Posts From F. Scott Faulkner

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Ventura

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

Santa Barbara

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

Ventura

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

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

Ventura

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

Ventura

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

Santa Barbara

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

Ventura

Girlfriend Can’t Call Inmate and Makes Bomb Threat

Ventura – Details have just been released regarding Krystal Lovas, 31, a Moorpark resident who was apparently unaware of the sensitive nature of law enforcement personnel charged with the protection and

Santa Barbara

Fish Thieves Hooked

Santa Barbara – As if the economics of a Santa Barbara area fishing career weren’t challenging enough, wherein one’s income is dependent up the catch-as-catch-can whims of those inscrutable “fishing gods”

Santa Barbara

Jail Guards Indicted in Assault

Santa Barbara – With his re-election campaign about to go into high gear, the timing for Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown could not be less auspicious, with the April 12th