Posts From F. Scott Faulkner
Bar fight ends in stabbing
SANTA PAULA — A favorite watering hole of area locals, Sancho’s Bar in Santa Paula is, according to nearby business owners, usually a peaceful gathering place where problems are limited
Search warrant stirs up drug dealer’s nest, customers
SANTA BARBARA — A warrant search at a suspected heroin dealer’s home proved an enforcement boon as Santa Barbara police were able to arrest several of their target’s customers in
Search warrant stirs up drug dealer's nest, customers
SANTA BARBARA — A warrant search at a suspected heroin dealer’s home proved an enforcement boon as Santa Barbara police were able to arrest several of their target’s customers in
Deputies, K-9, air support reel in car thieves
CARPINTERIA — The sunset-hour commute through this quiet beach town became dangerous on Carpinteria’s crowded stretch of northbound Highway 101 Thursday and finally led to the capture of two adults
Man enters station with illegal knives to reclaim iPod
SANTA BARBARA – Santa Barbara police made an easy bust Thursday, when an alleged gang member came into the station to reclaim an iPod he had reportedly stolen from a
Police request help in bicycle thefts
SANTA BARBARA — Thousands of dollars worth of advanced-tech bicycles were reported stolen from Electric Star eBikes last week, just steps away from the busy beachfront tourist center in The
Santa Barbara man’s killer sentenced to 50 years to life
SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Frank Ochoa brought a long series of legal maneuvers to an abrupt close in the murder trial of Luis Sosa with the
Santa Barbara man's killer sentenced to 50 years to life
SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Frank Ochoa brought a long series of legal maneuvers to an abrupt close in the murder trial of Luis Sosa with the
Man found guilty of molesting niece
SANTA BARBARA — Despite a lack of physical evidence, a Santa Barbara man was found guilty in superior court last month of three felony counts related to the sexual assault
‘Operation Apehanger’ snags 11 in raid
SANTA BARBARA — Multi-jurisdictional law enforcement teams swept through “The American Riviera” Wednesday with fistfuls of warrants and arrested 11 suspects in a major regional effort to take guns and