Posts From F. Scott Faulkner
Isla Vista confronts burglary plague
ISLA VISTA – Santa Barbara county sheriff’s officials this week announced the “Stop Burglaries in Isla Vista” initiative to confront a recent rash of residential break-ins and property thefts in
DNA leads authorities to off-campus molestor
SANTA BARBARA – Three months after two sleeping women were sexually assaulted just outside the boundaries of the UC Santa Barbara campus, county sheriff’s officials arrested Quincy Lamar Brown, 19,
Injunction marks shift in Santa Barbara’s gang fight
SANTA BARBARA — A controversial gang injunction complaint filed with the Santa Barbara Superior Court was made public Wednesday with the release of the names of 30 known Westside and
Injunction marks shift in Santa Barbara's gang fight
SANTA BARBARA — A controversial gang injunction complaint filed with the Santa Barbara Superior Court was made public Wednesday with the release of the names of 30 known Westside and
Murder trial ends with four guilty verdicts
SANTA BARBARA — Following more than four days of jury deliberations, four Eastside gang members were found guilty in the 2007 murder of 16-year-old Lorenzo Carachure last Monday. Ruben Mize
Courthouse jumper identified
SANTA BARBARA — The man who stunned onlookers at the landmark Santa Barbara Superior Courthouse the morning of March 9 when he leaped to his death from the iconic clock
Crime down, violence up in Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA — In an appearance before the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors on Thursday, Sheriff Bill Brown formally presented a five-year crime report that indicated a 5 percent
Double murder trial back in court
SANTA BARBARA – Santa Barbara’s famed downtown county courthouse was the scene of highly dramatic prosecution and defense counsel opening Monday morning in the trial of Corey Lyons, 51, accused of
Santa Barbara murder trial goes to jury
SANTA BARBARA — More than two years after a Westside Santa Barbara gang fight left 16-year-old Lorenzo Carachure lying dead on the street, testimony in the retrial of his accused
Rock throwing ends with gang stabbing
SANTA BARBARA – A neighborhood brawl between members of two warring gangs left a teenager with multiple stab wounds Wednesday night. At 9 p.m. Feb. 16, Santa Barbara police responded
