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Father Admits Killing Parents, Children, and Family Dog

Santa Barbara County, Ca. — At 11:03 p.m. on August 11th, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s 911 Emergency Dispatch received a call from Nicholas Etienne Holzer, a 45 year-old resident of the

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Assaults Girlfriend, Holds Cops at Bay with Pellet Gun

Santa Barbara County – The bedroom community of Vandenberg Village, situated in central Santa Barbara County, is arguably a 9.5 on the 1-to-10 scale of residential tranquility, as it’s the home

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Father Kidnaps Daughter in Domestic Dispute

Santa Barbara – On the evening of August 3rd, The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children issued an Amber Alert from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border pursuant to a

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Wanted Man Steps Off Bus in Front of Cops

Santa Barbara – Jose Alejandro Perez, a 40 year-old Santa Barbara resident and known gang affiliate with a personal appearance right out of Central Casting, may be good at eluding police

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Out on Triple Bail, Still Dealing Drugs

Santa Barbara – It’s trite, it’s hoary, and it’s so obvious that it grates on the senses to even utter the words some people never learn, but never was it more

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Cousins Accused of Raping Homeless Woman

Santa Barbara – Just when you think you may have heard it all in terms of criminal sexual depravity, along comes a pair of Santa Barbara men—cousins—who, after a night of

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Mom and Dad and Meth

July 24, 2014 – Santa Barbara, Ca. Those who know often say that raising children in today’s world “takes a village.”  Those who sell drugs and possess loaded assault weapons

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Isla Vista “Deltopia” Riot Yields More Arrests

In the classic rock lyrics of Styx’s “Renegade”, “the jig is up, the noose is out” and the embarrassment and political fallout landing at the feet of the Santa Barbara

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Beachfront Bomb Threat Standoff

Montecito – In the pre-dawn hours of July 7th, an exclusive beachfront enclave just steps from the gently rolling waves of the blue Pacific was sealed off and evacuated by law

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Former High School Baseball Star Busted for Heroin Sales…Again

Ventura County – Proving once again that real police work rarely resembles that seen on the nightly TV cop shows—wherein an anonymous tip leads to a major SWAT event that rounds