Posts From F. Scott Faulkner

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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,

Santa Barbara

“Grand Theft Auto” Coming to a Freeway Near You!

Santa Barbara County – Jason Andrew Crisp, 29, and his wide-eyed girlfriend Ricki Lee Warren, 20, may be too young to have been fans of film director Ron Howard’s first behind-the-camera

Ventura

Burglar Caught After Swimming with Ducks

Ventura – It’s doubtful that in the handbook Getting Away with Burglary, the chapter on evading arrest suggests aquatic escape routes as the best means of avoiding incarceration. Nor would any

Santa Barbara

Baby on Board as Stolen Van Flips in High-speed Chase

Santa Barbara County – 20-year old Maria Chavez, a young mother and resident of the city of Guadalupe in northern Santa Barbara County is in love. She’s so deeply in love,

Ventura

Halloween Gunfire Leads to Car Chase and Dog Bites

Ventura – Standing squarely in the “one thing leads to another on Halloween” column, Erick Hernandez, 19, and Edward Juarez, 18, hailing respectively from Ventura and Camarillo, were arrested in the

Ventura

Reputation Precedes Felon with Drugs & Guns

Ventura County – As Benjamin Franklin himself remarked, “glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well,” words that might well be applied to the personal, public, and legal