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GoFundMe · LompocLOMPOC, Calif. (KEYT) - The Lompoc Division of Santa Barbara Superior Court was packed to standing room only Wednesday morning. Many of the seats were filled with family members of the late 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard, reporters and media representatives, as well as spectators from the Vandenberg Village neighborhood where she lived with her mother Ashlee. 40-year-old Ashlee Buzzard is accused of killing her daughter Melodee in October by shootin…See the Story
Buzzard’s Preliminary Hearing Set, Sheriff’s Gag Order Maintained
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Oxnard · OxnardSANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Ricki Newton of Oxnard was sentenced to two years in state prison after she crashed into an uninvolved vehicle during an alleged race on Highway 101 in August of 2023, resulting in the death of a 77-year-old Santa Paula man. Newton, 24, previously pled guilty to a felony count of gross vehicular manslaughter noted the Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office in a press release Thursday. According to t…See the Story
Ricki Newton of Oxnard sentenced to two years after crashing and killing a Santa Paula man
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