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Ventura

$1.5M Bail for 18-year-old Alleged Killer

Photo: Julius Luna June 1, 2022 – Ventura County, Ca. Under the American system of jurisprudence, there is perhaps no more fundamental precept than that of the presumption of innocence.

Ventura

$250K Bail for South American Thieves

May 29, 2022 – Ventura County, Ca. Judging by recent criminal activity targeting shoppers and residents throughout Ventura County, patrons of major retailers in the area’s commercial centers would be

Santa Barbara

No Bail for Shooting at Cops

Photo: Valdez’ gun May 10, 2022 – Santa Barbara County, Ca. Falling under the legal principle of What Did You Expect?, 46-year-old Santa Maria resident Adam Valdez currently sits in

Ventura

$75K Bail for Sticky-fingered Identity Thief

May 11, 2022 – Ventura County, Ca. As if working the counter as a cashier at any 7-11 convenience store isn’t stressful enough, when customers are brazen enough to walk

Ventura

Burglars Busted After Hitting Same Store for the Third Time

May 18, 2022 – Ventura County, Ca. Obviously unaware of the eternal verity of the adage “third time’s the charm,” Oxnard residents Ryan Taylor and Brooke Scheer appear to suffer

Santa Barbara

Arrested for Grand Theft of Fruit

Photo: stolen avocados May 13, 2022 – Santa Barbara County, Ca. Setting aside the age-old arguments swirling around the question of “what’s a fruit and what’s a vegetable,” the theft

Santa Barbara

$1M Bail for Stabbing Suspect

Photo: hunting for Castro May 18, 2022 – Santa Barbara County, Ca. Goleta resident Rafael Castro Jr., 41, was walking around on City of Goleta streets on the morning of

Ventura

Arrested with Fentanyl, Guns, and Rocket Launcher

Photo: rocket launcher  May 12, 2022 – Ventura County, Ca. Perhaps working on the philosophy of “go big or go home” often espoused by Ventura’s local community of surfers, when

Ventura

Fentanyl Dealer Arrested for Fatal Overdose

May 1, 2022 – Ventura County, Ca.   –   According to reports from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fentanyl, the synthetic “version”

Ventura

300,000 Fatal Doses Seized in Drug Bust

April 27, 2022 – Ventura County, Ca.  by Robert L. McCullough –  The epidemic of fatal drug overdoses sweeping through Southern California has—out of apparent necessity—become the focus of the