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Ventura

Police Dog Gets His Man

Oxnard – Drivers cruising the streets of Oxnard at the midnight hour should probably come to a full stop at intersections marked with stop signs.  But just after midnight on November

November 16, 2012
Ventura

House Movers Charged with Fraud

Ventura County – With “California dreams” undoubtedly motivating a transcontinental move, a customer contracted with Flat Rate Movers to transport personal property and effects from her Atlanta residence to her new

November 13, 2012
Santa Barbara

DNA Match Nabs Cold Case Rapist

Santa Barbara – On the morning of April 14, 2011, Raul Antonio Yescas, who was at the time 19 years old, befriended a 20-year-old UCSB coed on the campus as she

November 13, 2012
Santa Barbara

Cops Roll Out All The Toys for Suicidal Man

Montecito – Responding to a 911 Emergency call reporting a man with a knife threatening to kill himself this morning, Santa Barbara County Sheriffs deputies responded with a show of force

November 9, 2012
Santa Barbara

Baseball Bat Wielding Businessman Busted

Santa Barbara – Three years ago the wife of Michael Stinchfield, 55, passed away and his life apparently began to go sideways.  Until recently, Stinchfield had been a successful local area

November 6, 2012
Headline Story Santa Barbara

Bigtime Bookmaker Busted in Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara – The exclusive enclave of Montecito, just south of Santa Barbara’s city limits, is home to a wide range of people who value their privacy above all else.  From

November 6, 2012
Ventura

Mall Burglar Fights Cops, Loses

November 1 – Ventura The Pacific View Mall, one of the county’s most active and popular commercial retail centers—popular as it is– is rarely open as the midnight hour approaches. 

November 2, 2012
Santa Barbara

Homicide Arrest in Lompoc

November 1– Santa Barbara County On the night of Saturday, October 27th, at approximately 10:20 p.m., a 911 Emergency call was received by the Lompoc Police Department reporting gunshots in

November 2, 2012
Ventura

Oops! Calls Cops and Gets Busted Too

Ventura County – It would be reasonable to presume that when one is engaged in felonious drug activities, one would not make a habit of calling the cops to the site

October 29, 2012
Ventura

“COPPS” Lead Cops to Drug Bust

Ventura County – The City of Thousand Oaks, usually a quiet upscale coastal valley community, was the scene of a substantial marijuana growing and processing operation which came to an abrupt

October 29, 2012