Santa Barbara
Drug Suspect Turns Bike Thief
Santa Barbara County – Nicholas McCloud, a 28 year-old with documented criminal gang affiliation, has learned that he simply doesn’t have the athletic ability to successfully evade pursuing members of the
Waving Loaded Gun at Dog Earns Arrest
Santa Barbara – Phillip Edmond Cummings is apparently no “dog whisperer”, as evidenced by events transpiring in a mid-town Santa Barbara residential neighborhood in the late morning of February 18th. According
Cops Ask for Public Help and Get It
Santa Barbara County – After a February 4th appeal for public assistance in locating a third suspect in a string of grand theft burglaries from multiple agricultural operations in Santa Barbara
K-9 Takes Bite Out of Tool Thieves
Santa Barbara – The Tajiguas Landfill, just north of the city limits in the unincorporated area of Santa Barbara County is hardly the place one thinks of as a viable burglary
18 Year-olds Arrested for Stabbing
Santa Barbara – Just after midnight on February 3rd, a downtown Santa Barbara intersection was the scene of violence between what appear to be warring factions of local area gangs. As
Pair of Rapists Jailed
Santa Barbara – Proving the truth of the lyrics to Huey Lewis’ 1985 song “Power of Love” (The power of love is a curious thing…It don’t need money, don’t take fame,
SB man booked for alleged sex assaults
A 42-year-old Santa Barbara resident has been arrested on suspicion of molesting a high school girl. Officers arrested Florentino Miranda after a tip from child welfare services prompted an investigation.
Drug Dealers Face the (Loud) Music
Isla Vista – As we all know, there’s no accounting for the musical tastes of others, but apparently it’s not only senior citizen drivers who are sensitive to the chest-pounding thump-thump-ka-thump
Trio Busted for Rape
Isla Vista – Legendary Depression Era stickup artist Willie Sutton is said to have robbed banks because “that’s where the money is.” Perhaps because Isla Vista’s UCSB campus is populated by
“Generous” Heroin Dealer Spins a Tale
Santa Barbara – Perhaps finding that the profits in home-based businesses such as telephone sales, survey taking, envelope-stuffing, and secret shopping simply don’t yield the returns promised by the internet and
