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UCSB Burglars Busted

Santa Barbara – Isla Vista—a classic college town of 23,000 beach-loving locals inhabiting what city fathers describe as “an amazing, dynamic community”—continues to be the site of far more criminal activity

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College Boys Busted for “Shots Fired”

Santa Barbara County – Nobody ever said that life on a college campus wasn’t rowdy, but a pair of UCSB students may have pushed the envelope just after midnight on Saturday,

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Alleged Gang Member Arrested for Burglary

SANTA MARIA – An alleged gang member was arrested on Saturday, Nov. 17, on suspicion of commercial burglary and booked at Santa Barbara County Jail, where he’s being held in

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Piano-Playing Church Arsonist Busted

Santa Barbara County – In the early morning hours of November 15th, a fire alarm call brought Santa Maria Police Department patrol officers to the smoke-filled St. John Neumann Catholic Church

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Police Seek Armed Robber

Santa Maria police are continuing to search for a suspect who allegedly robbed the Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream shop at 403 North Broadway on Thursday, Nov. 8. Officers were called to

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DNA Match Nabs Cold Case Rapist

Santa Barbara – On the morning of April 14, 2011, Raul Antonio Yescas, who was at the time 19 years old, befriended a 20-year-old UCSB coed on the campus as she

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Cops Roll Out All The Toys for Suicidal Man

Montecito – Responding to a 911 Emergency call reporting a man with a knife threatening to kill himself this morning, Santa Barbara County Sheriffs deputies responded with a show of force

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Baseball Bat Wielding Businessman Busted

Santa Barbara – Three years ago the wife of Michael Stinchfield, 55, passed away and his life apparently began to go sideways.  Until recently, Stinchfield had been a successful local area

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Bigtime Bookmaker Busted in Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara – The exclusive enclave of Montecito, just south of Santa Barbara’s city limits, is home to a wide range of people who value their privacy above all else.  From

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Homicide Arrest in Lompoc

November 1– Santa Barbara County On the night of Saturday, October 27th, at approximately 10:20 p.m., a 911 Emergency call was received by the Lompoc Police Department reporting gunshots in