BAKERSFIELD — A 33-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night after police suspected him to be the cause of  drunk driving accident in southwest Bakersfield.

According to the Bakersfield Police Department, offices responded to a call of an injury accident in the 2500 block of Ashe Road at about 11:49 p.m. on Feb. 12.

When they arrived, officers said they found a truck, driven by Michael Pennington, crashed into an apartment complex.

Police said, Pennington was driving his vehicle southbound on Ashe Road when he lost control. ran the curb and  collided with two separate apartment complex buildings.

Pennington was transported to the hospital with moderate injuries, while the residents of the apartment buildings were not injured.

Pennington was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

He will be booked into the Kern County Jail,  but is still in the hospital being treated for his injuries, officials said.

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CHULA VISTA – Detectives responded to a burglary at Hilltop Tabernacle Church on L Street and began the task of gathering clues.  One of the clues was a cellphone, apparently left behind by the burglar.

Police came to this conclusion after searching the contents of the phone and finding a ‘selfie’ snapped by the apparent thief.  Residents recognized 26-year-old Adam Howe, who was quickly identifed and sought for as a suspect.

Authorities were able to contact Howe at Harborside Park and, upon search of his belongings, retrieved property stolen from the church as well as from an RV parked nearby.  This included a laptop and watches, as well as cash. He was booked on two counts of burglary. Howe is also wanted in Indiana for failure to appear in a felony theft charge.

Further investigation led authorities to an area behind the church where Howe was known to frequent and there in a tent they found 19-year-old Victoria Corey and 27-year-old Marion Nava with other items that also had been stolen from Hilltop Tabernacle.  Corey and Nava were arrested for possessing stolen property.

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SALINAS—Loss Prevention employees for Sears Department Store arrested 28-year-old Carl Lemos of Carmel after he walked out of the store with a backpack filled with several trays of sockets.

The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon, when store employees from Sears Department Store in the Northridge Mall noticed a customer acting suspiciously while in the store. Witnesses saw him select several socket trays from the Tool Department and place them in a backpack.  The value of those trays is unknown at this time.

He then proceeded to the Outdoor Lighting Department and set the backpack near the exit door.  Lemos then selected several items of work clothes and went to register and paid for the items. He then proceeded to the exit through the Outdoor Lighting Department and picked up the backpack and left the store. Once he was out of the store, the Loss Prevention employees contacted him.

Lemos tried his shoplifting scheme at the Sears in Salinas.

They attempted to arrest him on shoplifting charges but Lemos resisted and began fighting with the Loss Prevention employee.  During the fight, Lemos pulled out a pocketknife and attempt to stab the employee. The Loss Prevention employee was able to knock the knife out of Lemos’ hand. The employee was able to effectively place Lemos under arrest. The Salinas Police Department was called and took Lemos into custody.   He was booked into the Monterey County Jail on charges of robbery.

“We are unsure of the value of the sockets, but it was just the socket and not the wrenches.” Salinas Police Commander Henry Gomez said, “Both Loss Prevention Officers from the Store were unharmed during the arrest”

The Salinas Police Department is still actively investigating this incident and asking anyone who witnessed or has more information about the incident to call the Salinas Police Department at 1-831-758-7226

28-year-old Sara Ann Floris was booked under a $50,000 bond for eight felony and misdemeanor counts involving felony hit and run under 245 (A) (1), assault with a deadly weapon, PC 273 (a), causing injury to a child, PC 242 – 243 (b), and battery against a peace officer, all while driving under the influence of alcohol pursuant VC 23152 (a). During the investigation she’s accused of willfully obstructing officers under PC 148 (a) (1), and finally VC 2002 (a), for fleeing the scene during an accident.

On Jan 29, the San Jose Police Department’s call center received several calls reporting a front end collision of an unknown person crashing into parked cars in a parking lot near Rancho Drive and Monterey Road in San Jose. When officers arrived, they found the driver of the vehicle under the influence of alcohol/drugs. The suspect Sara Floris is also accused of improperly seating her twin sons in the car with her during the time of the incident.

Floris was driving a Black 2009 Kia Spectra 4D sedan when she had hit several parked cars. A witness to the incident reported that he yelled at the driver to stop her vehicle. However, when he had done this, he said Floris purposely drove forward and struck the bystander’s vehicle. The victim told officers that he was watching as Floris drove into the apartment complex, when she blocked his vehicle and started yelling at him, “Where is Adrianna?” The victim then said, “I don’t know who she is. She is not here”. The victim then watched as she pulled ahead a few spaces and then put her vehicle into reverse slamming in the victim’s rear passenger side, knocking the vehicle into a pole. Floris then fled the scene with her twin sons as passengers.

