SBPDPIO
Source: Santa Barbara Police Department
On March 8, 2022, around 7:00 pm, the Santa Barbara Police Department Combined Communication Center received a report from a Harbor Patrol Officer about an unknown type of explosive device that was ignited inside local restaurant located at in the 100 block of Harbor Way. Police Officers and Fire Department personnel responded to the scene.
During the investigation, and from watching surveillance footage from inside the restaurant, officers learned a male subject walked out of the restroom and threw an unknown object near the kitchen. A bright flash could be observed from the object that was thrown by the subject. Upon further inspection it was learned the item thrown was a flash-bang that is similarly used by trained law enforcement and military personnel to create sound and light diversions.
After the flash-bang detonated, the subject, identified as Eric Carl Strand, a 55-year-old Goleta resident, returned to the table where he was eating. Witnesses were able to identify Strand and pointed him out to officers.
Probable cause was established to arrest Strand. He was taken into custody and transported to Santa Barbara County Jail where he was booked for Maliciously and Recklessly Possessing a Destructive or Explosive Device (felony) and Exploding or Igniting a Destructive Device (felony). Strand’s bail was set at $500,000.
No one reported any injuries during this incident and the motive is unknown at this time. This case is still under investigation.
$500,000 for lighting a firecracker? Seems that is a bit excessive amount to me. I know that type of firework is loud, but it is not going to kill anyone (unless they swallow it!).
Whatever he did in the bathroom must have been impressive for him to celebrate like that.
Baby – or they have a heart condition (https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/nyregion/city-to-pay-1.6-million-in-fatal-mistaken-raid.html) or it ignites a fire, burning the patrons alive. https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/county-pays-million-to-survivors-of-man-killed-by-swat/article_f5e1a254-08fd-11e3-b623-001a4bcf6878.html
“Firecracker” indeed….. How out of touch can you get?
Babycakes just loves to dismiss anything and everything out there to try and get a response from people.
Attention seeker.
But the harbor restaurant is on Stearn’s Wharf not the on harbor way in the harbor.
*I forgot one, even though I cited it…. “or it starts a fire, killing the patrons by smoke inhalation”
lol
Troll alert!
OK, so why wouldn’t the PD press release say which restaurant it happened in? It is unlikely it was Brophy’s since the bathroom for that complex is downstairs and there is no kitchen in the small annex below the restaurant proper. And in what mentally ill scenario does he explode it and then sit back down to finish his meal after scaring everyone in there half to death. So many questions.
Why does it matter so much where it happened? Does it make it any worse or better?
My comment was that the bail was quite excessive and for that, apparently, I am a moron, jackass, troll, idiot, etc. For comparison……from the SBSO:
“Goleta, Ca. – As part of the ongoing investigation into a gang related attempt homicide that occurred in Goleta on March 6, 2020, …………….18-year-old Miguel Angel Arizmendi was contacted and ultimately arrested for participation in a gang (felony), assault with a deadly weapon (felony), and accessory charges for his part in the attempt homicide (felony). He was booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail with bail set at $100,000.”
Let’s see:
– Attempted homicide by known gang member bail = $100,000
– Dodo-bird tosses flash bang into a restaurant bail = $500,000
Baby – Yeah I’m not quite sure why people jumped on you…I also thought that sounded oddly high compared to the bail we often see on here.
DUKE – really? “Firecracker” was the key word leading to the pushback. As for bail, it’s not just the crime that is considered in establishing the bail amount. Further, did you guys even read the article about the gang charges? The 100K bail guy was only charged as an accessory to the attempted homicide. The guy who actually was charged with “Attempted homicide” (unlike Baby incorrectly states at 7:00am) was hit with $1 MILLION bail. It’s important to read the words in the articles.
Sac – As I stated…500k jumps out as seemingly high. As per the felony bail schedule below vehicular manslaughter is 100k, Human Traficking is 100k to 200k, Assault with a firearm on a police office is 100k, rape if victim is under 14 is 250k, arson causing great bodily injury is 250k, grand theft over 1 million is 120k.