Police: ATM Robber Surrenders After Being Sprayed with Mace
An 18-year-old suspected of trying to hold up a man at a walk-up automated teller machine in Costa Mesa surrendered after being sprayed with mace and chased on foot by the victim, authorities said...
View ArticleOil Hash Manufacturing Causes Apartment Fire
A 15-year-old boy attempting to extract hash oil from marijuana caused a small fire at the Downtown River Apartments, located at 35 East Washington Street Tuesday evening. Read Full Story at Petaluma...
View ArticleShoulder Tap Operation Results in Several Arrests
SANTA MARIA – Purchasing alcohol for minors never pays and several individuals recently learned that sobering lesson the hard way. Santa Maria Police Department officers partnered with agents from the...
View ArticleThree Arrested in Connection with Suspected Homicide
ORCUTT – The Santa Maria Police Department is investigating a homicide after an unidentified male was found dead inside a U-Haul truck late Tuesday morning, and three Santa Maria residents have been...
View ArticleSerial burglar arrested after chase through neighborhood
ROCKLIN – Rocklin police have announced the arrest of Matthew Christopher Gonzales, a 25-year-old Rocklin resident, on suspicion of at least three burglaries. Matthew Gonzales was arrested after being...
View ArticleHollister Resident Arrested for Child Endangerment
Allegedly slipped ‘Sominex’ into their drinking cups HOLLISTER—Authorities from the Morgan Hill Police Department arrested 59-year-old Hollister resident Deborah Gratz on child endangerment charges for...
View ArticleTeen Robbery Suspect Arrested
Austin Jacquemin, an 18-year-old with a colorful Facebook and MySpace identity as a hard-partying skateboarder, is new to the world of legal adulthood. According to Ventura County Sheriff spokesman...
View ArticleAnother Suspect Arrested in Murder Investigation
ORCUTT – Santa Maria police have arrested a fourth suspect in an ongoing homicide investigation that began earlier this week. Reyes Gonzales Guadalupe resident Reyes Gonzales was taken into custody...
View ArticleFresno Police Arrest 17 Auto Theft Suspects
FRESNO – The Fresno Police Department’s auto theft team has been busy over the last few days helping clear Fresno’s streets from car thieves. Officers have been focusing their efforts on car thieves...
View ArticleDinner Gets Deadly
A Saturday night family dinner in an upscale Santa Barbara home came to an abrupt halt well before it was time for dessert and coffee when Sam Wellington Maphis V, 20, a resident of the house,...
View ArticleShooter admits gang involvment
An amended complaint has been filed against 22-year-old Cesar Herrera for charges ranging from PC246 – shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, to street terrorism/parole violation – 186.22 (b) (4). A...
View ArticleJuveniles Arrested in Vandalism Case
Estimated property damages at $50,000 SOQUEL—Investigators with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department have made two arrests in the February 4 vandalism incident in the City of Soquel. Authorities...
View ArticleWait in the Car, Honey, Mommy’s Selling Meth
If you open your Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and look up “wacky-dangerous parenting,” you just might find a picture of Ilsa Maldonado, 42, of Oxnard, the mother of two children ages 10 and 17. This...
View ArticlePOP Search Warrant Reveals Stolen Items
News 3 camera found among loot. The Eureka Police Department made an important discovery of a second stolen News 3 camera as they served a search warrant on Wednesday, March 13. Jon Scott David, 38 The...
View ArticleArroyo Grande Woman Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Husband
ARROYO GRANDE – A woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon after sheriff’s deputies responded to her rural Arroyo Grande home, where she was allegedly...
View ArticleSuspected Drunk Driver Almost Hits CHP Officer in Corte Madera
A suspected drunken driver crashed into a Caltrans construction vehicle on southbound US-101 in Corte Madera early Thursday morning, March 21, nearly missing a parked California Highway Patrol vehicle....
View ArticleSuspect in Marijuana Blaze Reportedly Had Ammo and Police Gear
Like an onion, the story of a house fire In Novato last week keeps exposing layer after layer of possible criminal intent. Roy Mark Ward Shortly before midnight on Mon., March 11, the Novato Fire...
View ArticleTeacher Faces 110 Felony Counts for Alleged Lewd Conduct with Boys
Zachary Reeder A former Capistrano Valley Christian Schools teacher is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on 110 felony counts for allegedly luring young boys to send obscene photos of themselves by...
View ArticleSeaside P. E. Teacher Arrested with Child Pornography
Mr. Forstell taken into custody at school. SEASIDE—The officials of Martin Luther King Elementary School will have to be looking for a new physical education teacher for the next school year after...
View ArticleTrial Set for Pendleton Marine, 2 Others in Killgore ‘Sex Dungeon’ Slaying
Victim Brittany Killgore A trial is set Sept. 30 for a Camp Pendleton Marine and two women accused of murdering a military wife after she was forced to take part in a bondage and sadomasochistic sex...
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