Home invasion victim calls cops, arrested on drug charges

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Santa Barbara

Home invasion victim calls cops, arrested on drug charges

GOLETA — Jackson Burns opened the door to his Goleta home last week to be confronted by an unknown number of masked home-invasion robbers. Hours later, Burns, 18, was himself

California San Bernardino

Sex scandal envelops Rialto Police Department

RIALTO — Allegations that a Rialto police officer engaged in a sexual affair while on duty has prompted a wider inquiry into improper police conduct at the San Bernardino County

Santa Barbara

Two arrests in two months for purported drug dealer

SANTA BARBARA — Arrested last month on multiple drug charges, a 29-year-old man found himself in cuffs again on Tuesday, along with several alleged associates. Brandon Gaffke was first apprehended

California Riverside

Suspects plead not guilty in Hemet police attacks

HEMET — Two men accused of targeting a Hemet police officer pleaded not guilty to multiple charges last Friday afternoon in Riverside Superior Court. Nicholas Smit, 39, of Hemet and

Tulare

Suspect arrested for gang-related shootings

EARLIMART — The Tulare County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday arrested a suspect in the attempted murder of three teenagers earlier this month. On July 13, detectives from the Violent Crimes

Sacramento

13 cats euthanized as cops track animal hoarder

CITRUS HEIGHTS — Police are looking to the public for help in finding a woman accused of creating inhumane conditions for dozens of cats. Investigators said Sherri Lynn Mendoza, 44,

Placer

Counterfeit ring shaken up; police looking for more suspects

AUBURN — Officials are searching for two suspects believed to be part of a counterfeit mail fraud ring. The search comes as several members of the ring were sentenced this

Santa Barbara

Deadlocked jury leads to mistrial in Santa Barbara murder case

SANTA BARBARA — Following a month-long first-degree murder trial featuring multiple defendants, a deadlocked jury forced Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Brian Hill to declare a mistrial last week. The

California San Diego

La Costa man gets 26 years to life in prison for murdering ex-girlfriend

CARLSBAD — A La Costa man convicted of slashing his on-again, off-again girlfriend’s throat in her North County home last July was sentenced to 26 years to life in prison,

San Diego

Woman awakes, flees from cops

CARLSBAD — A 58-year-old woman accused of drunkenly driving her vehicle at a police officer and leading Carlsbad authorities on a 4-minute pursuit was arrested early Monday morning. Bonnie Bass