AnonymousSource: Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
[Tuesday] morning, Sheriff’s detectives served a second round of search warrants stemming from incidents that occurred in March, resulting in the arrest of five juveniles.
On Friday, March 6, 2020, at 7:46 p.m., deputies responded to the 5700-block of Hollister Avenue in Goleta for a report of a violent assault. Deputies located a 14-year-old victim who had severe injuries, including multiple lacerations to his head. The victim was immediately transported to a local hospital for emergency care. A second victim was also attacked less severely. The suspects fled the area prior to the arrival of responding deputies. Deputies later learned that several suspects had attacked the victims with weapons including hammers, bats, pipes and a machete.
Later that same evening, at 9:42 p.m., deputies responded to the 4500-block of Carpinteria Avenue in Carpinteria to investigate another reported fight. Deputies learned that several male suspects, armed with the same variety of weapons, had attempted to assault another group of males. No victims were injured during this assault, and the suspects fled the area before deputies arrived.
Sheriff’s detectives launched an investigation and determined that the crimes in Goleta and Carpinteria were committed by the same suspects using the same weapons. On March 31, 2020 detectives served two search warrants in the City of Santa Barbara and arrested three juvenile suspects.
[Tuesday], detectives served two additional search warrants in the City of Santa Barbara and arrested two additional juvenile suspects. All five suspects were booked at the Santa Maria Juvenile Hall for attempted murder, attempted murder in association with a criminal street gang, conspiracy to commit attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury, and personal infliction of great bodily injury.
The Sheriff’s Office would like to remind the public we serve that during this challenging time, we remain steadfast and diligent in seeking out and bringing to justice criminal offenders.
That’s because we have a culture of violence, as evidenced by the CCW comment.
Carry Concealed Weapon permit – what the wannabe macho juveniles all want.
Too bad none of the victims had a ccw
Well, at least one of the 2 victims was a minor (14) so probably a good thing he didn’t have a CCW.
I wonder if other first world countries have the same amount of violent crime and assaults as we do. Hearing about all these attacks and assaults that happened this year you would think we were in Mexico, not in one of the wealthiest towns, in the wealthiest state, in the US.
Hopefully Sheriff Brown will try them as adults so we don’t have to deal with them next week
The Sheriff does not decide whether or not a juvenile should be tried as an adult. Just for your information. (And thank goodness.)
11:21 a.m. Easy research will show you that the US has the highest level of violent crime in the “first world.” The reasons have to do with things like our high incarceration rate, gross income disparity, and social stratification. It is further made complicated by the huge availability of firearms here. In the European Union the crime rate is about 1/3 what it is here. People convicted of crimes also do about 1/3 as much time in custody as here. And, that custody is more educational and civilized than our preference for harsh and cruel lockups. So maybe we should, as one of the wealthiest towns in the wealthiest state in the US consider these lessons.
“easy research”, RHS, will show that there is no fear of the law among the criminals. The only time rules and laws apply, at least in this state, are to the people who chose to obey them.
Side note: California, like most other liberal states such as New York or New Jersey, is a “May Issue” state for a Concealed Carry Weapon permit. Effectively, and unlike most “red” states, that means it is nearly impossible to actually be issued a permit to carry a concealed weapon as a regular citizen unless you are characterized by the county sheriff’s department to be in a high risk category, such as a judge or security guard. Most active and retired law enforcement officers are not required to have Concealed Carry permits or licenses. Federal law exempts them from local and State prohibitions.
Defending yourself is not violence. Maybe if you get attacked by knife & pipe wielding a-holes you can talk gently to them and offer them a cup of tea, and see how that works out for you.
Some jobs are not safe without a ccw permit.