Posts From F. Scott Faulkner
Veteran AYSO Coach Facing Felony Sex Charges
Santa Barbara County – AYSO Soccer, “the nationally-recognized youth soccer program of choice” as the organization describes itself, enumerates among its core principles those of “good sportsmanship, player development, and positive
College Student Arrested for Rape
Santa Barbara – According to Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Kelly Hoover, the April 2nd arrest of Deon Kitt, 28, on charges of “sexually assaulting two local high
Gang Protester Caught with Weapons in Courthouse
Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara, recently awash in legal maneuverings, political rhetoric, and City Council debate over the practicality and questionable enforcement protocols of its year-long “gang injunction” which specifically names
Graffiti “Artist” Nabbed
Santa Barbara – In a world where there is a dearth of support for the arts, and where creativity is increasingly devalued by digital technology which only mimics genuine original aesthetics,
$100K Bail for Alleged Child Abuser
Santa Barbara County – On Monday, April 28th, according to Sgt. Chuck Strange of the Lompoc Police Department, the local area office of Santa Barbara County Child Welfare Services began “a
Hit-and-Run Driver Surrenders to Cops
Santa Barbara – At approximately 9:15 p.m. on April 24th, three people were injured when a black Range Rover slammed into the rear of a line of vehicles stopped at an
Can’t Outrun Cops, Even at 150 mph
Ventura County – Simi Valley, long considered one of the nation’s safest communities from a crime rate standpoint—a distinction perhaps enjoyed by the area for the past twenty years as the
Felon Caught with Guns
Santa Barbara County – Presumably working on the theory that “once a bad apple, always a bad apple”, one way in which the California Legislature has attempted to protect its law-abiding
Police Call for Help in Burglary-Rape
Ventura County – In an unusually aggressive effort to locate the perpetrator of what can only be described as a broad daylight “nightmare right out of the movies” crime, the Ventura
High School Softball Coach Charged with Sexual Assault
Ventura County – Newbury Park resident Robert Garza, 37, who has served as a “walk on” coach at Westlake High School for the girls’ softball team and the boys’ Junior Varsity
