Posts From F. Scott Faulkner

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Santa Barbara

Photographer Nailed for Sex with Minor

Santa Barbara – It’s one of the oldest “Hollywood hustles”. A photographer puts himself out there as an expert in delivering “headshot” portraits of exactly the kind and quality that the

Ventura

Pawnshop Leads to Burglars’ Arrests

Ventura County – As a profession, burglary may have many things to offer: flexible working hours, casual dress code, frequent travel, high hourly rate of pay. Of course, should one’s professional

Ventura

$1M Bail the Price for Gang-banger Notoriety

Ventura County – The question of why an individual, who is known to local law enforcement as an active member of a criminal street gang, continues to maintain a residence in

Ventura

Meth Dealer Loses Footrace with Cops

Ventura County – Oxnard is a city known for many things: strawberry fields and festivals, its status as a transportation hub, its international port, a major U.S. Navy base, deep white

Santa Barbara

Robberies & Burglaries Plague Isla Vista

Santa Barbara – The current profile of UCSB in the media could use some polishing, but recent events in the adjacent residential community of Isla Vista—truly a “college town” if there

Ventura

Broken Glass Alarm Leads to Eventual Burglary Bust

Ventura County – Five months ago, in the hours just after midnight early Sunday, January 11, City of Thousand Oaks Police Dispatch received notice of a burglary in progress, pursuant to

Ventura

Financial Planner Scams Elderly Client

Ventura County – Imagine working your entire life to save enough money for a comfortable retirement, and when its time to enjoy that money, it’s somehow “gone”, lost among the swirling

Ventura

Patient Dies: Physician and Her Unlicensed Husband Arrested

Ventura County – Going to the doctor can be such a hassle. Making the appointment, driving to the doctor’s office, finding a place to park, sitting in the waiting room…that can

Santa Barbara

Two UCSB Students Shot

Santa Barbara – The UCSB community, having just honored those “first responders” credited with saving lives and providing emergency services to the victims of last year’s Isla Vista killing that left

Ventura

Car Thief Caught Eight Months Later

Ventura County – Perhaps Alfonso Gomez, a 27-year old resident of Arleta in the San Fernando Valley, has seen one too many installments of the Fast & The Furious blockbuster movie