Sara Floris was later found in the 7-11 parking lot, just around the corner from the incident.

Floris was found at the 7-11 located near Seven Trees Blvd and Capital Expressway, and was taken into custody for the incident. The victim was brought to the scene by officers, who then positively identified the suspect as the female suspected of the hit and run.

While being detained, she kicked at officers while being physically restrained by them. During a blood draw, Floris kicked at police officers and attempted to bite at the phlebotomist drawing her blood, as she continued to resist her detainment. She was then booked in to the Santa Clara Main Jail.  But this didn’t stop her outbursts.

During her pre-booking process, she continued to yell and scream after officers had obtained a blood test required due to her erratic behavior and uncooperative behavior with police.  She continued to verbally assault officers saying, “I wish you were dead. I wish you were all dead.”

21-year-old Deric Joseph Deckard of San Jose was charged with grand theft of an employer under PC 484-487(b) (3). During Deckard’s employment at Champs Sports at the Great Mall in Milpitas, it was thought that he had taken store merchandise and other personal property exceeding $950.00, per the code. His next court appearance has been scheduled for February 25 in Dept 30 at 1:30 PM in the Hall of Justice in San Jose.

The Milpitas Police Department responded to a call from a loss prevention agent for Champs Sports, located at 447 Great Mall Parkway, because it was believed that Deckard, from July to October of 2013 had embezzled more than $10,000 in goods and services from the store.

During a loss prevention audit it was found that a pair of shoes was missing from the inventory, and had been reportedly rung up by Deckard the day before.  An investigation into the incident began as investigators reviewed video surveillance of the transaction.  The video showed that Deckard rang up a spray can instead of the shoes in question in order to give the customer a discount for their purchase. It was believed that Deckard was fraudulently ringing up items and randomly giving discounts to unknown customers.

It is estimated that he had embezzled a total of $3596.03 in shoes. Deckard claimed that different people would come up to him and ask him repeatedly for discounts and free shoes. He claimed he did not know why but he felt through “peer pressure” that he should give them a discount.  During his employment it estimated that he had fraudulently sold from 15 – 20 pairs of shoes worth approximately $2000.00.

Officers arrested Deckard and took him to the Milpitas PD substation for further investigation in to the incident. He was then booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for PC 503, embezzlement.

HAWTHORNE, CA—For all we know she may have taken the kitchen sink, even if she left behind the baby that she might have thrown out with the water later that night right before she was caught.

Taliai Lebanon Fifita, 40, is a self-proclaimed babysitter picked up on Friday, February 7 at around 8 p.m. by Hawthorne police. The Lennox resident was picked up for a number of charges: taking vehicle without owning it, receiving known stolen property, grand theft auto and possession of items from a burglary.

Lennox is an incorporated area of Los Angeles County north of Hawthorne and southwest of Inglewood and situated close to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

Despite no priors, the middle-aged woman was saddled with a cumulative bail of $70,500.

If the Octomom could hire Fifita, maybe she could make that bail in time for the Octo-mom to get out of debt herself. (The tabloid celebrity of eight children was charged with welfare tax fraud in January by the L.A. County District Attorney.)

Usually someone sitting on a curb outside a casino means they’ve had a particularly bad time at the tables but are not ready to go home and face the music. Sometimes it means more than that, and that’s when law enforcement goes to work.

On Wednesday night, and into the early hours of Thursday, at ten minutes till three in the morning, a patrol deputy from the Lake County Sheriff’s Department was making the rounds at the Konocti Vista Casino, an Indian Casino run by members of the Pomo tribe, and is located on the south shore of upper Clear Lake in Lakeport. According to Steve Brooks, the Sheriff’s Public Information Officer, the deputy was walking towards the main entrance of the casino when he a saw man sitting there on the curb.

31-year-old Michael Julian Ferguson of Clearlake, a town across the lake on the far southern end, apparently saw the deputy coming his way, got up, and hurried away. The deputy called out for him to stop, but Ferguson kept going, putting his hands in his jacket pockets. His suspicions raised, the deputy followed, observing Ferguson as he fumbled in his pockets, concerned that he may be reaching for a weapon, or perhaps drugs he wanted to get rid of. His gait also made the deputy think he may be under the influence of something – casino drinks or perhaps stronger stuff.

