Santa Barbara
Hit-and-run Causes School Lockdown
Washington Elementary School SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara’s Washington Elementary School—with perhaps the best ocean vistas of any elementary school in the state—was the site of a police-mandated lockdown on
Mr. & Mrs. Killers Caught
Jonathan David Highley SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Perhaps subscribing to the principle that “love is blind” and that devotion to one’s spouse which it entails — even when that marital
Two Arrested for Assault on Deputy
Jared Ashton SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Proving once again that bad things can happen when inebriation clouds one’s mental faculties, events transpiring in the early morning hours of March 1st
K-9 Cop Nabs Barricaded Suspect
CARPINTERIA — Any dog thinking about enlisting for law enforcement duties with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department had apparently better be ready for action… and plenty of it. In
Charged with Murder in DUI Deaths
Cameron Oliver SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — 25-year-old Santa Maria resident Cameron Oliver had been out of custody after posting $100,000 bail following his arrest earlier in the month on charges
K-9 Pair Finds Suspects Hiding Under Mega-Mansion Beach House
Jacob San Nicholas CARPINTERIA — Early in the evening of February 22nd, Santa Barbara Police Department, following an unproductive high-speed pursuit of a vehicle being driven recklessly through the city’s streets
Attempted Murder of Wife on Valentine’s Day
Mariano Elias Cordonas Santa Barbara County – Apparently Cupid forgot to string his bow this Valentine’s Day when flitting through a Santa Maria neighborhood in search of likely targets upon
Armed Cabbie Busted with Drugs
Juan Francisco Roman SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Calling your broker to check today’s stock prices on ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft may not be necessary once word gets out of
$1 million Bail for Stabbing Assailant
Edward Jesus Garcia SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Two weeks after a violent knife attack in the middle of the afternoon on a well-traveled Goleta sidewalk, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department Public
Arrested for Machete Attacks
Gilberto Navarro SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — One of the more appealing aspects of uniformed police work is undoubtedly the fact that no two days are ever the same, that every
