Santa Barbara
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
Attempted Murder Charges for Strangling Cop
Erick Esquivel SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — The potential effects of methamphetamine use were once again made apparent early on the evening of February 11th when a 911 Emergency call made
DUI Hit-and-Run Arrest
David Ruben Cova SANTA BARBARA — In yet another demonstration of the value of luck over wisdom (and the lack thereof), 39-year-old Santa Barbara resident David Ruben Cova survived a
Armed Standoff Ends with Arrest
David Palmer SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Proving once again that legislated proscriptions against the possession and use of controlled substances are on the books in the interests of preventing aberrant
New Charges for Accused Child Killer
Sean Michael Kothe SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Orcutt resident 25-year-old Sean Michael Kothe showed up in Santa Barbara County’s Santa Maria Superior Court yesterday to attend his preliminary hearing on a murder
Former Cop Charged with Hit & Run and Resisting
Retired SBPD Lt. Donald Paul McCaffrey SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara is a city where law enforcement is publicly proud of its strict enforcement of laws proscribing the operation of
Vicious Stabbing Suspect Arrested
Humberto Castillo Arias Santa Barbara County – As these things go, street stabbings pursuant to commonplace altercations and even as the result of gang warfare generally involved “sticking,” whereby a