Konocti Vista Casino

Ferguson was apparently on his way to a white station wagon in the parking lot, which raised greater concern for the deputy that he may perhaps have a weapon inside, try to hide his goods, or even drive away in his altered state. He told the man he would not allow him to get in, but Ferguson grabbed the passenger door anyway. The door, however, was locked, simplifying matters a bit. The deputy told him to turn around and remove his hands from his pockets, which Ferguson slowly did. However, he continued to act nervous and fidgety, and the deputy could clearly see his pupils were dilated. (It was obvious even in the late night hours with little light in the parking lot.)

The deputy told Ferguson he was being detained, and attempted to handcuff him, but Ferguson told the deputy that wasn’t going to happen, pulled away and began running. He was ordered to stop several times, and the arrival of a second deputy apparently convinced him to give up. They arrested him for resisting arrest and being under the influence of a controlled substance, which Ferguson denied, blaming his condition on some pills he took that may have contained some methamphetamine. The deputies then took Ferguson to the Hill Road Correctional facility to complete his booking, but also warned him that bringing drugs or other contraband into the jail would result in additional charges. This warning apparently sparked a memory, and Ferguson handed over the 2.8 grams of meth he was carrying. Possession was added to his charges as Ferguson was booked.

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San Luis Obispo police have a man in custody after he allegedly beat up his girlfriend last Thursday around 8:18 p.m. at Mill and Chorro streets.

According to SLOPD, officers responded to a call regarding a report of an assault on a female victim. Upon arrival, officers found a female victim with head injuries, allegedly from her boyfriend. The weapon responsible was unknown.

The suspect, Tyler James Kuppenbender, 21, of SLO had fled the scene on foot before police arrived. The female victim was transported to the hospital. She was treated and released.

Police located and arrested Kuppenbender at the 600 block of Foothill Road. He was taken into custody without incident and a temporary restraining order was served on him.

Kuppenbender was booked into county jail.  He is charged with inflicting corporal injury on spouse/cohabitant, felony battery with serious bodily injury, felony assault with a deadly weapon other than firearm or great bodily injury and committing a felony while on bail or recognizance. His bail was $70,000.

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The Rocklin Police Department has reportedly arrested a man suspected of being a heroin dealer after the suspect led officers on a chase, according to an official press release.

Jeremy David Sheffield, 27, of Auburn, was reportedly arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance for sale, resisting arrest, battery of a peace officer with injury, two felony warrants and one misdemeanor warrant. He is currently being held at Placer County Jail on $155,000 bail.

According to Rocklin PD, on February 13 at approximately 10:54 pm, officers found a suspicious vehicle in the 4500 block of Rocklin Road, with one woman and two men inside. As officers reportedly tried to detain one of the male occupants, he physically resisted and fled the parking lot on foot. A short foot pursuit reportedly began eastbound on Rocklin Road, during which the California Highway Patrol and deputies from Placer County Sheriff’s Office joined in to assist with the pursuit. Rocklin officers reportedly eventually apprehended the suspect on Rocklin Road, just east of Aguilar Road.

The suspicious vehicle was found on Rocklin Road.

The suspect — later identified as Sheffield — was reportedly found to be in possession of more than 47 grams of what was suspected to be heroin, and he was wanted out of Placer County on three separate arrest warrants.

The other male and female occupants of the vehicle reportedly fled the scene, and despite an extensive search, they were reportedly not located.

According to Rocklin PD, inside the vehicle officers found a large canister of pepper spray and narcotics paraphernalia.

The vehicle is reportedly described as an older, silver or gray, four-door Honda Civic. The driver of the car is reportedly described as a white adult male, last seen wearing a black sweatshirt and bright red baseball cap. The female adult passenger is reportedly described as white with long blonde hair.

Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact the Rocklin Police Department at 916-625-5400.

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INGLEWOOD, CA—How many times can one person act up before giving up and moving on to some real crime?

Shannan Kelley, 18, is unemployed but she has racked up a significant record that should prompt attention from the Guinness Book of World records.

Kelley was picked up by Inglewood Police (IPD) on Sunday, February 9 around 2 a.m. for “disorderly conduct” at the corner of Century Blvd. and Flower near the recently re-opened Forum. (The Eagles had just finished a six-day run in late January.) IPD would not respond to comments requesting why the unemployed white, green-eyed woman was in an area well-known for prostitution and drug-dealing.

