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Coffee with a Community Resource Deputy
Monday 03/18/2024
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is excited to invite the community to a special edition of Coffee with a Cop, introducing the new Goleta Community Resource Deputy, Connor Worden. The event will take place on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Old Town Coffee, 5877 Hollister Avenue, Goleta. Coffee…
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Sheriff’s Programs Unit Celebrates Inaugural Graduates of Solar Installation Training Program
Friday 03/15/2024
Santa Maria, Calif. – The Sheriff’s Office Programs Unit is proud to announce the first graduates from the Northern Branch Jail Solar Installation Training Program. Today, four inmates will celebrate the completion of a 60-hour introduction to solar course. This training program began on February 16, 2024, and is offered through GRID Alternatives Central Valley.…
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Monday 03/11/2024
Isla Vista, Calif. – The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies and agents from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) cited three individuals during ABC’s statewide Shoulder Tap operation on March 9, 2024 in Isla Vista and Goleta for furnishing alcoholic beverages to minors. This enforcement operation is designed to create awareness about the…
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Arrest Made for the Murder of Violet Evelyn Alberts
Thursday 03/07/2024
Santa Barbara, Calif. – At a press conference earlier today, Sheriff Brown shared updated information in the Violet Evelyn Alberts homicide investigation. Over the past 22 months, detectives have pieced together crucial details surrounding the sequence of events that ultimately culminated in Violet’s murder and have made several arrests as a result of this investigation.…
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Monday 03/04/2024
Santa Barbara, Calif. – Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a second juvenile for the knife attack on February 27, 2024, and are seeking the public’s assistance for any additional information. On Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at approximately 1:32 p.m., deputies responded to the Turnpike Shopping Center for a report of a fight in progress. When they…