Pursuit Ends in Drug and Weapons Arrest
BAKERSFIELD— A 27-year-old felon was arrested on Tuesday following high speed pursuit through the streets of Kern County. Jose Ayon-Navarro was booked into the Kern County Sheriff’s downtown jail on...
View ArticleJuvenile Arrested in Howe Avenue Shooting
A male juvenile has reportedly been arrested in connection to a shooting in a parking lot off Howe Avenue in Sacramento that left two adults dead, according to an official press release from the...
View ArticleThieves Use Prospective Car Sales to Rob Victims
MORENO VALLEY – Three suspects arrested after several victims came forward to report armed robberies under the pretense of car sales in March and April. After posting an advertisement to purchase motor...
View ArticleJail Guards Indicted in Assault
Santa Barbara - With his re-election campaign about to go into high gear, the timing for Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown could not be less auspicious, with the April 12th Federal Grand Jury...
View ArticleBlown Stop Sign Led to Vehicle Pursuit
Suspect Led Officers Down Residential Streets HOLLISTER—Hollister Police Department arrested a female driver after she led them on a vehicle pursuit through the streets of Hollister as she tried to...
View ArticleMan arrested after holding woman prisoner
A standoff between officers of the Novato Police Department and a local man ended in the arrest of 34-year-old Lance Mark Papka on Monday afternoon. NPD Sergeant Jennifer Dunlap issued a press release...
View ArticleBrazen Dixon Armed Robbers Sought
Dixon police are continuing their investigation of an armed robbery that occurred when two male suspects stole a woman pedestrian’s purse on April 10. According to a press release issued by acting...
View ArticleFireworks Enthusiasts Caught In The Act
Suspects Were Listening To Scanner Traffic I know what you are thinking, caught in the act of setting off fireworks. That is not a crime – but you’re wrong, it is punishable under state felony...
View ArticleVacaville Pastor Accused of Arson and Perjury To Face Trial
Accused of incorrectly using the property of the church that employs him to post bail, a Vacaville pastor will have his case decided by a jury in late May. Mark Lewis, pastor of Fellowship Baptist...
View ArticleWarrant Nets Meth, Marijuana
The Paso Robles Police Department’s Special Enforcement Team (SET) has another man under arrest for drug-related charges. According to PRPD, SET served a narcotics-related search warrant on a residence...
View ArticlePaso Police Continue War on Drugs
Members of the Paso Robles Police Department’s Special Enforcement Team (SET) placed three people under arrest for drug-related charges after an intensive investigation throughout the city. According...
View ArticleFish Thieves Hooked
Santa Barbara - As if the economics of a Santa Barbara area fishing career weren’t challenging enough, wherein one’s income is dependent up the catch-as-catch-can whims of those inscrutable “fishing...
View ArticleTraffic Stop Yields 40 Grams of Heroin
The San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s department arrested a man last week for transporting and possessing approximately 40 grams of heroin. According to the sheriff’s office, one of its sheriff’s deputies that...
View ArticleGirlfriend Can’t Call Inmate and Makes Bomb Threat
Ventura - Details have just been released regarding Krystal Lovas, 31, a Moorpark resident who was apparently unaware of the sensitive nature of law enforcement personnel charged with the protection...
View ArticleFour Arrested After Beating Outside of Nightclub
FRESNO – Police arrested four members of a new motorcycle gang in connection to the beating of two men outside a nightclub last month. The incident happened on March 7 outside the Crossroads nightclub...
View ArticleA New Record for DUI Busts?
Santa Barbara - The quiet streets of Santa Barbara are frequently a productive hunting ground for law enforcement units tasked with identifying those who are under the influence of alcohol or drugs...
View ArticleParty house busted, Mom arrested
HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, LAKE COUNTY – A group of teenage kids celebrating spring break had a party at one of the boy’s houses on Monday night, and by 2 am, the noise had gotten loud enough to spur a...
View ArticleLA man may have tried to burn teen, police say
A 30-year-old South Los Angeles man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a teenage girl who he reportedly doused with flammable liquid. Robert Ransom Jr. was in jail Friday on kidnapping,...
View ArticleTwo men escape from Mule Creek
A carjacker and a burglar escaped from Mule Creek State Prison Wednesday morning. Mule Creek Prison is in Ione, in Amador County, about 40 miles south east of Sacramento in the Sierra foothills....
View ArticleYucaipa Spanish Teacher Faces Felony Charges
YUCAIPA – A high school Spanish teacher, accused of having sex with a teen-age student, will be arraigned in Superior Court on Tuesday. One day after county sheriff’s authorities received a tip on an...
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