Seven-month hunt for drug dealer ends in Santa Barbara

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Seven-month hunt for drug dealer ends in Santa Barbara

GOLETA — A narcotics investigation lasting more than seven months concluded Friday with the arrest of 29-year-old Brandon Gaffke on charges of trafficking in methamphetamine and heroin. Santa Barbara County

Ventura

Car chase leads to island

SANTA PAULA — According to Santa Paula police records supervisor Dianne Miller, final reports have been compiled on evidence accumulated over the past week regarding an unusual car chase that

Fresno Tulare

Prostitution sting nets 13 arrests

TULARE COUNTY – More than a dozen people were arrested on charges related to prostitution after officers in Tulare County conducted an internet-based sting operation Saturday. On June 12, members

Fresno

Drug bust leads to five arrests in Kingsburg

KINGSBURG — Five people were arrested last week when police served a search warrant alleging illegal drug activity was taking place at a residence in Kingsburg. On June 10, Kingsburg

California Orange

Corona Del Mar racks up second bank robbery for the week

NEWPORT BEACH — In an area not known for its crime problems, a second bank robbery in three days struck the affluent Corona Del Mar community of Newport Beach Friday morning.

Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara pot dispensary busted

SANTA BARBARA — In the county’s ongoing campaign to bring the highest levels of law enforcement to bear upon the area’s controversial proliferation of illegally-operated marijuana dispensaries, city narcotics detectives

California San Bernardino

Suspect in CHP officer's death due in court

REDLANDS — Richard Perez III of Redlands will be charged in the death of California Highway Patrol Officer Tom Coleman, a motorcycle patrolman who died after a two-minute chase last Friday.

California San Bernardino

Suspect in CHP officer’s death due in court

REDLANDS — Richard Perez III of Redlands will be charged in the death of California Highway Patrol Officer Tom Coleman, a motorcycle patrolman who died after a two-minute chase last Friday.

Orange

Bank of America robbery leads to 3 arrests

NEWPORT BEACH — The normally tranquil Newport Beach community of Corona Del Mar was rattled June 8 around 11 a.m., when two armed men stormed the Bank of America at

California Los Angeles Orange

Authorities seeking other possible victims of suspected rapist, burglar

LOS ANGELES — In a statement released Wednesday morning, the California Department of Justice asked for the public’s help in identifying other possible victims of a man suspected of multiple