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Santa Barbara

Got Any Spare Change?

Santa Barbara’s downtown State Street,  a renowned magnet for shoppers and tourists, is lined with a wide array of eclectic retail offerings ranging from the upscale Sak’s Fifth Avenue to

April 5, 2013
Headline Story Santa Barbara

“Molly” College Boy Dealer Busted

Santa Barbara City College, widely recognized as one of the state’s premier undergrad conduits to University of California enrollment, is located a stone’s throw from famed Ledbetter Beach and recreational

March 29, 2013
Santa Barbara

Heroin Dealers Hooked Up

Even as the national economy continues its slow recovery and consumer spending remains challenged by the exigencies of ongoing unemployment levels throughout the nation, Santa Barbara entrepreneurs of the illegal

March 29, 2013
Santa Barbara

22-Mile Chase Brings Out Chopper and Dogs

Nabbed by infrared… A vehicle driven by Bruce Mario Flores, 43, was spotted driving past Santa Ynez High School the night of March 25th without the benefit of tail lights

March 28, 2013
Santa Barbara

$150K Warrant Leads to Wild Foot Chase

Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara Police Department detectives were on the lookout for Yuri Zhagari, 34, wanted on a $150,000 arrest warrant “related to drug charges”, according to SBPD Public

March 28, 2013
Santa Barbara

Infamous Local Slumlord Busted for Burglary

Santa Barbara – Dario Louis Pini, 63, has been in the Santa Barbara media lens for several years, having had a series of contentious encounters with zoning and health department

March 25, 2013
Ventura

Candy-Man Drug Dealer Busted

Ventura County –  Oxnard’s Rio Mesa High School was the scene of a Ventura County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Division investigation pursuant to the discovery of a 14-year-old female student “unresponsive

March 22, 2013
Santa Barbara

Spray-can Paint Strippers Surrender

A call to Santa Barbara County Sheriffs reporting a car vandalized by the application of a spray-on paint remover brought deputies to a north county residence as the midnight hour

March 22, 2013
Headline Story Ventura

Wait in the Car, Honey, Mommy’s Selling Meth

If you open your Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and look up “wacky-dangerous parenting,” you just might find a picture of Ilsa Maldonado, 42, of Oxnard, the mother of two children ages

March 21, 2013
Santa Barbara

Dinner Gets Deadly

A Saturday night family dinner in an upscale Santa Barbara home came to an abrupt halt well before it was time for dessert and coffee when Sam Wellington Maphis V,

March 21, 2013