http://health.usnews.com/) Ventura County – After nearly a full year of investigating the medical practice of Simi Valley internist Dr. William Matzner pursuant to ongoing reports that

Ventura

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

Santa Barbara

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