Sheriff's Blotter
      Agoura Hills Burglars smashed a $300 car window and stole a backpack valued at $50 from a vehicle parked in the 29200 block of Roadside Drive on Dec. 19. Someone smashed a car window and stole a car stereo, an iPod and bolt cutters from a vehicle parked in the 28500 block of Driver Avenue on Dec. 18. The loss was $670.
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Sheriff imposes holiday crackdown
By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com
      Two people died and 449 were arrested in Ventura County during a 19-day DUI crackdown, known as Avoid the 14, that ran from Dec. 14 through Jan. 1. Fourteen law enforcement agencies throughout the county, including sheriff's deputies, city police, state park rangers and the U.S.
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