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Santa Barbara

Drug Raid Nets Nine

November 26 – Santa Barbara – It’s common knowledge that being a residential landlord isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. Sure, there’s the delight of receiving monthly income in

Ventura

K-9 Catches Car Thief

November 25 – VENTURA  After midnight on a Monday, the streets of Ventura normally carry only the lightest of traffic. Given that reality, any car cruising the city’s thoroughfares in

Santa Barbara

Carjacking Parolee Busted

November 22 – Santa Barbara County After one has been engaged in a criminal violation, arrested, jailed, tried in a court of law, convicted of that crime, sentenced to state prison

Santa Barbara

Inmate Recaptured After Courthouse Escape

Long a source of security concern and public controversy, Santa Barbara’s transport of individuals in custody—while fully garbed in distinctive orange jumpsuits and frequently shackled at the ankles and with

Santa Barbara

Flipped Car Earns Driver DUI Bust

Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara’s State Street is a well-known commercial, dining, and sightseeing magnet for the city’s thousands of weekend visitors, and is an upscale route where tourists can generally

Santa Barbara

High School Rumble Gets Six Arrested

Santa Barbara County – In what must have been a scene reminiscent of the classic 1955 Glenn Ford-Sidney Poitier movie “Blackboard Jungle”, north Santa Barbara County’s Righetti High School exploded during

Santa Barbara

Classic Gumshoe Work Rounds Up Robbers

Santa Barbara – Fans of television detective shows dating from the early days of Dragnet, Mannix, and Harry O, all the way up to today’s devotees of Law and Order know

Ventura

Needed a Smoke, Robbed the Store

Ventura – In apparent disregard of the reality in today’s health-conscious environment where it’s no longer an easy thing to find a place anywhere in public where a gentleman can enjoy

Ventura

Probation Sweep Nets Six Arrests

Ventura County – Proving once again that any criminal conviction has long term effects upon anyone who has served jail or prison time as a result of their Criminal Code violation,

Santa Barbara

$1.2 Million Bail for Mexican Mafia Bosses

Santa Barbara – Pull back the curtain on this city’s thin veil of tranquility, prosperity, and the lifestyles of the notably “rich & famous” enjoying the climate and lush tree-lined neighborhoods,