Ed Torres, a retired Santa Barbara County probation officer who was also a championship-winning basketball coach in Santa Maria, has accepted a plea deal and will be sentenced to 11 years in state ...

Retired Santa Barbara County deputy probation officer Manuel Edward “Ed” Torres, 67, was sentenced on July 6 to 11 years in state prison and ordered to pay $1.4 million in restitution for his role in ...

Ed Torres was sentenced to 11 years in state prison Friday after pleading guilty to felony charges of theft of public funds.

Manuel “Ed” Torres, a 67-year-old retired Santa Barbara County deputy probation officer, pleaded guilty on Thursday to a charge of felony theft of public funds for embezzling approximately $635,000 ...