Man Arrested for Attempting to Kidnap Carpinteria Child

Source: Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office

Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a Santa Barbara man for an attempted kidnapping that occurred earlier in the week.

On Tuesday, November 9, 2022, Community Resource Deputy (CRD) Bryan Dickey was notified by Carpinteria Middle School staff of a kidnapping incident that had occurred at approximately 4:00 p.m. on Monday, November 8, 2022, in the 5500-block of Carpinteria Avenue near the entrance to the bicycle path. CRD Dickey spoke with the female juvenile reporting party who provided a thorough account of the incident and a suspect description.

SRD Dickey and patrol deputies conducted a follow-up investigation, identifying the suspect as 51-year-old Elias Maldonado from Santa Barbara and tracking him to a motel in the 5500-block of Carpinteria Avenue. Deputies also learned that Maldonado had an outstanding warrant for his arrest.

On Thursday, November 10, 2022, at approximately 9:50 a.m., SRD Dickey along with patrol deputies and a Sheriff’s K-9 unit contacted Maldonado at the Motel where he was taken into custody after briefly attempting to flee.

Maldonado has been booked at the Main Jail for attempted kidnapping of a child under the age of 14 (felony) and obstructing a peace officer (misdemeanor) as well as his outstanding warrant for domestic violence (felony) and false imprisonment (felony). He is being held on $150,000 bail.

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  1. I’m glad I was not the arresting officer otherwise I would be in the cell and he would have not survived the encounter. People like this are trash. I commend the officers for keeping their cool. It isn’t clear if the poor girl was still with him.

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