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Former Insurance Agent Convicted on 29 Counts Including Elder Abuse, Money Laundering

Former licensed insurance agent Brett E. Lovett, 53, of Camarillo, has reportedly been found guilty of 29 felony counts including grand theft, elder abuse, money laundering, and burglary. According to

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Online Sex Predator Arrested

Photo: Stock Image In a glaring example of the dangers lurking in online social media sites, where adult male sex predators troll personal profiles in search of young victims, Santa

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16 Felony Counts for Armed Jewel Thief

Photo: Stock Image For the past six weeks, the retail staff and management of jewelry stores in  the city of Santa Barbara—many of which cater to a clientele considered by

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Juvenile Behind Bars for Knife Attack

Photo: Stock Image As this report is being filed, “alerts” have just been broadcast throughout the Goleta area announcing yet another campus shutdown at San Marcos High School as Santa

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Arrests Made in Two-year-old “Whodunit” Murder

Photo: Stock Image Nearly two years ago, on May 27, 2022, 96-year-old Montecito resident Violet Evelyn Alberts was “found dead” in her bed by her caretaker, 46-year-old Porter Ranch resident

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Felony Manslaughter Charged Six Months After Fatal Crash

Photo: Stock Image Three hours after the midnight hour on the Sunday morning of August 13, 2023, traffic in the U.S. 101 southbound lanes through Montecito were almost devoid of

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$500K Bail for Fatal Hit-and-Run Driver

Photo: Stock Image That is a cautionary reality that may have been ignored by 34-year-old Santa Barbara resident Salvador Jiminez at 2:00 a.m. on February 24th when he slammed into

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Domestic Violence Leads to Standoff with Cops…and Arrest

Photo: Stock Image Uniformed deputies, K9 Units, and the Air Support helicopter team from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department all arrived in coordinated force in the Isla Vista community

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Youth Tennis Coach Charged with Sex Crime

Photo: Stock Image A community populated by a sizeable contingent of high-caliber tennis aficionados, Santa Barbara tennis courts were the scene of the headline-grabbing arrest of 50-year- old Peter Albor

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No-bail Hold for Sexual Assault Arrest

Photo: Stock Image The proliferation of social media platforms and their widespread use by school-age females apparently makes life a lot easier for those men who—artful in the ways of