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Santa Barbara

Prostitution Sting Operation Nets Multiple “Johns”

March 2 – Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Special Investigation Bureau, after conducting an extensive series of undercover sting operations throughout the county, have arrested four individuals responding to offers

March 5, 2012
Headline Story San Luis Obispo Santa Barbara

Mixed Martial Arts Fighter Busted by SWAT

February 27 – Santa Barbara County Demetrice Woods, 39, a competitive professional fighter on the Mixed Martial Arts circuit with a spotty win-loss record, was arrested on the morning of

February 28, 2012
Ventura

Oxnard Heroin Dealer Busted

February 18 – Ventura Ventura County’s Combined Agencies Team, working in concert with the Oxnard Police Department’s Narcotics Unit, arrested Jose Luis Naranjo Heredia, 46, on February 15th on charged

February 21, 2012
Santa Barbara

Jailhouse Drug Smuggler Sentenced to Prison

February 20 – Santa Barbara Paul Bautista, 30, accused in November 2011 of smuggling drugs into Santa Barbara County Jail and providing them to Marcos Ramos, 33, pleaded guilty to

February 21, 2012
San Luis Obispo Santa Barbara Ventura

Animal Cruelty Charges Allege 445 Critter Victims

February15 – Santa Barbara Joyce Dudley, Santa Barbara County District Attorney, issued a press release today indicating that her office “has filed two misdemeanor counts” against Sandra Coupal alleging multiple

February 17, 2012
Santa Barbara

Bank Robbery Blocks from Police Station

February 15 – Santa Barbara A Valentine’s Day bank robber, more brazen than most, walked into a Bank of the West branch just two blocks west of the Santa Barbara

February 16, 2012
Santa Barbara Ventura

Valentine’s Day Police Standoff Delivers Quartet of Burglars

February 15 – Carpinteria A local Motel 6 was the scene of a two-hour armed standoff in the early morning hours of Valentine’s Day as Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies

February 16, 2012
Ventura

Hell’s Angel Sentenced to 35 Years to Life

February 12 – Ventura Notorious longtime member of Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club Thomas Heath, 64, was sentenced on February 8th to a term of 35 years to life in state

February 15, 2012
Headline Story Ventura

Felony Robbery of…Deodorant

February 13 – Ventura County The drugstore shopping trip of Peter Martinez, 38, of Fillmore, Ca., was cut short on the evening of Friday, February 10th when he was approached

February 15, 2012
Santa Barbara

Marine Arrested for Felony Assault

February 9 – Santa Barbara Tyler Zamora Lopez, 23, was arrested in the early morning hours of February 5th following a high-risk traffic stop pursuant to a positive identification made

February 14, 2012