California
Crime: The Simi Valley suspect also worked as an undercover security guard at the Santa Paula discount store.
Dec. 30, 1996
Santa Paula police say he allegedly swindled a businessman, 83, out of $600,000 while pretending to help him buy a farm.
Oct. 3, 2003
While Eduardo Berumen sat inside a Santa Paula restaurant having breakfast Friday morning, two boys stole his company pickup truck after finding the keys dangling in the ignition, police said.
June 12, 1999
Crime: An hour after a car carrying six people is shot at, gunmen hold up a Mexican restaurant on Santa Paula’s Main Street.
April 23, 2001
A man dressed as a fire official who peddled overpriced fire extinguishers to merchants has been cited, authorities said Thursday.
Aug. 28, 1998
Santa Paula resident Regina Carter, a homemaker and volunteer for a bone marrow donor program, died Tuesday at City of Hope Hospital in Duarte of liver failure stemming from complications from leukemia.
Feb. 6, 1997
Crime: Carmen Campo, a self-described gypsy, is suspected of cheating a couple out of $5,400 last year in a scam targeting Spanish speakers.
June 30, 1997
Police arrested three men and two teenage boys Saturday night in an alleged drive-by shooting in Santa Paula, authorities said.
July 22, 1996
A Santa Paula man suspected in the gang-related shooting of a party-goer is being held in Ventura County Jail on suspicion of attempted murder, authorities said.
Oct. 13, 1997
A 41-year-old Santa Paula man was undergoing a psychiatric evaluation Thursday after threatening to kill himself with a handgun in front of two police officers who stopped him following a high-speed chase in Santa Paula, authorities said.
Aug. 8, 1997