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Santa Barbara

Arrested for Allegedly Setting Father on Fire

June 14, 2022 – Santa Barbara County, Ca. Perhaps the impending pressure of what to get Dad on Father’s Day was simply too much to bear for 40-year-old Lompoc resident

Santa Barbara

Woman Arrested in Alleged Butcher Knife Attack

Photo: Santa Barbara PD Other than the occasional panhandler or the more-than-occasional run-in with the city’s ubiquitous and frequently over-zealous parking patrol meter maids, compared to life on the streets

Santa Barbara

Car Chase Concludes with Catalytic Converter Crooks Caught

Photo: stolen catalytic converters  June 14, 2022 – Santa Barbara County, Ca. The recent rash of late-night catalytic converter thefts from vehicles parked on neighborhood streets and in private driveways

Ventura

Arrests in Fatal Overdose Case

June 10, 2022 – Ventura County, Ca. As evidence that the now common catch-phrase first heard in the 1970s-era movie Jaws “We’re going to need a bigger boat” might today

Ventura

Fatal Overdose Leads to Drug & Firearms Arrest

Photo: confiscated cache June 15, 2020 – Ventura County, Ca. In a clear demonstration of the collaborative nature of law enforcement efforts, 67-year-old Hollywood, Ca. resident Richard Bulik has been

Santa Barbara

Machete Attack Arrest

May 31, 2022 – Santa Barbara County, Ca. It’s certainly no secret among those inclined toward violent criminal behavior that the use of a firearm often carries with it additional

Santa Barbara

Catalytic Converter Crooks Caught by K9 Cops

Photo: K9 Zeke, good boy May 31, 2022 – Santa Barbara County, Ca. With the cost of precious metals outpacing the value of the U.S. dollar, thefts of catalytic converters

Santa Barbara

Driver Arrested for Hit-and-run Fatality

Photo: Miriam Aidee Vela Estrada May 31, 2022 – Santa Barbara County, Ca. The implied contract agreed to by those driving a motor vehicle on public thoroughfares demands both sobriety

Ventura

Robbery with Chemical Spray

Photo: Christopher Baselyos May 31, 2022 – Ventura County, Ca. Either a candidate for Most Creative Use of Weaponry During a Robbery or for Pointless Robbery of the Year, 24-year-old

Ventura

$1.5M Bail for 18-year-old Alleged Killer

Photo: Julius Luna June 1, 2022 – Ventura County, Ca. Under the American system of jurisprudence, there is perhaps no more fundamental precept than that of the presumption of innocence.