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$1M Bail for Hit-and-Run Killing

Photo: Nicholas Baker April 29, 2020 – Santa Barbara County – Some of the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis might be considered positive. One of those is the

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Multiple Felonies for Violent Brawl with Cops

Photo: Dominic Sanginiti April 21, 2020 – While the majority of reasonable Californians are going to great lengths to practice “social distancing” by remaining out of sneezing-coughing range of other

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Arrested for Beating Underage Girlfriend

Photo: Gilberto Guarjardo April 4, 2020 – Santa Barbara County Proving once again that dating the wrong guy can prove perilous for females, an underage teen who went missing from

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Knife attack arrest in Solvang

Photo: Elias Murcia-Aplicano Santa Barbara County – As if the people of California didn’t have enough to worry about in the statewide effort to curb the spread of the COVID-19

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Arrest for Hitting Plane with Laser Light

Photo: Zammy Castellanos Santa Barbara County – The California Highway Patrol Air Units routinely fly above state highways looking for issues that may need attention by patrol units traveling on

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Police Social Media App Leads to Seven Arrests

Photo: Alexiah Ramirez Santa Barbara County – The Lompoc Police Department had a busy several hours on the evening of Monday, March 9th. According to LPD spokesman Sgt. Scott Morgan,

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One Shot, Three Felonies for Lompoc man

Photo: Christopher Tyrese Maxwell Santa Barbara County – Isla Vista—home to thousands of seasonal UCSB students as well as long-time fun-loving permanent residents—may not have a reputation as the most

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Sex Offender Compliance Sweep Nets Seven

Santa Barbara County – California law dictates that when one is convicted of a sex crime, that individual’s name is entered into a local, state, and federal database. The purpose

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Custody Deputies Charged with Sex Crimes Against Inmates

Photo: Salvador Vargas Santa Barbara – Considering the worldwide publicity surrounding the exploding #MeToo culture and the Harvey Weinstein media circus, the timing for the February 21st arrests of 47-year-old

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Pair of Car Thieves Caught in Buellton

Photo: Jeffrey Stoltz Santa Barbara County – The inadequacies of public transportation locally may be what compelled a pair of car thieves to steal an Audi SUV from the UCSB