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He was arrested and booked into the County Jail on suspicion of arson, where he remained in custody Tuesday with bail set at $2 million.
He was charged Tuesday with five criminal counts, including two counts of felony arson of an inhabited structure or property on Via Del Cielo and on Loma Alta Drive, and a felony count of attempt to burn for allegedly attempting to set a fire and burn a structure in the area of McKinley Elementary School.
He also faces a special allegation for causing multiple structures to burn, according to the criminal complaint.
Environmental Crimes Alleged at Illegal Cannabis Farm on Tepusquet Road East of Santa Maria
Alleged environmental crimes occurred at an illegal cannabis operation in the 1400 block of Tepusquet Road east of Santa Maria. (California Department of Fish and Wildlife photo) By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully
May 22, 2021
| 5:58 p.m.
Authorities eradicated nearly 8,000 cannabis plants and destroyed more than 300 pounds of illegal processed cannabis flower at an illegal cannabis cultivation site east of Santa Maria last month.
The parcel, in the 1400 block of Tepusquet Road, sits in an environmentally sensitive area that is home to native plants, fish and wildlife species.
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Wine Bar Owner Faces Criminal Charges Over COVID-19 Violations
A wine bar owner in Santa Barbara County is facing four criminal charges for keeping his business open during the state’s pandemic restrictions, making him one of the few business owners in California formally charged by the state for defying Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home orders.
Kurt Hixenbaugh, 49, and his wife, Dawn, have owned Vino et Amicis in Old Town Orcutt since 2018. He is a former police officer with the San Luis Obispo Police Department, and a U.S. Army veteran with no previous criminal record.
Hixenbaugh says he was having a drink in his bar after hours while interviewing a potential employee last August when three undercover agents from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) came in. They then cited him for allegedly serving alcohol indoors, which was against public health orders at the time.
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