Santa Barbara
16 Felony Counts for Armed Jewel Thief
Photo: Stock Image For the past six weeks, the retail staff and management of jewelry stores in the city of Santa Barbara—many of which cater to a clientele considered by
Juvenile Behind Bars for Knife Attack
Photo: Stock Image As this report is being filed, “alerts” have just been broadcast throughout the Goleta area announcing yet another campus shutdown at San Marcos High School as Santa
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
