Posts From F. Scott Faulkner
Graffiti “Artist” Nabbed
Santa Barbara – In a world where there is a dearth of support for the arts, and where creativity is increasingly devalued by digital technology which only mimics genuine original aesthetics,
$100K Bail for Alleged Child Abuser
Santa Barbara County – On Monday, April 28th, according to Sgt. Chuck Strange of the Lompoc Police Department, the local area office of Santa Barbara County Child Welfare Services began “a
Hit-and-Run Driver Surrenders to Cops
Santa Barbara – At approximately 9:15 p.m. on April 24th, three people were injured when a black Range Rover slammed into the rear of a line of vehicles stopped at an
Can’t Outrun Cops, Even at 150 mph
Ventura County – Simi Valley, long considered one of the nation’s safest communities from a crime rate standpoint—a distinction perhaps enjoyed by the area for the past twenty years as the
Felon Caught with Guns
Santa Barbara County – Presumably working on the theory that “once a bad apple, always a bad apple”, one way in which the California Legislature has attempted to protect its law-abiding
Police Call for Help in Burglary-Rape
Ventura County – In an unusually aggressive effort to locate the perpetrator of what can only be described as a broad daylight “nightmare right out of the movies” crime, the Ventura
High School Softball Coach Charged with Sexual Assault
Ventura County – Newbury Park resident Robert Garza, 37, who has served as a “walk on” coach at Westlake High School for the girls’ softball team and the boys’ Junior Varsity
Senior Sexual Assailant Arrested Despite Bad Witness Description
Ventura County – The City of Camarillo was set on a razor’s edge of anxiety on the afternoon of March 31, 2014, when a woman doing her grocery shopping at the
Good Tips Lead to Good Busts
Ventura County – The quiet community of Santa Paula in the Santa Clara Valley—known as the “Citrus Capital of the World” and home to fewer than 30,000 souls—is also home to
A New Record for DUI Busts?
Santa Barbara – The quiet streets of Santa Barbara are frequently a productive hunting ground for law enforcement units tasked with identifying those who are under the influence of alcohol or
