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Christian Menth and Miguel Ascencio / SBPD
The fight left two Santa Barbara residents in the hospital with what appeared to be stab wounds.
Detectives arrested Christian Menth, age 22, and Miguel Ascencio, age 18, for conspiracy and attempted murder for the benefit of a criminal street gang. Both subjects were booked at Santa Barbara County Jail on warrants with $600,000. Bail.
Charges:
182/186.22/664/187 PC
186.22 (b)(1)(c) 594PC
186.22 (a) PC
Update by Santa Barbara Police Department
On Friday, March 27th at approximately 5:30 P.M., the Santa Barbara Police Department received multiple 911 calls reporting several males fighting in the vicinity of San Andres Street and Sola Street in the City. The callers reported that the melee included several improvised weapons.
When Santa Barbara Police Officers arrived to the scene, no involved parties were located.
Officers later discovered one victim several blocks away, that presented with serious injuries. Additionally, a second victim had been driven to the hospital, they too presented with serious injuries. All reported injuries were consistent with the use of edged weapons.
The Santa Barbara Police Investigative Bureau was called to assist and the investigation remains ongoing.
Report of six males beating a car with baseball bats near Bohnett Park at San Andres and Sola Streets. One allegedly had a hammer but a gun was seen on a suspect.
I guess our beautiful city not taking the current Worldwide Pandemic seriously we live in a bubble that won’t be penetrated. Hopefully our Corona virus numbers won’t increase rapidly but when they do you can thank the people who were participating in non essential activities.
Several fire trucks just went up Garden St., including the ladder truck…
Unfortunately, he has company on the eastside, with that representative.
So they release many people from the jail early and now we have an increase in crime. Who’d have thought…
But isn’t gang banging on the list of exempted / essential activities?
I always thought it was…
Bang on.
There was a spike in gang activity before the quarantine..
So, where has our USELESS Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez been during this time? He has not come out ONCE for the Westside District with instructions on what to do and expect during this precarious time! I guess he will just sit there as he does at the City Council Meetings like a DOOFUS!!! Keep voting for INCOMPETENCE, IGNORANCE, and INEXPERIENCE and this is who you will get time after time!
@SBNATURAL- They are the vital Meth suppliers for the transients and local meth-heads- Enough to keep them in business and enough to fight over selling turf- There’s plenty of Meth-heads in Santa Barbara / Goleta to support this lucrative business.
You don’t know if they are Mexican nationals or Mexican Americans. I would assume the latter. Second, they ARE kids, or at least adolescents/young adults and their brains are not wired like an adults, not to mention their behavior is culturally askew of our society norms. Putting them in jail for the rest of their lives is not the answer to gang violence in our community. We ARE making strides in changing the culture and behavior. Yes, this kind of thing stands out in the news. Domestic violence is far more prevalent but that doesn’t often get to the headlines, especially if the perp is white and affluent. Sometimes it does, if the person is a celebrity. There’s lots of stuff bad in our society. Fixing it does not always require locking them up.
Seriously? You people have a real problem if you believe the culture of violence against [place any ethnic, social, socioeconomic or gender group here] cannot be changed without locking up the perpetrator.
Two groups fighting over territory is called a war. Each side is responsible for their own armament, provisions and medics. That’s what gangs are. Let them supply their own medics and provisions. Known members of gangs shouldn’t get access to what amounts to 3rd country support. They’ve chosen to be ‘countries’ unto themselves, not contibute to the 3rd country’s economy or obey by the 3rd country’s laws. Only when they kill/steal/ruin some part of the 3rd country’s persons or assets, do they become of interest. Let them fight out their petty garbage and offer medic training as a gesture and p.o.w. confinement if they overstep, but if they want to kill/steal/ruin each other, let’m.
Gee, another “easy” solution that is not being used by anyone. Maybe it is not that easy? But I’m sure an anonymous internet poster is smarter than all of the the peoples’ attorneys in the US.