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Ventura

Illegal Firearms Sales Leads to Arrest of Four

Ventura County – An investigation by Ventura County Sheriff Gang Unit Detectives that began with the New Year has apparently become fruitful with the arrest of four men from Fillmore suspected

January 25, 2013
Santa Barbara

“Homeboy” Gas Station Stickup Artist Nabbed

Santa Barbara County – A pair of gas station stickups that took place on December 30th, 2012 some twenty miles and forty minutes apart from one another may have moved a

January 25, 2013
Santa Barbara

Graffiti Artists Grabbed

Santa Barbara – As the midnight hour approached on January 21st, two Santa Barbara Police Department Officers—Nathan Beltran and Tyler Larson—were wrapping up a routine service call just a block from

January 24, 2013
Ventura

CHP Shooting of Motorcyclist Still Under Investigation

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office has been slow to release information regarding the gunshot death of Theodore Kenneth Keiper, 58, a resident of Casitas Springs which occurred on the afternoon

January 23, 2013
Headline Story Santa Barbara

Cop Couple Busts Burglary Couple

Santa Barbara, long known as the perfect romantic “getaway” for couples, is apparently not the place to make a “getaway” from the consequences of felonious activity.  Criminal couples sometimes come

January 22, 2013
Santa Barbara

Parking Lot Thief Busted

As the midnight hour approached on Friday night January 18th, Santa Barbara Police Department 911 Emergency operators received an anonymous tip reporting an unknown individual busily trying the doors of

January 22, 2013
Santa Barbara

High-Tech Cop Work Catches Craigslist Computer Crook

The Fielding Graduate Institute, nestled just off the most scenic part of U.S. 101 between the Santa Barbara Polo Club and the tiny beachfront community of Summerland,  is known throughout

January 22, 2013
Santa Barbara Ventura

Identity Thief SWAT Target

Drew Alan Dotts, 45, had long been the subject of an investigation throughout Ventura County, suspected of being connected to a series of forgeries, fraudulent business machinations, and identity thefts. 

January 22, 2013
Ventura

Armed Standoff End in Arrest

Ventura County – Gonzalo Camacho, 35, of Oxnard’s infamous La Colonia neighborhood—the home of several reputed area gang members–had a difficult decision to make on the afternoon of January 9th. It

January 11, 2013
National News Ventura

International 18-month Investigation Leads to Homicide Arrest

Ventura County – A sidewalk confrontation in downtown Oxnard that took place on May 27, 2011 and led to the shooting death of Jesus Valentin set off an investigation that frustrated

January 11, 2013