Trial for alleged MS-13 murders begins in Santa Maria
Opening statements in the first of two trials of alleged Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members accused of murdering 10 people began in Santa Maria court on Wednesday. Read More …
Tag: Santa Barbara County Superior Court
Attorney and ‘Mirror Bus’ driver convicted of serial sexual assaults
An attorney who had been registered to practice law in Nevada, yet showed up in Isla Vista living in his “Mirror Bus” and stalking women, has been convicted of 14 charges related to numerous sexual assaults. Read More …
Prosecutors drop COVID-19 case against former SLOPD officer defended by Cunningham
The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office has dropped its criminal case against a former San Luis Obispo police sergeant whom prosecutors accused of violating coronavirus health orders by operating his wine bar in Orcutt. Read More …
Truck driver charged for Highway 166 crash that spilled oil in river
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County prosecutors have filed charges against the truck driver who crashed on Highway 166 a year ago, spilling more than 4,500 gallons of oil into the Read More …
Grover Beach man pleads guilty in Central Coast murder case
A Grover Beach man pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter last month in a murder case stemming from the killing of a man whose remains were found on a Nipomo golf course. Read More …
Three defendants plead guilty to unemployment fraud in Santa Barbara court
A man and woman from San Diego stole customers’ identities from businesses across the United States, including a Santa Barbara property management firm, and used them to file fraudulent unemployment claims, which cost California taxpayers more than $2 million. Read More …
Santa Barbara youth program staffer raped 14-year-old mentee, lawsuit alleges
A former staff member for a Santa Barbara youth entrepreneurship program allegedly raped a female mentee of his, who was 14 years old at the time, according to a lawsuit filed last month in Santa Barbara County Superior Court. Read More …
Bomb squad comes out over unattended bag at Santa Barbara courthouse
In response to an unattended bag, authorities evacuated several hundred people on Friday from the county courthouse in downtown Santa Barbara, and called the bomb squad out to the scene. Read More …
Grover Beach pot shop owner charged in Santa Barbara County over illegal grow
Santa Barbara County prosecutors have filed charges against the co-owner of a Grover Beach pot shop, who is accused of providing fraudulent information used to obtain licensing for a marijuana grow in Los Alamos. Read More …
Orcutt man pleads guilty over killing of 1-year-old girl
An Orcutt man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to voluntary manslaughter over the killing of a 19-month-old girl for whom he was supposed to be providing care while the toddler’s mother, an Oceano woman, was at work. Read More …