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Ventura

High-Fashion Felony Flasher Foiled

Ventura County – The Camarillo Premium Outlets retail center, known for high-end retail fashion goods at bargain prices, may be gaining a reputation as the playground for those practicing the fine

California

Busy Holiday for Oxnard Cops

Oxnard – Those inclined to violations of the law apparently do a poor job of anticipating increased law enforcement protocols during certain holiday periods. When the Oxnard Police Department released a

Santa Barbara

Beachfront Bomb Threat Standoff

Montecito – In the pre-dawn hours of July 7th, an exclusive beachfront enclave just steps from the gently rolling waves of the blue Pacific was sealed off and evacuated by law

Ventura

Drunk, Dangerous, and Busted

Ventura County – Perhaps the pride of celebrating America’s independence from the shackles of The British Empire under King George distorted the judgment of Ruben Cendejas Estrada, a 42-year-old Fillmore resident

Santa Barbara

Former High School Baseball Star Busted for Heroin Sales…Again

Ventura County – Proving once again that real police work rarely resembles that seen on the nightly TV cop shows—wherein an anonymous tip leads to a major SWAT event that rounds

Santa Barbara

“Party of Five” Ends with Arrests

Santa Barbara County – The rubric that “you’re known by the friends you keep” was once again validated when five people—none of whom should really have been hanging around together—were swept

Santa Barbara

“Girl-on-Girl” Stabbing

Santa Barbara County – Stabbings among rival gang-bangers are fairly common. Stabbings involving young men caught up in street fights are also common. Stabbings during assaults and robberies can be fairly

Los Angeles Ventura

Illegal Pharmaceutical Traffickers Trapped

Ventura County – Working on a February 2014 tip from their “Crime Stoppers” program, the Ventura County Interagency Pharmaceutical Crimes Unit has been methodically operating “in an undercover capacity” as reported

Santa Barbara

Two Gang-bangers Busted, Two at Large

Santa Barbara County – The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department, having conducted a protracted investigation into the criminal activities of a number of the area’s known gang members, reports significant progress

Ventura

“Family Friend” Lewd Actor Arrested

Ventura County – Taking the George S. Kaufman character of Sheridan Whiteside in “The Man Who Came to Dinner” perhaps to heart and certainly exceeding the impositions perpetrated by that comic