All of the COVID-19 cases in the Main Jail outbreak have been cleared. There are currently zero active COVID-19 cases associated with the outbreak that began on Wednesday, December 8,… Read more »

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is releasing additional information from the officer involved shooting that occurred on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. The suspect was identified as 24-year-old Rudy Angel… Read more »

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is releasing the names of the suspect and deputies from the officer involved shooting that occurred on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. The suspect is… Read more »

Sheriff’s detectives are investigating an incident in the Providence Landing neighborhood of Lompoc that ended in an officer involved shooting. At approximately 1:34 p.m. on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, Sheriff’s… Read more »

Carpinteria, Calif. – Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a suspect they believe intentionally set fire to the culvert near the 5700-block of Via Real in Carpinteria. On Monday, February 21, 2022,… Read more »

Sheriff’s detectives are investigating a shooting in Isla Vista that left one man seriously injured. On Friday, February 18, 2022, at approximately 10:53 p.m., deputies were dispatched to the 6500-block… Read more »

The Sheriff’s Office Main Jail, with the assistance of the California Department of Public Health and our Wellpath partners, have identified 15 additional COVID positive inmates and cleared 12 of… Read more »

Deputies from the Isla Vista Foot Patrol have arrested a suspect for placing hidden cameras in the bathroom of a victim’s home. On Tuesday, February 15, 2022, deputies began investigating… Read more »

Sheriff’s detectives have made two arrests in the Goleta homicide investigation that began on Thursday, February 10, 2022.  Detectives arrested 34-year-old Isaiah Alexander of Santa Barbara on Monday, February 14,… Read more »

The Santa Barbara County Human Trafficking Task Force recently participated in the 8th Annual “Operation Reclaim and Rebuild” along with more than 80 federal state and local law enforcement agencies,… Read more »