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NEIGHBORHOOD REPORTS & COLUMNISTS
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Oct 04, 2009
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Disorderly Conduct
They noted a group of young males drenching pedestrians with water from a hose. After each dousing, the cluster of men would roar with laughter as their targets ran from the scene. |
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Sep 27, 2009
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Smart Shopper?
When asked about the large quantity of pills during his arrest for possession of narcotics, the young man explained that drugs too, were cheaper when bought in bulk. |
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Sep 20, 2009
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Dangerous Combo
A young woman who barricaded herself inside her Isla Vista apartment dialed 911, reporting an agitated drunk in the courtyard holding two knives |
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Sep 13, 2009
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Pants Have Fallen
At one point the drunkards pants fell to the floor, where they remained because he was unable to pull them back up without falling on his face. |
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Sep 06, 2009
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Naughty List Again
It must have been the cocaine that gave the young man the audacity to wave his middle finger in the face of a deputy outside a late-night party. |
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Aug 30, 2009
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Double Booked
In a colossal mix-up, two male athletes attending rugby camp were mistakenly roomed with two juvenile females, ages eight and nine. |
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Aug 23, 2009
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Drip Dry
The young woman lifted her skirt, pulled her panties to her knees, squatted, and began urinating in the middle of Del Playa Road. |
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Aug 09, 2009
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Sketchpad
An Irishman who passed out on a couch belonging to total strangers had his face used as an artist sketchpad. |
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Aug 02, 2009
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Do Not Wave That Thing
The confident fornicator, presumably in the buff, jumped from the water, challenging the residents to a fistfight. When told to leave, the young man made threats of violence. |
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Jul 26, 2009
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D Listed
Andy Dicks bodyguard, or so the feisty partygoer claimed to be, was asked to leave the kegger party on Del Playa Drive. This story and more. |
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Jul 19, 2009
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Furniture Thief
A student was awakened after 2 a.m. July 3, when she heard a loud noise. Following the sound, she peered from her bedroom to find her couch halfway out her front door. |
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Jul 12, 2009
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Use with Caution
I live with a German Shepard and a crazy white girl, he slurred. Still intoxicated from the nights festivities, the 20 year old attempted to stumble away from the scene. |
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Jul 05, 2009
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The Guac Jock
Obnoxious and disturbing other patrons as they dined on burritos, the intoxicated college student was easy to spot when deputies arrived on the scene, June 19, at 1:45 a.m. |
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Jun 28, 2009
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Going Commando
A young woman had her entire clothing wardrobe stolen when a burglar found her large suitcase unattended in the front yard of her Isla Vista apartment. |
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Jun 21, 2009
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Blind Eye
Landing himself in the emergency room with a swollen right eye, the 20-year-old could remember little of the night's debauchery. |
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Jun 08, 2009
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Clowning Around
At 7:45 p.m., May 26, deputies received a call about a naked man jumping up and down on a car parked on Del Playa Drive. This story and more in this week's edition of the Red Cup Chronicles. |
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Jun 01, 2009
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Student Fails at Thievery
I wanted to party and relax after finals, the Santa Barbara City College student admitted after he was caught last week stealing a bottle of Lucid Absinthe from Costco. |
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May 25, 2009
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Jonesing for a Burrito
I did what I had to do to get to Freebirds, admitted the 19-year-old after he was caught stealing a bicycle in the wee hours of the morning. |
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May 18, 2009
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One To Five
When asked by the detective to categorize his level of intoxication on a scale of one to five, the young man accused of assaulting another party goer replied he was, probably a four. |
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May 04, 2009
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Crime Scene Post-it Note
A resident of a fraternity house returned home after a night of partying to find some of his electronics missing and a mysterious Post-it note on his bedroom door.
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Apr 27, 2009
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Like Two Wild Boars
When a shoving match turned to blows. deputies separated the dueling duo. Ultimately arrested for fighting in public, the two men, one with a bloodied nose, claimed they were merely, sparring. |
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Apr 20, 2009
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Crippled by the Chronic
After eating a cookie baked with marijuana-infused butter, an Isla
Vista resident found herself crippled by the chronic. |
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Apr 16, 2009
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Floatopia Arrests
Wearing nothing more than a red Speedo and matching red sunglasses,
the college student was easy to spot at 5 p.m., April 4. |
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Apr 10, 2009
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Can I Borrow Your Razor?
Local authorities received a call from medical professionals in Sunnyvale after a young man entered their emergency room with a ruptured spleen. |
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Apr 01, 2009
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Mumbling unintelligibly, the 21-year-old UCSB student did not know where he lived or where he was going, nor did he know his last name. His only clear statement was, Everyone wants to hold hands. |
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Mar 26, 2009
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I Am My Own Worst Enemy
As if it were a cigarette, a student staggering along Del Playa Drive
continually tried lighting the stick of gum hanging from his lips
until, finally, a patrolling deputy stopped him.
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Mar 19, 2009
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Coed Calls Cop a Meany
Upon hearing she would be cited for “furnishing alcohol to minors” at
her Isla Vista party, February 28, the student started to cry and
called the deputy a “meany.” |
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Mar 13, 2009
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Seasoned ‘Shroomer
At 7 p.m., February 27, partygoers in Isla Vista led deputies to an
agitated young man. |
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Mar 05, 2009
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The Natives are Restless
The unprovoked beating of a young man in Isla Vista initiated a BOL, or be-on-the-lookout, for the suspects responsible for the victim's bloody lip. |
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Feb 27, 2009
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Lover not a Fighter
Deputies noticed a young man bleeding from a cut above his left eye. Quickly taking responsibility, the subjects girlfriend blurted, I punched him. |
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Feb 21, 2009
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Case of the Missing Bong
An Isla Vista resident fell victim to burglary after a suspect kicked open his locked front door stealing, among other things, the victim’s favorite bong. |
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Feb 13, 2009
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Beer Brain
In an effort to intimidate the deputies, the 21-year-old "inflating his chest," threatened, "You better not knock over my beer!" |
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Feb 05, 2009
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Go Ask Alice
After throwing beer on patrons dining at a local beachfront restaurant, the man, identified by witnesses as the drink drencher, was located in a nearby parking lot and arrested for public intoxication. |
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Jan 30, 2009
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Can I Use Your Ladies Room?
A young woman was arrested at 12:30 a.m., January 25, after she walked into a stranger's apartment, got naked and puked. |
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Jan 22, 2009
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Scheming Scholar
After removing a garbage disposal kit from a display at a home improvement retailer, a college student attempted to return the item for store credit. |
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Jan 15, 2009
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Skirting the Truth
Wearing a red wig, lipstick and women's clothing, a suspicious male sitting alone in a parked car after dark at the west end of Del Playa Drive Lipstick in Isla Vista was contacted for questioning. |
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Jan 08, 2009
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Rebecca Carroll Is Back
Along with the wet skivvies, the red cup containing a lone dehydrated lime wedge was booked as evidence by deputies investigating the residential burglary. |
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