Santa Barbara
Ongoing Maritime Invasion Leads to More Drug Busts
June 18 – Santa Barbara County Yet another panga boat full of drugs made its way from Mexico to the shores of California’s Gold Coast on June 15th. According to
Target of Police Manhunt Apprehended
Jun 14 – Santa Barbara County Jonathan Hays, 24, led Santa Maria Police and Santa Barbara County Sheriffs on a 90-minute chase through north county residential neighborhoods as he sought
Jr. High Campus “Sports Collector” Busted
June 14 – Santa Barbara County Cameron Taylor, 21, a resident of Santa Maria in northern Santa Barbara County, working as a security guard at Lakeview Junior High School in
Mother of Molestation Victim Busted
June 13 – Santa Barbara In what could be described as “Chapter Two” of the story reported here on June 8th detailing the arrest of three men in a protracted
Half-million-dollar Bail for Suspected Hit & Run Killer
June 8 – Santa Barbara The rural pre-dawn quiet of East Valley Road in Montecito was shattered on the morning of June 6th when a speeding vehicle ran down two
Half-million-dollar Bail for Suspected Hit & Run Killer
June 8 – Santa Barbara The rural pre-dawn quiet of East Valley Road in Montecito was shattered on the morning of June 6th when a speeding vehicle ran down two
Trio Charged in Molestation of Pre-teen
June 8 – Santa Barbara Jonathan Cisneros, 25, and David Hernandez-Alecio, 25, incarcerated in Santa Barbara County Jail since April on charges of felony child molestation, have been joined by
Suspected Caretaker Killer Booked on $1,000,000 Bail
June 3 – Santa Barbara County When a 911 Emergency dispatch operator sent Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies to a quiet residential area just north of the famed La Purisima
Two Homicides, Three Trials, One Conviction, and Life Without Parole
June 1 – Santa Barbara In what has been one of the area’s most sensational criminal cases of the decade, Corey Lyons, convicted of lying in wait to shotgun his
APB for Armed Robbery Suspect
May 27 – Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara County Sheriffs Detectives have issued an “all points bulletin” to the general public in their search for an armed robbery suspect plying