Although IPD set a bail of $5,000 for the night’s arrest, Los Angeles Police (LAPD) had four priors on Kelley for the same charge, the total bail having been set at $75,000.

With all five warrants clocking in at $80,000, one wonders if it would have been less expensive to finance a trade college course for her.

INGLEWOOD, CA—Even bribing an adoption agency may have been cheaper—but perhaps she is the result of impulse-aisle shopping.

Angela Michelle Defreitas, 49, was picked up in downtown Los Angeles by Inglewood police (IPD) on Sunday, February 9 at approximately 6 p.m. along the block of 100 N. Los Angeles Street. Said to be a nurse, the warrant was served for her alleged crime of “child stealing.”.

The address where she was picked up is the California District 7 headquarters for the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) building which was built not a decade ago. It was unknown if Defreitas was picked up on the street or in the building. (The employee entrance is along the 100 N. Los Angeles block between W. 1st and W. 2nd Street in Little Tokyo where the CalTrans building sits.)

In any case, her bail was set at $26,000—a cost which may be less than the typical murder or lengthy prison sentence that tends to accompany stealing a sandwich in Florida.

INGLEWOOD, CA—How much did his car cost if he ended up paying $61,000 for a drivers license he didn’t even possess?

Arne Brian Cotton, 50, was stopped by Inglewood police (IPD) on Monday, February 2 around 8 p.m. along the 9300 block of Van Ness Boulevard. It was not stated if he was driving north or south on Van Ness. The south-bound lane is the Inglewood side of the boulevard and the north-bound side is under the jurisdiction of Los Angeles Police Department.

According to IPD records, the Los Angeles resident had two warrants with bail totaling $61,000 for a charge each of driving while his license was suspended. One warrant was by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and the other was from Glendale PD.

Cotton, whose home address is said to be on the 8800 block of Haas Avenue in L.A., was not available to state whether his occupation in sales would help to alleviate the massive bail amounts.

The Paso Robles Police arrested a man suspected of stabbing another last Thursday.

According to PRPD, they received a call from Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton regarding a patient with a stab wound in his torso. The victim was a 29-year-old and is unidentified. He required immediate surgery. However, he is in stable condition.

Investigators determined the incident occurred on the 2800 block of Park Street in Paso Robles. Witnesses told police they saw the victim and suspect, James Daniel Elliot, 35, were arguing. The argument took place inside the residence when it turned a physical altercation. It is unknown who owns the residence or what relation is there between the suspect and the victim.

The victim and the witnesses told police during the fight Elliot stabbed the victim and then fled the scene. It is unknown why the suspect and the victim were arguing or where the knife came from.

Elliot was arrested on Saturday around 4:15 a.m. after he tried to evade them on the 2899 block of Spring Street. He was booked into the SLO County Jail for felony assault with a deadly weapon, felony threatening crime with intent to terrorize, felony witness intimidation and misdemeanor resisting arrest. His bail was set at $50,000.

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HAWTHORNE, CA—What is the point of stacking a laundry list of charges and their respective bail amounts on top of a deportation charge?

That is a question that should be asked in most every American city, but in this case the city of Hawthorne should be in the hot seat for such a waste of administrative activity.

Maycol Murillo, 21, was picked up by Hawthorne police on Wednesday, February 5 around 1 p.m. along the 13900 block of Cordary Avenue. The ostensible resident of Hawthorne had no apparent priors but as one of the charges had to do with possession of another person’s I.D., it may be all but impossible to know his rap sheet.

The other charges were taking a vehicle without owning it, manufacturing and sales of fraudulent identification cards, grand theft auto, possession of known stolen property, forging the official California state seal and the ironic coup d’etat of driving without a license.

But topping it all off was the deportation proceedings that were apparently carried out after all the charges had been filed and the cumulative bail for the other seven charges set at $155,100.

It is unknown how much the bus ticket cost for Murillo’s return trip to the old country.

The Redding police have announced three arrests from their list of Most Wanted suspects. All three had been posted to the media with mugshots announcing their status as a wanted person. All three had been convicted of their crimes, but failed to show up in court to receive their sentencing.

