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$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

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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

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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

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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

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$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

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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

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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

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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

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$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

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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