Inmate attacks deputy while in custody

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Santa Barbara

Inmate attacks deputy while in custody

SANTA BARBARA — A Santa Barbara County jail inmate faces several additional felony accounts for attacking a male custody deputy at the facility earlier this month. Jesse Contreras, 29, was

Kern

Former Bakersfield teacher may have used job to obtain child porn

BAKERSFIELD — A former Bakersfield teacher was arrested Thursday night on child pornography charges. Michael Scott Cooper, 42, previously employed as a schoolteacher at Loudun Elementary School in Bakersfield, was

San Bernardino

Redlands area athlete strikes plea in battery case

HIGHLAND — A former prominent high school athlete was sentenced to three years probation Wednesday for attacking a baseball coach last winter. Tyler Shreve, 19, Highland, who attacked Redlands East

Sacramento

Sacramento trio indicted for prostituting minor

SACRAMENTO — A federal grand jury last month returned a four-count indictment against a Sacramento man accused of prostituting a 16-year-old girl.

San Bernardino

Mother, boyfriend face prison for infant's death

RANCHO CUCAMONGA — Elizabeth Reta, 31, and her boyfriend, 35-year-old Juan Antonio Sanchez, recently pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the death of eight-month-old Samuel Reta. The infant died when

San Bernardino

Mother, boyfriend face prison for infant’s death

RANCHO CUCAMONGA — Elizabeth Reta, 31, and her boyfriend, 35-year-old Juan Antonio Sanchez, recently pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the death of eight-month-old Samuel Reta. The infant died when

Fresno

Good Samaritans help foil Fresno kidnapping

FRESNO — A kidnapped 8-year-old girl was reunited with her mother in central Fresno Tuesday morning, less than 24 hours after her abduction, but troubling news soon followed. Police say

Fresno

Alcohol may have caused head-on crash

FRESNO — Alcohol may have been a factor in a head-on crash that occurred in southwest Fresno Sunday night around 8:30 p.m. The collision took place near the intersection of

Kern Tulare

2nd suspect in Earlimart attack linked to robberies, kidnapping

TULARE COUNTY — On Friday, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office arrested a second suspect in the attempted murder of three teenagers that took place in Pixley on July 1 of

Santa Barbara

Sketch Released of Santa Barbara Flasher

SANTA BARBARA — Since Sept. 10, Santa Barbara County sheriff’s detectives have been investigating reports of a man exposing himself outside a local woman’s apartment. According to sheriff’s spokesman Drew