Thursday, April 18 2013 8:15 PM EDT2013-04-19 00:15:46 GMT
SANTA MARIA - The eight men and two women charged in the Ibarra homicide case returned to Santa Maria Court with their attorneys to be formally arraigned on murder and various other charges that couldMore >>
D.A. still deciding whether to seek death penalty in killing of Anthony Ibarra.More >>
Wednesday, April 10 2013 3:24 PM EDT2013-04-10 19:24:32 GMT
SANTA MARIA - Eight men and two women are charged in the homicide of 28 year old Anthony Ibarra whom prosecutors say was beaten, tortured and killed last month in a home on West Donovan Road in what prosecutorsMore >>
Ten men and women are charged in gang-related, torture-involved killing of Anthony Ibarra last month.More >>
Tuesday, April 9 2013 8:18 PM EDT2013-04-10 00:18:48 GMT
SANTA MARIA - If you own a home and rent it out you can sit back and collect the rent. But you're still potentially liable for everything that happens on or in the property including if there is a homicide.More >>
Santa Maria home where authorities say Anthony Ibarra was tortured and killed was rented out.More >>
Friday, April 5 2013 9:24 PM EDT2013-04-06 01:24:04 GMT
SANTA MARIA - All nine suspects have been arrested for the murder of one man and all set to be arraigned in court next Wednesday. Seven defendants are charged with murder and could face the death penalty. TheMore >>
Conflict Defense Team attorneys work under contract with the Superior Court in cases where there are multiple defendants.More >>
Wednesday, April 3 2013 11:29 PM EDT2013-04-04 03:29:36 GMT
SANTA MARIA - 19 year old Verenisa Aviles is the latest defendant to be charged in what prosecutors say was a gang-related, torture killing of Anthony Ibarra in a home on West Donovan Street on March 17. PoliceMore >>
Verenisa Aviles is ninth defendant charged in the alleged gang-related, torture killing of Anthony Ibarra.More >>
Wednesday, April 3 2013 2:14 PM EDT2013-04-03 18:14:01 GMT
SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Santa Maria Police arrest a ninth person in connection with the murder of Anthony Ibarra.More >>
SANTA MARIA, Calif. - (UPDATED) The 9th suspect in the Donovan Street homicide of 28 year old Anthony Ibarra, Verenisa Aviles made her first appearance on this case in court today. More >>
Tuesday, March 26 2013 10:27 PM EDT2013-03-27 02:27:43 GMT
SANTA MARIA - Six of eight defendants in the Anthony Ibarra homicide are facing murder charges with special allegations that include lying in wait, kidnapping, torture, committing murder for a criminalMore >>
Six of eight defendants in the Anthony Ibarra homicide are facing murder charges with special allegations.More >>
Tuesday, March 26 2013 8:55 PM EDT2013-03-27 00:55:35 GMT
SANTA MARIA - Some of the suspects arrested and charged in the murder of Anthony Ibarra in Santa Maria last week were released from prison under AB 109. AB 109 is California's controversial state prisonMore >>
Controversial state prison realignment called into question with involvement of defendants in alleged gang-related murder.More >>
SANTA MARIA, Calif. - A fourth suspect has been identified in the homicide of 28-year-old Anthony Ibarra of Santa Maria as Reyes Gonzales. The case is now eligible for the death penalty because of special allegations of torture.
Three suspects, 37-year-old Ramon Maldonado, 28-year-old Carmen Cardenas and 54-year-old Pedro Torres were all in court Wednesday for their first appearance. Cameras were not allowed inside the courtroom, and no pleas were entered.
42-year-old Reyes Gonzales was added as a suspect in the homicide investigation. Gonzales is already in Santa Barbara County Jail.
Maldonado was denied bail, and both Cardenas and Torres were granted bail over $600,000 a piece.
Thursday, May 23 2013 1:29 AM EDT2013-05-23 05:29:02 GMT
ATASCADERO, Calif. - Atascadero Police found a body on the 4300 block of Tranquilla Avenue on Wednesday night, and they say it might have been a suspicious death. Atascadero Police responded to a reportMore >>
ATASCADERO, Calif. - Atascadero Police found a body on the 4300 block of Tranquilla Avenue on Wednesday night, and they say it might have been a suspicious death.More >>
Thursday, May 23 2013 1:19 AM EDT2013-05-23 05:19:37 GMT
LOMPOC, Calif.- Weeks after a little girl is run over by a car while playing in her neighborhood, her family says she is now suffering from brain trauma. More >>
LOMPOC, Calif.- Weeks after a little girl is run over by a car while playing in her neighborhood, her family says she is now suffering from brain trauma. More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:40 PM EDT2013-05-22 23:40:52 GMT
SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- The Santa Maria Ford Dealership is under fire after customers say they lure in with flyers promising they had won a prize but when they got to the dealership, they never got it.More >>
Customer after customer said they were told they were winners for successfully matching three symbols on this flyer but the dealership says those prizes never came.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:25 PM EDT2013-05-22 23:25:16 GMT
SANTA MARIA - When Santa Barbara Police released dash cam video to the local media of a traffic stop back in October 2011, it was from a pilot device installed in the patrol car of Officer Aaron Tudor. TheMore >>
Nearly 30 patrol cars expected to be equipped with video-audio recording devices by end of the week.More >>
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:24 PM EDT2013-05-22 23:24:25 GMT
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif- Arroyo Grande and Atascadero will join four other cities in San Luis Obispo County in establishing a Tourism and Business Improvement District, now all but one city in theMore >>
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif- Arroyo Grande and Atascadero will join four other cities in San Luis Obispo County in establishing a Tourism and Business Improvement District, now all but one city in the county has one.More >>
Reyes Gonzales
