Crime

March 5, 2014

Weekend Wrap-Up

By Jimmy Chang

Over the weekend, Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to various incidents including a drug bust, a battery case on Del Playa Drive and a series of residential burglaries.

February 27, 2014

UCPD Releases Sketches of Sexual Assault Case Suspects

By Staff Report

The UCSB Police Department released composite sketches of two of a group of suspects wanted for the beating and gang rape of a 19-year-old student that took place on Feb. 23.

February 26, 2014

Weekend Wrap-Up

By Jimmy Chang

Over the weekend, Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to two cases of sexual assault — in addition to alcohol-related crimes and citations for trespassing and false imprisonment.

February 24, 2014

Sexual Assaults Reported in I.V.

By Staff Report

Two separate sexual assault crimes in Isla Vista occurred this past weekend, with suspects in both cases currently at-large, according to statements released by the Santa Barbara County Sherriff’s Office.

February 4, 2014

Police Respond to Auto Thefts, Assaults

By Jimmy Chang

Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to several crimes over the weekend, including a string of burglaries and multiple incidences of assault.

January 28, 2014

Police Recover Stolen Items, Search for Suspects

By Jimmy Chang

The Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to a series of drug and alcohol-related offenses this weekend, as well as a strong-armed robbery and another incidence of theft.

October 7, 2013

Officers Search for Suspects After DP Stabbing, Assault

By Patrick Kulp

Isla Vista Foot Patrol and UCSB Police Department officers are actively searching for two suspects in connection with a stabbing incident that occurred just after midnight Saturday morning on the 6500 block of Del Playa ...

April 23, 2013

Weekend Wrap-up April 23, 2013

By Jimmy Chang

During this past weekend, the Isla Vista Foot Patrol responded to several burglaries and alcohol-related crimes. According to IVFP Lieutenant Ray Vuillemainroy, while the weekend was relatively quiet, there were a number...

April 3, 2013

Police Blotter

By Nexus Staff Report

Last week, Santa Barbra police officials made three different arrests for large-scale drug charges, with one arrest involving a Santa Barbara City College student found to be in possession of one pound of MDMA — a drug...

January 19, 2012

Police Blotter

By Jack Crosbie

Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers narrowly missed an opportunity to reenact their favorite Bay Watch scene this weekend when an inebriated male loudly proclaimed he would brave the icy waters near the Camino Pescadero beac...

November 10, 2011

Police Blotter

By Jack Crosbie

Following a somewhat high-speed chase through the streets of Isla Vista, I.V. Foot Patrol officers apprehended a suspect — dressed, painted and hair-sprayed entirely green — on suspicion of public intoxication and di...

November 3, 2011

Police Blotter

By Jack Crosbie

While trick-or-ticketing the fertile hunting grounds of Del Playa Drive this weekend, Santa Barbara Sheriff’s deputies stumbled upon an 18-year-old man in possession of a criminal quantity of Halloween spirit. Officers...

October 13, 2011

Police Blotter

By Megan Meyer, Jack Crosbie

During a nightly stroll through Camino Pescadero Park on the 6500 Block of Del Playa Drive at around 11 p.m. on Friday, deputies happened upon a young female giving a golden shower to the grass — and her hands, feet an...

March 4, 2011

Police Blotter

By Madison Medeiros

Deputies were on patrol on the 6500 block of Del Playa Rd. in the wee hours of the morning when they noticed a lone lady stumbling down the street.

February 18, 2011

Police Blotter

By Madison Medeiros

Feb. 12, 1:41 a.m. — Officers came across a man screaming, “Fuck the free world!” on the corner of Embarcadero del Mar and Seville Road.

February 10, 2011

City Defers Bench Proposal

By Megan Meyer

The Santa Barbara City Council voted against a proposal to rotate benches on State Street as a panhandling deterrent during their Tuesday meeting. The $50,000 project was called for by local business owners concerned abo...