A 34-year-old Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office custody sergeant was arrested Thursday on a felony warrant for alleged timecard fraud of more than $175,000, spokeswoman Raquel Zick said. The Sheriff’s Office began investigating in October after identifying “irregularities in Ogunleye’s timecards spanning several months,” she said. Detectives allege that Ogunleye — who reviewed and approved overtime in his capacity as a custody sergeant — “fraudulently coded more than $175,000 in earnings dating back to 2023 for shifts he did not work,” Zick said. Deputies took Ogunleye into custody at his Ventura home, and he was booked into the Ventura County Jail, Zick said. These allegations come at a time when the Board of Supervisors has called Sheriff’s Office overtime costs “alarming” and “concerning.”The Sheriff’s Office regularly goes millions of dollars over budget with overtime costs, and the Board of Supervisors typically approves general fund money to fill the gap.