Santa Barbara
Attempted Gas Station Stickup Ends in Arrest
Mobil Gas north of Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — The Mobil Gas Station located just north of the Santa Barbara city limits may be located in a high traffic area, with
Slippery Multi-jurisdictional Suspect Caught
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY – Richard Anthony Rodriguez, a 30-year-old resident of Nipomo—just north of the Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo county line—was finally captured on February 29th as he cruised down a neighborhood
Car Chase Ends in True “Cliff-hanger”
Trevor Crain, on the move SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Proving once again that life often imitates art, a high-speed car chase on U.S. 101 through Santa Barbara County could easily have
Car Thief Captured After Ditching Girlfriend
Efren Martinez and Cataline Padilla Carpinteria – Clear evidence of contemporary social and gender mores indicating that chivalry is indeed a thing of the past, it was just after 3:00 a.m.
Victim Chases “Hot Prowl” Burglar into Arms of the Law
Francisco Ayala Hernandez Santa Barbara – There may be no more threatening property crime than a “hot prowl” wherein a burglar slips into a residence in the dead of night with
Hot Pursuit Nabs Parole Violator
Renee Zacarias SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — In what may be reasonably categorized to the “some people simply refuse to learn” department, on the night of February 13th Santa Maria Police Department
Senior Citizen Arrested in Hit-and-Run Car Chase
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — The CHP station is Buellton must be a busy place, considering the enormous amount of high-speed vehicular travel constantly flowing through a jurisdiction that includes U.S. 101,
DNA Yields Arrest in UCSB Cold Rape Case
Daniel Chiang Chen Santa Barbara County – Two years ago, on February 23, 2014, UCSB Police and Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a violent gang rape
Fight Over Sunglasses Ends in Stabbing
Jonathan Castaneda Santa Barbara – What appears to have been a verbal confrontation between two men walking the streets of downtown Santa Barbara just after noon on February 10th led to
DMT Cook Burned & Busted
Laurence Larsen Santa Barbara – Early in the evening of February 13th, Santa Barbara Police and Santa Barbara City Fire units responded to a 911 Emergency call reporting a fire in