Santa Barbara
College student suspected of supplying mail order drugs
SANTA BARBARA — Suspected of plying his business studies toward an illicit drug trade, a city college student was arrested Tuesday on multiple trafficking charges. Throughout the month of June,
Pair of Santa Barbara graffiti suspects busted
SANTA BARBARA — A two-month-long investigation into the city’s upsurge in graffiti vandalism came to an end last Wednesday with the arrest of a pair of active criminally artistic suspects.
Seven-month hunt for drug dealer ends in Santa Barbara
GOLETA — A narcotics investigation lasting more than seven months concluded Friday with the arrest of 29-year-old Brandon Gaffke on charges of trafficking in methamphetamine and heroin. Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara pot dispensary busted
SANTA BARBARA — In the county’s ongoing campaign to bring the highest levels of law enforcement to bear upon the area’s controversial proliferation of illegally-operated marijuana dispensaries, city narcotics detectives
DNA breaks cold case in Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA — Almost three years ago to the day, the spectacular beachfront setting of Santa Barbara City College’s La Playa Stadium, home of the local Vaqueros footballers, was the
Muggers have busy night, end it behind bars
SANTA BARBARA — Violent crime in Santa Barbara got off to an early start this month with a pair of armed robbery incidents occurring within a three-hour period in the
Woman emerges from 101 wreck to be struck by suspected drunk driver
SUMMERLAND — A curvaceous stretch of Santa Barbara highway, as scenic as it is potentially treacherous, was the site of a wreck that left one woman critically injured and another
Authorities see spike in Santa Barbara bank robberies
SANTA BARBARA — County banks have become the target of serial brazen armed robberies, the latest of which occurred May 24 at a mid-city Rabobank branch just as the doors
Separate meth raids bring a dozen arrests in Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA — Symptomatic of the area’s methamphetamine problem, sheriff’s officials this week conducted raids on two individual drug rings operating in close proximity to one another. The first investigation
Authorities track down convenience store robber
SANTA BARBARA — Just five days ago, at approximately 9 p.m., local authorities had begun a manhunt in pursuit of a masked gunman who had “walked into a Mobil gas
