Posts From F. Scott Faulkner

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Santa Barbara

Shot by Cops and Charged with Brandishing

Carpinteria – Proving once again that what our parents told us about poor choices having bad consequences, 23-year old Oscar Varela Moreno, a Santa Barbara resident, now knows what to expect

Santa Barbara

Attempted Murder with Axe Nets $1M Bail

Santa Barbara – As the poet Robert Frost is oft-quoted, “Good fences make good neighbors,” which would imply where there is no fence, bad things can happen. Apparently that was the

Santa Barbara

Insurance Agent Busted for Ripping Off 93-year-old Woman

Santa Barbara – Joseph Anthony Florendo Mele, a 30-year old resident of Ventura, is no fool. He’s clearly an educated, sophisticated, and smooth-talking guy, as evidenced by his attaining a California

Santa Barbara

ATM “Card Skimmers” Busted

Santa Barbara – An alert fraud investigator employed by Chase Bank, working from a remote location, detected two “card skimmers” operating at the bank’s downtown Santa Barbara location in the early

Ventura

Auto Seat Thieves Busted

Ventura County – Anyone who owns a car in any of California’s urban areas knows full well the potential consequences of leaving the keys in the car: you’re begging to have

Ventura

Hospital Worker Arrested for Sexual Assault of Patients…Again

Ventura County – Juan Pablo Valencia, 37, a former member of Ventura’s Vista Del Mar Psychiatric Hospital staff, was arrested for the second time on June 4th pursuant to reports of

Ventura

Motoring Masturbator in Firm Hand of the Law

Ventura County – The Fillmore Police Department has recently received a number of citizen reports recounting serial episodes of public indecency performed on city streets by a man driving a white

Ventura

Half-million-dollar Bail for Drug Dealer

Ventura County – Paul Flores, a 33-year old resident of the oceanfront community of Port Hueneme, apparently harbors an unfettered entrepreneurial instinct. As the proprietor of “Vapor Forest”, an Oxnard area

Ventura

Uncle Charged in Niece’s Death

Ventura County – A full eight months after she died, 33-year old Thousand Oaks resident Christina Blankenship’s uncle has been arrested and charged with having caused her death. According to the

Ventura

HR Director Wife Conceals Sex-Offender Husband’s Identity

Ventura County – Lending ever more credence to the aphorism “love is blind”, over recent weeks Oxnard Police Department detectives have been investigating the activities of Guillermo Martin, 39, and his