Santa Barbara
DMT Cooks Busted
Adam Estenson and Jana Santo SANTA BARBARA — Dimethytryptamine (DMT), a powerful hallucinogenic recognized by law enforcement as a Schedule I drug is one of those “home brew” concoctions produced, according
Probation Check Leads to Bomb Scare and Weapons Charges
Gregory Jensen Santa Barbara County – Probation and Parole compliance checks are commonly a matter of routine, but when the Santa Barbara Probation Department urgently requested help from the Compliance Response
$500K Bail for Half-Naked Attack of Pastor
Paul Gusman Santa Barbara – Father Jon-Stephen Hedges, an assistant pastor at Isla Vista’s Street Athanasius Orthodox Church and a volunteer chaplain at the Santa Barbara County Jail with close ties
Cops Bust 20 on Drugs & Guns
Police display confiscated firearms Santa Barbara – The Santa Barbara Police Department’s Narcotics Unit, working closely with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and with the Santa Barbara County
Undercover Cops Bust Two on Gun Charges
Eric Wilson SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Two residents of Santa Maria in Northern Santa Barbara County were arrested on May 4th pursuant to a protracted investigation into their marketing and sales
$2,000,000 Bail for Prolific & Pretty ID Thief
Santa Barbara – The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department, working at the behest of the Southern California High Tech Task Force Identity Theft Detail under the auspices of the Los Angeles
Compliance Sweep Nets Twin Brothers
Marco and Miguel Pacheo Santa Barbara County – The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department’s Compliance Response Team, a unit funded by the Community Corrections Partnership, various county law enforcement agencies and
$1,000,000 Bail for Psychic Scammers
Anthony Lee Davis and Gina Lucyfenia Lee SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Certainly falling into the “they should have seen this coming” column of criminal enterprises, a pair of “psychics” operating out
Million-dollar Fire Starter Arrested
Daniel Abraham Reyna Santa Barbara County – When little boys play with matches, things can become dangerous quickly. And when bigger boys—even those who are 19-year-old adults—play with fire, disaster can
Agricultural Equipment Thieves Finally Caught
Alberto Andrade, Anthony Santella and Rigoberto Avila (l-r) SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — As if being a farmer wasn’t challenging enough — considering the cost of equipment, labor, seed, pesticides, and California’s apparently