The longest wait was for 28-year-old Leanna Michael Toney of Palo Cedro. She had been convicted of possession of narcotics, and was announced on the police’s wanted list on January 3rd. She was picked up early Sunday morning, at 5:13 am, at the Vagabond Inn on Cypress Avenue in Redding. She was also charged with petty theft. Bail for her outstanding warrant was set at $50,000.00, with another $1000.00 thrown in for the petty theft charge.

Jerry Don Gullings – booking photo and enjoying a beer.

Jerry Don Gullings was arrested Saturday night at 9 pm, when a Highway Patrol stop revealed his outstanding warrant. 29-year-old Gullings of Redding was wanted for sentencing in a possession of a deadly weapon charge. He had also been arrested on September 15 for possession of a controlled substance. Gullings was stopped on the rural Millville Plains Road in the small community of Millville, south of Redding and just east of Anderson. He was actually apprehended prior to the latest “Most Wanted” list appeared, but matched up with the list later in the day.

The easiest catch was 23-year-old Matthew Edward Fox of Redding. He reported to the Shasta County Jail at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon. His outstanding warrant was for charges of burglary and vandalism. He had been arrested just two weeks ago, on Sunday February 3 at 8:30 pm. He also surrendered prior to the release of the Most Wanted list this week.

Matthew Edward Fox – show me the money!

The Redding Police and Shasta County Sheriffs reported that 93 arrests have been made from their “Most Wanted” program, and 20 people remain at large. Anyone with information or tips is encouraged to call Shascom at 530-245-6540, or the secret witness line at 530-243-2319 or at www.secretwitness.com. They are offering a standing $250.00 reward for information leading to the arrest of any of the Most Wanted suspects listed.

Photos: Redding Police Department; Facebook

UPPER LAKE – LAKE COUNTY If someone wanted to be arrested, they couldn’t do it much more easily than to pack their car full of marijuana, take off the back license plate, and drive around making illegal lane changes – and of course, never using your turn signal.

From all appearances, that is the plan that Richard Hinds and Justin Spellman had when they went out last Thursday evening. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Department, the two were driving through Upper Lake on Highway 20 at 6:30 on February 13. As luck would have it, a detective from the Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force was right behind them, and took note of the missing plates on their Chrysler sedan. Hinds, who was driving, made a quick turn into the Running Creek Casino parking lot, right from the traffic lane, bypassing the center turning lane entirely. The detective followed them in to enforce a traffic stop for the multiple violations, while a nearby K9 unit took note and headed over to join in.

Evidence collected at the traffic stop – the soda can is not shown.

The detective contacted the 34-year-old Hinds, who is from nearby Lucerne, and immediately recognized the smell of marijuana coming from the car. When asked, Hinds admitted that he had 2 or 3 joints with him. The K9 unit arrived, and the officer let his partner do her work while Hinds and the 31-year-old Spellman were detained. The dog didn’t know where to go first, as there were familiar odors present all over the vehicle.

Detectives conducted a thorough search of the vehicle, first finding a partially filled soda can in the cup holder between the driver and passenger seats. Despite their obvious red flags that attracted the detectives in the first place, it looked like the two got busy when they knew they had been pulled over. The soda can contained, not only a burnt marijuana joint, but a zip lock bag that seemed to have been hastily jammed in to hide it. The partly open bag contained some white crystal methamphetamine, but most of its contents had spilled into the drink.

Rick Hinds – Facebook

Further search of the car revealed a duffle bag with 43.84 ounces of processed marijuana, and another 7.2 grams of concentrated cannabis. That, along with the 1.3 grams of meth and the highly potent soda were all taken into evidence. Hinds also had $840 in cash, which was seized and will be held pending asset forfeiture proceedings, if it is shown to be proceeds from illegal narcotics.

What may be even more puzzling than the way they were caught is that Hinds, from all appearances, had become a stable family man. He is listed as a partner in the local plumbing and repair business Drains Etc., and has worked with his business to support local Habitat For Humanity projects in their “Brush of Kindness Home Repair Program”, providing plumbing services for Habitat clients. Hinds has also posted messages on his Facebook page about quitting cigarettes and “dope”. Back in 2011, Hinds had been arrested during a probation search at a friend’s home, where he and three others were arrested on various drug charges and parole violations – he was already on parole at that time.

