Santa Barbara
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
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
$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
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
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
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
$20K Bail for Illegal Pot Sales
Photo: Image of drug evidence In spite of the ever-widening legal acceptance of marijuana use and sales nationwide—no doubt aided and abetted by the pop-culture phenomenon of the “Potluck Dinner
Million-dollar Bail for Accused Rapist and Attempted Murderer
Photo: Stock Image The quiet pre-dawn hours of January 10th at a popular traveler’s hotel in Goleta were shattered by the calamity of a noisy physical altercation between a male
Strong-arm Robbery Arrest
Photo: Stock Image Violent crimes of any nature in the tony enclave of Montecito, just south of the City of Santa Barbara and home to major international celebrities and billionaires,
$250K Bail for Fatal Christmas Day DUI Crash
Photo: Stock Image It was only ninety minutes into Christmas Day when the life of 60-year-old City of Guadalupe resident Gregorio Dominguez was abruptly snuffed out. According to Santa Barbara
