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Carpinteria man admits kissing two small girls

CARPINTERIA — A longtime Carpinteria resident is being held in Santa Barbara County Jail on charges of felony child molestation. Bail has been set at $250,000 for Juan John Ramirez,

October 11, 2010
Santa Barbara

Inmate attacks deputy while in custody

SANTA BARBARA — A Santa Barbara County jail inmate faces several additional felony accounts for attacking a male custody deputy at the facility earlier this month. Jesse Contreras, 29, was

October 11, 2010
Santa Barbara

Sketch Released of Santa Barbara Flasher

SANTA BARBARA — Since Sept. 10, Santa Barbara County sheriff’s detectives have been investigating reports of a man exposing himself outside a local woman’s apartment. According to sheriff’s spokesman Drew

October 4, 2010
Ventura

Suspect in gang-related shooting arrested

SANTA PAULA — Lucas Macias Sr., 40, was arrested Thursday as the prime suspect in the gang-related shooting of two younger Santa Paula men earlier this month. Macias was apprehended

October 4, 2010
Ventura

High-speed chase leads to hospital for fleeing parolee

SANTA PAULA — A high-speed car chase through the communities of Oxnard, Ventura and Santa Paula ended after midnight last Monday with the hospitalization and arrest of parolee Octavio Maldonado

October 4, 2010
Ventura

6-hour mobile home park standoff ends with surrender

SANTA PAULA — A 24 year-old man surrendered to police after a six-hour standoff last weekend that began when authorities tried to arrest him on a parole violation. Jacob “Malo”

September 27, 2010
Santa Barbara

Driver in fatal crash arrested in hospital bed

SANTA BARBARA — While hospitalized in critical condition at Cottage Hospital Friday, a 54-year-old Santa Barbara woman was charged with felony DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter for her role in

September 22, 2010
Randy Quaid in jail — again
Celebrity News Santa Barbara

Randy Quaid in jail — again

SANTA BARBARA — Randy Quaid is back in the news, and not for any upcoming acting roles. Early Saturday evening, Quaid and his wife Evi were arrested on charges of

September 21, 2010
Santa Barbara

One in custody, two at large in Goleta stabbing

GOLETA — One man has been arrested and two others are being sought in connection to a large-scale fight that left one person with several stab wounds in Goleta last

September 20, 2010
Ventura

Fillmore man charged with sister’s murder

FILLMORE — A sister’s screams brought authorities to the scene of a deadly dispute between brother and sister Wednesday evening in Fillmore. At approximately 6 p.m. Sept. 15, Ventura County

September 17, 2010