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Disgruntled Employee Charged with Burglary & Vandalism

Santa Barbara County – Intelligent management and supervision of employees is one of the fundamental tenets of running any successful business enterprise. When employee morale ebbs, productivity and profits follow in

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Not-So-Jolly Meth-fueled Car Chase

Santa Barbara – George Elder Jolly, a 35-year-old resident of Hollywood, led Santa Barbara County law enforcement on a wild freeway chase that inevitably ended with his arrest on Tuesday, June

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Family Dispute Ends in Arrest

Santa Barbara County – Lyle Mack Alezandre, a 21-year-old resident of Santa Maria, apparently has what might kindly be referred to as problems managing his anger. Either that, or the underage

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Shot by Cops and Charged with Brandishing

Carpinteria – Proving once again that what our parents told us about poor choices having bad consequences, 23-year old Oscar Varela Moreno, a Santa Barbara resident, now knows what to expect

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Attempted Murder with Axe Nets $1M Bail

Santa Barbara – As the poet Robert Frost is oft-quoted, “Good fences make good neighbors,” which would imply where there is no fence, bad things can happen. Apparently that was the

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Insurance Agent Busted for Ripping Off 93-year-old Woman

Santa Barbara – Joseph Anthony Florendo Mele, a 30-year old resident of Ventura, is no fool. He’s clearly an educated, sophisticated, and smooth-talking guy, as evidenced by his attaining a California

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ATM “Card Skimmers” Busted

Santa Barbara – An alert fraud investigator employed by Chase Bank, working from a remote location, detected two “card skimmers” operating at the bank’s downtown Santa Barbara location in the early

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Knife-wielding DUI Driver Gets His Due

Santa Barbara County – There is a short list of fundamental Rules of the Road of which all drivers should be aware: #1. Don’t drink and drive. #2. If you have

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Double Hit-and-Run Lands Driver in Jail

Santa Barbara County – Those who fail to take the privilege of driving a motor vehicle in the State of California responsibly can find themselves at the wrong end of a

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Ex-Boyfriend Arrested in Stabbing

Santa Barbara – As no less an august romantic than William Shakespeare said in Much Ado About Nothing, “Love goes by haps. some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.” Surely