Santa Barbara
Gang Fight Ends with Eight Arrests
David Olivera SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — The City of Santa Maria, largest municipality in the county and just an hour’s drive north of City of Santa Barbara—although they may as well
Shooting Threats Result in Arrest
VENTURA COUNTY — Perhaps the ancient admonition “neither a borrower nor a lender be” should have been taken to heart by both the staff at PennyMac Loan Services in Moorpark, and
13 Marijuana Smugglers Arrested
Latest seized panga boat SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Just as El Niño makes its warming way up the California coastline, so illegal drug smugglers continue to invade Santa Barbara County. No
Mother Arrested When Newborn Tests Positive for Heroin
Sara Renee Cantu SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Police are accustomed to being called to the scene of a crime or some violent activity in progress, so one can only imagine the
“Red-tagged” Landlord Charged with Criminal Misdemeanor
SANTA BARBARA — In a city with a reputation for some of the highest residential rental rates in the nation, and where the laws of supply and demand rule the day,
Felony Fugitive Caught Via Social Media
Steven Kunes SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — Some people just don’t know when to quit messing around with the law, and 59-year-old Santa Barbara resident Steven Kunes seems to be one of them. Since
Santa Barbara Fraudster Gets 10 Years
Joseph Mele booking photo SANTA BARBARA — 31-year-old Joseph Anthony Mele has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison after entering a no-contest plea to multiple counts of financial
Bogus Benjamins Lead to Counterfeiting Busts
Gaynell Boyd. Teresa Boyd, Sabrina Dodson and Amphay Somchith SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — The Santa Ynez Valley’s Chumash Casino—a popular destination for both tourists and regular gaming visitors out for a
Carjacking Quintet Captured in Carpinteria
John Connell, Freddie Gutierrez and Cynthia Alvarez SANTA BARBARA COUNTY — The fundamental oversight frequently made by those behind the wheel of a stolen car hoping to go undetected by law
Meth Quartet Busted
Gilbert Villareal and Rae Ahnie Lopez Santa Barbara County – Further evidence of a thriving underground economy in the distribution and sales of methamphetamine throughout the county came pursuant to a
