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Headline Story Santa Barbara

UCSB Burglars Busted

Santa Barbara – Isla Vista—a classic college town of 23,000 beach-loving locals inhabiting what city fathers describe as “an amazing, dynamic community”—continues to be the site of far more criminal activity

November 26, 2012
Santa Barbara

College Boys Busted for “Shots Fired”

Santa Barbara County – Nobody ever said that life on a college campus wasn’t rowdy, but a pair of UCSB students may have pushed the envelope just after midnight on Saturday,

November 26, 2012
Headline Story Santa Barbara

Piano-Playing Church Arsonist Busted

Santa Barbara County – In the early morning hours of November 15th, a fire alarm call brought Santa Maria Police Department patrol officers to the smoke-filled St. John Neumann Catholic Church

November 16, 2012
Ventura

Can’t We Just Enjoy the Nice Ride?

Ventura County – Driving around in broad daylight, blissfully enjoying the sights and sounds of the Santa Clara River Valley environs and making their way through beautiful downtown Fillmore, Johnny Moreno

November 16, 2012
Ventura

Police Dog Gets His Man

Oxnard – Drivers cruising the streets of Oxnard at the midnight hour should probably come to a full stop at intersections marked with stop signs.  But just after midnight on November

November 16, 2012
Ventura

House Movers Charged with Fraud

Ventura County – With “California dreams” undoubtedly motivating a transcontinental move, a customer contracted with Flat Rate Movers to transport personal property and effects from her Atlanta residence to her new

November 13, 2012
Santa Barbara

DNA Match Nabs Cold Case Rapist

Santa Barbara – On the morning of April 14, 2011, Raul Antonio Yescas, who was at the time 19 years old, befriended a 20-year-old UCSB coed on the campus as she

November 13, 2012
Santa Barbara

Cops Roll Out All The Toys for Suicidal Man

Montecito – Responding to a 911 Emergency call reporting a man with a knife threatening to kill himself this morning, Santa Barbara County Sheriffs deputies responded with a show of force

November 9, 2012
Santa Barbara

Baseball Bat Wielding Businessman Busted

Santa Barbara – Three years ago the wife of Michael Stinchfield, 55, passed away and his life apparently began to go sideways.  Until recently, Stinchfield had been a successful local area

November 6, 2012
Headline Story Santa Barbara

Bigtime Bookmaker Busted in Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara – The exclusive enclave of Montecito, just south of Santa Barbara’s city limits, is home to a wide range of people who value their privacy above all else.  From

November 6, 2012