Santa Barbara
DUI Arrest for Crashing into Pedestrians & Building
John Dalton Santa Barbara — One can only imagine the degree of inebriation required for a driver to operate a motor vehicle so erratically that it moves from the roadway
Government Accountant Busted for Embezzlement
Lynn Hogan Santa Barbara – Flying in the face of the public trust placed in elected and appointed officials, multiple arrests by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department on behalf
Father & Son Shooters Arrested for Double Shooting
Santa Barbara County – The adage “like father, like son” may have a deadly ring of truth to it if the allegations surrounding the events that began with the late
“Magnum” Force Nabs Car Thief
Jose Ramos Santa Barbara County – LoJack, the company offering a stolen vehicle recovery system that directly integrates with law enforcement agencies nationwide, boasts that when their customers’ cars are
College Boy Charged After Knocking Cop Unconscious
Isaac Brown SANTA BARBARA — Sitting just a few miles north of the Santa Barbara City Limits, the unincorporated town of Isla Vista has a population approaching 28,000 souls, of
Graffiti Trio Busted
Joseph Rocco Peransi, Jansen Michael Lee and Gregory Winfield Smith SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — It’s been nearly two decades since California schools slashed the budgets of non-academic arts and music
Santa Barbara Sheriff Seeks Extradition of Kidnapping Suspect
Joseph Hetzel Santa Barbara – In the early evening hours of September 1st, 52-year-old Lompoc resident Joseph Hetzel forced his way into a vehicle being driven by 55-year-old Virginia Paris,
Senior Citizen Busted for Child Molestation
Conrad Bruce Nickerosn SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — The recently-popular mantra of those approaching their dotage that “60 is the new 50” or even that “70 is the new 60”, while
Machete Wielding Attacker Caught
Joseph Bianco SANTA BARBARA — At midnight on August 25th, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department deputies rolled up to a Goleta area mobile home park residence in response to a
One Man’s Flight from Parole Officers Leads to Multiple Arrests
Nicholas McCloud Santa Barbara County – The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department Compliance Response Team has an apparently high rate of success when tracking down individuals suspected of violating the