Justin Spellman – Facebook

Spellman, a motorcycle mechanic, was arrested just last September when he, along with two friends, were implicated in a residential burglary that included a car and even a sectional couch. When detectives arrested 28-year-old David John Meyer at his Loch Lomond home, he was found with Spellman and 50-year-old Randy Griffin. Drugs, evidence of forgery and stolen property were found, and Spellman was charged with being under the influence of a controlled substance and possession of stolen property. And just this year he was arrested in January for possessing burglary tools, a dagger, and concentrated cannabis, and only a week before this last arrest, he was cited for having drug paraphernalia and driving without a license.

Richard Brendon Hinds and Justin Paul Spellman were booked for possession of a controlled substance and for concealing or destroying evidence. Hinds also faces charges of possession of marijuana and concentrated cannabis for sale, and possession of concentrated cannabis. (The driving citations may be added on as well.) The pair were booked at the Hill Road Correctional Facility.

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Ventura County - The Ventura County Interagency Pharmaceutical Crimes Unit, composed of representatives from the Simi Valley Police Department, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office Bureau of Investigation, and the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department, continues to make inroads into the illegal prescription medication traffic plaguing the county.

According to VCSD Public Information Officer Sgt. Victor Fazio, the traffic of Molly, steroids, and cocaine into the Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley communities has been under intense investigative scrutiny of late, and has resulted in the arrest of Victor Pinto, 45, a Los Angeles resident.  Pinto “had over a half pound of Molly on his person” at the time of his arrest, Fazio reported.

Molly, as Fazio described in his report to the media, “may represent any number of Ecstasy type drugs currently on the illicit market,”  indicating that it is akin to Ecstasy in that it creates “a eupohoric high similar to other illegal stimulants.”

Pinto’s apprehension came pursuant to a month-long investigation and surveillance effort, wherein a search warrant targeting Pinto’s San Fernando Valley residence was obtained.  Pursuant to Pinto’s arrest and the evidence of his possession of molly, the search warrant was executed upon his residence, where “a half-pound of cocaine, another twenty ounces of molly, and a large amount of steroids” were discovered, along with more than $50,000 in cash and assorted luxury motor vehicles “all believed to be derivative of drug sales.”

Pinto was transported from the Los Angeles scene of his arrest to Ventura County Jail where he was booked on multiple drug violations with his bail set at $500,000.

Photo: Courtesy Ventura County Jail Booking

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ARVIN — Police arrested a 22-year-old Arvin man on Friday night after a probation search led to the discovery of illegal drugs and weapons.

Emilio Segerra was booked into the Kern County Jail Central Receiving Facility on multiple charges, including possession of a controlled substance while carrying a loaded firearm, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of sale.

According to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, deputies from the Gang Suppression Section went to a home in the City of Arvin to conduct a probation search on Segarra, at around 10 p.m. on Feb. 14.

During their search of the residence, deputies said they located a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun and 5.5 grams of suspected methamphetamine.

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Pleasanton Police arrested a 40-year-old Oakland man for allegedly stealing property from unlocked cars during the early morning hours this morning.

Police say Christopher Yorrie was arrested after he was found hiding in some bushes near the intersection of Hansen Drive and Camino Brazos.

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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 18^th.

According to Santa Barbara Police Department Public Information Officer Sgt. Riley Harwood, Cummings—himself a dog owner—was walking down the street with his leashed canine “when he observed a neighbor’s dog unsecured in a shared driveway adjacent to their apartments.”  Cummings, who, it seems, is of the conviction that his neighbor’s dog is a threatening, malevolent creature capable of bloody mayhem, promptly returned his dog to his residence…and shortly thereafter, according to witnesses, reappeared in the driveway brandishing a loaded 9mm semiautomatic handgun.

9mm and ammo seized by police

With the loaded pistol aimed at his neighbor’s dog, Harwood reported, Cummings, 41, was shouting at his neighbor’s dog, “yelling at it to ‘get back’ and to ‘get behind the fence’.  While the offending canine’s breed was unspecified in Harwood’s media report, it was apparently of the non-English-speaking variety and failed to either comprehend or obey Cummings’ importations.

No doubt frustrated by his inability to verbally communicate with his neighbor’s dog, Cummings eventually retired to his residence, unaware that witnessing neighbors who had observed the brouhaha had called 911 Emergency at the sight of the handgun.  Responding SBPD officers contacted Cummings at his apartment and took him into custody without further incident.  He was then transported to Santa Barbara County Jail where he was booked on charges of possession of a loaded firearm in public, with his bail set at $35,000.

Photos: Courtesy Santa Barbara Police Department, Santa Barbara County Jail Booking

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