Sheriff's Blotter |
| Compiled by Rebecca Carroll
Following protocol for incoming inmates, a 44-year-old woman turning herself in to authorities to serve the remainder of her sentence was searched during intake. The woman had apparently forgotten to remove a small bindle of methamphetamines from her purse, and it was put on a table by authorities. Sheriff’s personnel became alarmed when the woman not yet in handcuffs grabbed the drugs, putting them in her mouth in an attempt to swallow the evidence. After a brief struggle, jail personnel took the drugs from her mouth before she swallowed.
For the second time in recent months, burglars have targeted a school on Paloma Drive. In the second incident, the thief made off with two laptop computers from the chemistry lab valued at over $3,000. As a security measure and to protect against reoccurring burglaries, cameras were installed on school property prior to the latest incident. A review of videotapes captured two sets of trespassers, all juveniles, on school property over the weekend of the recent theft.
With eyeglasses askew and reeking of alcohol, a young man passed out on a beach below Del Playa Road was discovered by patrolling deputies. After he was awakened, the 18-year-old, visiting from out of town, told deputies he had nowhere else to stay except the beach.
Deputies responded to an Isla Vista eatery just before 11 p.m. after witnesses said a drunk man wearing a Dodger’s jersey struck another man in the eye. Using tips provided by the victim and witnesses, the subject was located stumbling nearby with his girlfriend. During questioning, the girlfriend was caught spraying herself with perfume in an attempt to hide the smell of alcohol. Both subjects were arrested for public intoxication.
Testing positive for methamphetamines and marijuana, a 57-year-old man, when asked where he got his drugs, replied, “From God.” The Goleta resident was contacted after family members reported him to authorities. Upon arrival, deputies found the man incoherent. According to witnesses, the husband and father had not slept in two days.
“I’m just trying to have a great day,” slurred the intoxicated male found slouched against a parked car at 1:45 a.m. in the Linfield Place and Whittier Drive area. Unable to maintain his balance, nor able to comprehend questions asked by authorities, the 24-year-old subject was arrested for public intoxication.
A woman visiting her male friend at his homeless encampment under the Las Positas freeway overpass became alarmed when, in a drunken state, he became angry and irrational. Authorities responded to the area when the woman called for help as her “friend” chased her on foot alongside the nearby freeway off-ramp. Upon contact, the 62-year-old male transient was arrested for public intoxication. Additionally, the 55-year-old female was cited for possession of a pipe used for cocaine.
Two young women, 18 and 17, illegally parked after dark at the Goleta Beach parking lot, were contacted by deputies. Amid a cloud of marijuana smoke, deputies searched their car and personal belongings. The search revealed marijuana, pineapple-flavored rolling papers, and two brown balls of hashish. While the 18-year-old UCSB student took responsibility for the illegal substances and was subsequently arrested for possession of hashish; the minor visiting from San Diego was cited on lesser charges.
A Via Miguel resident found the words, “Suck it, losers,” scrawled in dark spray paint across a wall along the perimeter of his property. The vandalism occurred between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
A woman who parked her car along Stagecoach Road was burglarized earlier this month. The thief, who shattered a window to gain access to interior, struck during broad daylight and made off with the victim’s purse containing credit cards, a passport and a birth certificate.
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