Ventura
Calls for Help, Then Assaults Cops
Ventura County – Police work—to quote the film character Forrest Gump—is “like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get”. Proof of that came on June 5th when
Multi-Million-Dollar Burglary Ring Busted
Ventura County – Ventura County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Sgt. Eric Buschow today released to the media the results of a 17-month-long multi-agency effort to bring to justice members of a Long
Sex Offender Peeps on Teen Girl
Ventura County – California’s registered sex offenders are usually registered for a good reason, one of which is that their behavior is under the watchful eye of the courts and law
“Operation Broken Heart” Nets 4 Local Sex Offenders
Ventura County – Ventura County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Sgt. Anthony Aguirre, in a detailed announcement to the media today, made public the results of a month-long effort on the part of
Felon Caught with Firearm
Ventura County – The terms of felony probation and parole in California commonly provide for a strict prohibition against the possession of weapons of any sort by parolees, particularly firearms. This
Teen Arsonists Arrested
Ventura County – The Ventura-Ojai Bike Trail is one of the most bucolic and scenic bike routes in Southern California, but on May 18th it was a crime scene as two
One Captured, Another “Armed and Dangerous”
Ventura County – The quiet town of Santa Paula was anything but in the early evening hours of May 8th when local police officers on routine patrol spotted a Ford Expedition
Imaginary People Behind Arson and Assault Charges
Santa Barbara County – While it’s common knowledge that not all criminal activity is the product of masterful planning or even rational thinking, the felonies allegedly committed by Stephen Howland, 62,
Child Annoying Suspect Caught
Ventura County – A 14-year-old Thousand Oaks girl, according to Ventura County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Det. Eric Taylor, was walking through an open “flood control channel” are of Newbury Park at
Can’t Outrun Cops, Even at 150 mph
Ventura County – Simi Valley, long considered one of the nation’s safest communities from a crime rate standpoint—a distinction perhaps enjoyed by the area for the past twenty years as the
