An inmate at the Northern Branch Jail was pronounced dead at 2:46 p.m. Monday afternoon after Custody Deputies and medical personnel made life-saving attempts including administering Narcan, performing CPR, and use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office celebrated the graduation of nine Sheriff’s Custody Deputies from the Allan Hancock CORE Custody Deputy Academy on Monday, Oct. 24.
Santa Barbara mail thief arrested
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A 31-year-old man has been arrested in Santa Barbara for mail theft and other theft-related charges.
On December 29, 2020, a victim of mail theft filed an online report for several packages that had been taken from their community mailbox cluster in the area of Canyon View Road and Sycamore Vista Road in Montecito.
The same victim contacted the Sheriff’s Office in January 2021 to report more mail stolen, but this time they captured video surveillance of the suspect.
A Sheriff’s Deputy gathered the video evidence and began an investigation.
With the assistance of Santa Barbara Police Detectives, Custody Deputies and Sheriff’s Detectives, the suspect was identified as Juan Carlos Coronado-Mendoza.