Santa Barbara
Man escapes car stabbing
CARPINTERIA — Carpinteria resident Manual Lopez, 31, is being sought in connection with a stabbing assault just after midnight Thursday. Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call
Judge declares mistrial in double homicide case
SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Brian Hill declared a mistrial Wednesday in the trial of defendant, 51, who stands accused of the shotgun murder of his brother
Counterfeiters tracked to Solvang stores
SOLVANG — An at-large parolee was found in possession of counterfeit hundreds last Monday while attempting to pass the fake cash at multiple Solvang area retail businesses. Bryan Pelaez, 33,
Suspected drug runner runs into arrest
SANTA BARBARA — Three months of investigation, followed by a sprinting foot chase in the early morning hours of Dec. 2, and Santa Barbara County narcotics detectives have busted an
Homeland Security tips local cops to online porn trafficker
SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara County sheriff’s detectives arrested Sean Sidney, 24, on charges related to trafficking in child pornography on the internet last month. Sheriff’s spokesman Drew Sugars said
Santa Barbara college students linked to drug sales
SANTA BARBARA – A pair of undergraduate students at UC Santa Barbara were arrested late last month on suspicion of dealing drugs. The Nov. 30 arrests of Paul Frank and
Marijuana trafficker linked to legal dispensary
GOLETA — Narcotics detectives took a 36-year-old Goleta resident into custody two weeks ago on multiple marijuana trafficking charges. Jason James Bell, 36, was arrested Nov. 19 by Santa Barbara
Serial rapist cuts plea deal for 17-year sentence
SANTA BARBARA — A serial molester and rapist pleaded guilty last week in Santa Barbara Superior Court to nine felony counts in exchange for a sentence of 17 years and
Meth lab dump seized
SANTA BARBARA — Los Padres National Forest construction crews alerted Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies last week when they discovered what appeared to be the remnants of an active methamphetamine
Liquor store robber stabs clerk, sends schools into lockdown
CARPINTERIA — A botched liquor store robbery left one store clerk with multiple stab wounds and put area schools in lockdown until authorities caught up with the believed assailant Monday
