Ventura
New Parolee Back in Custody for Robbery
Ventura – One would expect that anyone recently released from prison under the Post Release Offender Program created by Assembly Bill 109 and given strong approval by the state’s electorate in
Public Helps Lasso Horse Tack Thief
Ventura County – Stealing a man’s (or woman’s) horse or the saddle attached to it used to be the kind of crime that would get a guy swinging from a tree
Wrongly Convicted Man Free After Serving 36 Years
November 24 – Ventura County – It’s a rare occasion indeed—and perhaps the perfect Thanksgiving story–when the wheels of justice grind to a halt and shift into reverse gear, but on
K-9 Catches Car Thief
November 25 – VENTURA After midnight on a Monday, the streets of Ventura normally carry only the lightest of traffic. Given that reality, any car cruising the city’s thoroughfares in
Needed a Smoke, Robbed the Store
Ventura – In apparent disregard of the reality in today’s health-conscious environment where it’s no longer an easy thing to find a place anywhere in public where a gentleman can enjoy
Probation Sweep Nets Six Arrests
Ventura County – Proving once again that any criminal conviction has long term effects upon anyone who has served jail or prison time as a result of their Criminal Code violation,
Burglar Caught After Swimming with Ducks
Ventura – It’s doubtful that in the handbook Getting Away with Burglary, the chapter on evading arrest suggests aquatic escape routes as the best means of avoiding incarceration. Nor would any
Halloween Gunfire Leads to Car Chase and Dog Bites
Ventura – Standing squarely in the “one thing leads to another on Halloween” column, Erick Hernandez, 19, and Edward Juarez, 18, hailing respectively from Ventura and Camarillo, were arrested in the
Reputation Precedes Felon with Drugs & Guns
Ventura County – As Benjamin Franklin himself remarked, “glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well,” words that might well be applied to the personal, public, and legal
DUI Hit & Run Cop Killer Arrested
Ventura County – Nobody likes getting pulled over on the freeway and being ticketed by the cops. And everybody understands that once the man or woman in uniform starts writing, the
