Santa Barbara
$1M Bail for Stabbing Homeless Victim
Photo: Glenn Allen Ray Santa Barbara County – As if being homeless and living on the streets isn’t difficult enough, it appears that deadly violence could be another fact of
Cannabis Compliance Search Warrant Leads to Arrests
Photo: Kenneth Frederick and John T. Hamilton Santa Barbara County – California’s legalization of recreational marijuana doesn’t seem to have done much in the way of reducing the burden on
Santa Barbara Insurance Agent Pockets Money, Leaving Client Uninsured During Deadly Mudslides
Photo: Mark Lynch After receiving complaints from his clients, the California Department of Insurance opened an investigation into the insurance dealings of 40-year old Mark Lynch. They discovered Lynch defrauded
Armed Robbery Arrest X 2
Photo: Anthony Prado Santa Barbara County – It’s traditionally considered apocryphal that criminals often return to the scene of their crimes, but in the case of 28-year-old Santa Maria resident
$2Million Bail for Driver Charged with Triple Murder
Photo: John Roderick Dungan Santa Barbara – On October 25th A three-car collision that took place on what is perhaps Santa Barbara County’s most notoriously dangerous roadway has resulted in
Hit-and-Run Driver Rescued, then Arrested
Photo: Domaciano Alfredo Cortez Santa Barbara County – California State Highway 154, winding through the San Marcos Pass, connects the City of Santa Barbara with the neighboring Santa Ynez Valley
College Campus Lockdown Ends with Arrest of Wanted Suspect
Photo: Fernando Perez Huerta Santa Barbara – The tranquil groves of academe were anything but tranquil in the early evening hours of October 30th as Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department
DUI Arrest for Wrong-Way Driver
Santa Barbara County – The sun had set an hour earlier along the Gaviota Coast just north of the City of Goleta on the evening of October 30th as commuters
$2 million Bail for Alleged Gangster-Killer
Photo: Raymond Ramon Vega Santa Barbara County – On the evening of October 12, 2019, at approximately 10:25 p.m., Lompoc Police Department patrol units responded to a 911 Emergency call
Gangster Can’t Flush the Toilet Fast Enough
Photo: Jacob Cardenas Santa Barbara County – Having a reputation as a documented member of a criminal street gang may give one a certain degree of “street cred,” but it