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Santa Barbara Channel Coast Guard Officer Killed by Panga Smugglers

The waters near Santa Cruz Island within sight of the city of Santa Barbara were the scene of a violent encounter between Mexican drug smugglers and the U.S. Coast Guard

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Use a Shovel, Get Tasered

GOLETA – Robert Tyson Martin, 47, was so upset with his wife by 8:00 a.m. on December 11th, that he took a shovel in hand and began smashing in the windows

Ventura

Identity Thief Repeats Identical Crime

Camarillo – Aysha Scott, 27, a resident of the tranquil city of Santa Paula in eastern Ventura County, has a habit that’s apparently difficult for her to break. Already out on

Santa Barbara

Bailed Burglar Blurts Out Truth, Gets Busted

Santa Barbara – Habits can be hard to break, and Celedonio Aguirre has a bad habit: residential burglary. Aguirre, 44, was out on bail pursuant to multiple residential burglary charges on

Santa Barbara

Car Parts Thieves Part with Freedom

Santa Barbara – For the past several weeks, drivers in the communities of Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, and Goleta have been victims of a surge in the theft of  catalytic converters from

Santa Barbara

Detectives Dog Down “Blood” for Attempted Murder

Santa Barbara – Pursuant to an investigation that undoubtedly has Santa Barbara Police Chief Cam Sanchez wringing his hands over the growing complexities of policing one of the state’s premier tourist

Santa Barbara

“Almost Famous” Not Good for Burglar

Santa Barbara – Apparently Jeffrey Allen Wojciechowski, 50, has been so effective as a burglar that his reputation precedes him…and his local notoriety has recently been his undoing. In the early

Ventura

Choppers, Dogs Catch Car Thieves

Fillmore – At approximately 7:00 a.m. on November 18th, a call to Ventura County Sheriff’s Fillmore Police Station was made reporting that a car had been apparently stolen from a downtown

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Drugs+Knife = Cops+Beanbags

Lompoc – Orlando Delamora, 35, was having a bad day on November 27th in “the city of arts & flowers” when a number of Lompoc citizens called 911 Emergency to report

Santa Barbara

Bloody Stabbing Victim Grilled by Cops Before Ambulance Called

Santa Barbara County – To say that “the hits just keep coming” in the UCSB environs would be an understatement as Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Deputies and University of California Police