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Santa Barbara

Robbery Rip-off Killers Arrested

February 8, 2021 – Santa Barbara, Ca. When 19-year-old local college students Marino Rastelli and Jasper Pieter van der Meulen, apparently looking for bargain-priced marijuana for their personal recreational use,

Santa Barbara

Car Thief Busted, Crashes into Cop Car

Photo: Ochoa’s damaged car  February 8, 2021 – Santa Barbara, Ca. If Simon & Schuster ever published a tome entitled “What Not to Do While on Felony Parole,” it’s doubtful

Ventura

Trespassing Transient Caught with Half Pound of Meth

Photo: Daniel Gonzalez February 10, 2021 – Ventura County With the current retail street value of methamphetamine currently hovering above $1,000 per ounce, one has to wonder why anyone holding

Ventura

High-Tech Tools Nab Carjackers

Photo: Jeffrey Jackson January 26, 2021 – Ventura County, Ca. When Santa Barbara residents Jeffrey Jackson, 25, and Alissa Diessner, 33, found themselves on foot and prowling through the Vons

Ventura

Drug Dealing Leads to Arrest

Photo: Charles Tomlinson January 23, 2021 – Ventura County, Ca. The problem with being active in the marketplace of illegal drugs is that one has to deal with other people…and

Santa Barbara

Arrested for Sexual Abuse of Elders

Photo: Jared Ekola  January 23, 2021 – Santa Barbara, Ca. According to Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Raquel Zick, on January 5, 2021, SBSD detectives were made

Santa Barbara

$1M Bail for In-jail-out-of-jail-back-in-jail Burglar

Photo: Curt Cary Carpenter January 22, 2021 – Santa Barbara, Ca. Sometimes it’s very difficult for a man to do his job when the local police just won’t cut him

Ventura

Bicycle Thief Caught with Felony Warrant Suspect

Photo: Albert Morales January 21, 2021 – Ventura County, Ca. With today’s average cost of a bicycle running at well over $500 (www.bicycleuniverse.com), casually pedaling off with someone else’s ride

Ventura

No Bail for Pill-pushing Probationer

Photo: Mantej Sunner January 19, 2021 – Ventura County, Cal. Walking around as one who is known to law enforcement as what Ventura County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Det. Cameron Simpkins

Santa Barbara

$4,000,000 Bail for Alleged Killer

Photo: Robert Anthony Molina  January 10, 2021 – Santa Barbara County, Ca. The New Year got off to a violent start in the City of Santa Maria with the shooting