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Wednesday 09/18/2019
Zhanpeng Huang, 23 years old, is wanted on a $250,000.00 felony warrant charging him with kidnapping, false imprisonment, battery on a spouse or cohabitant and intimidating a witness. He is described as 5-7, 130 lbs with black hair and brown eyes.
Drunken Driving Suspected in 3-Vehicle, Head-On Crash on Highway 154
Monday 09/16/2019
Santa Barbara – A Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office employee was involved in a serious injury collision on SR – 154 near Lake Cachuma on Saturday evening, September 14, 2019. The Buellton office of the California Highway Patrol responded to the accident. Javier Antunez, an off-duty Custody lieutenant assigned to the Main Jail, was driving…
Sheriff Holds Press Briefing Regarding Conception Victims
Friday 09/13/2019
Santa Barbara 9/12/19 – In a press briefing held at Sheriff’s Headquarters this afternoon, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown announced that all 34 victims of the Conception dive boat disaster have been identified. The last victim from the Conception was located yesterday in a cove just west of where the vessel sank. Divers from…
Sheriff Releases Update on Victims’ Identities / Search and Recovery Efforts
Thursday 09/12/2019
Santa Barbara 9/10/19 – The Santa Barbara County Sheriff – Coroner’s Office has confirmed the identities of 5 additional victims who died when the dive boat Conception caught fire in the early morning hours of Monday, September 2nd in the waters off of Santa Cruz Island. The Coroner’s Office, with the assistance of rapid DNA…
Sheriff Releases Update on Efforts to Identify Victims of Conception Incident
Thursday 09/12/2019
Santa Barbara 9/6/19 – In a press conference held earlier today, Sheriff Bill Brown provided an update on the efforts to identify the victims of the Conception Incident. The Sheriff’s Office has been successful in locating the next of kin of all 34 passengers who died in the incident. While the search efforts are ongoing,…
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