Richard Steven Valencia Here’s a roundup of recent incidents and announcements from Ventura County agencies: Santa Paula man gets 25 years to life in attempted murder of neighbor A 45-year-old Santa Paula man was sentenced last week to 25 years to life in prison in connection with the attempted murder of a neighbor who was […]
Someone broke two historic windows in an alcove at Bloomington’s First Christian Church last week while apparently trying to gain entry to the building. The clear, single-pane 5-by-7-inch windowpanes were among many inside the entryway that separates the vestibule from the sanctuary and access to other parts of the church. Police found dried blood on […]
Feb. 28—A Wilson County man who vandalized Lebanon cemeteries in 2022 has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Justin Emler, 33, pleaded guilty to vandalism over $60,000 and desecration of a venerated object. He also pleaded guilty to an unrelated golf cart burglary. He was sentenced to 10 years for his crimes involving Cedar […]
Jan. 31—A crime was committed almost literally in Central Berks Regional Police Department’s own backyard. On Monday night, a vandal used a baseball bat to smash the windows of a patrol car and the personal vehicle of an officer in the parking lot behind the police station at 2147 Perkiomen Ave. in Mount Penn. Security […]