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Patrol car involved with crash on 154
Tracy Lehr / NewsChannel 3-12
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. -A Santa Barbara County Sheriff s Deputy s patrol car collided with another vehicle that overturned on Highway 154 around 9 p.m. Tuesday.
It happened on the southbound side the 154 just south of the Cold Spring Bridge.
It appears the officer was headed to another call when the accident happened.
Firefighters helped rescue a man in the front seat of the overturned vehicle while an ambulance crew waited nearby.
Traffic was slowed in both directions.
Another deputy s vehicle was down the road near Painted Cave, but it is not clear if the incidents are related.
Three California men accused of kidnapping illegal immigrants for ransom
June 9, 2021
Law enforcement officials arrested three men allegedly involved in a crime ring that kidnapped at least six illegal immigrants near the Mexico border, whom they held for ransom and often refused to release after payments were made, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
The U.S. Attorneys Office has charged Edgar Adrian Lemus, 23, of Vernon; Francisco Javier Hernandez Martinez, 20, also of Vernon; and Junior Almendarez Martinez, 23, of Watts with one count of money laundering conspiracy each. All three suspects were arrested Monday evening.
The suspects allegedly targeted victims who were attempting to cross the border from Mexico into the United States. The kidnappers offered to assist in smuggling the victims across the border, but instead held them for ransom.
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