sbsheriffUpdate by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
June 6, 2022
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has made two additional arrests in the Cabrillo High School vandalism investigation that began on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Today, 18-year-olds Luke Quezada and Shane Monroe, both of Lompoc were arrested for commission of a hate crime (felony), vandalism (felony), conspiracy (felony), and contributing to the delinquency of a minor (misdemeanor). Both suspects were booked at the Lompoc Police Department Jail and later released without bail in compliance with the local court’s extension of emergency rule 4.
This investigation remains ongoing, and we will share updates as any additional arrests are made. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact SRD Thomas by email at ddt3055@sbsheriff.org or at (805)683-2724. Anonymous information can be provided by calling our tip line at (805)681-4171 or online at SBSheriff.org.
Suspect Arrested in Vandalism Hate Crime at Cabrillo High School
Update by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
June 3, 2022
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in the Cabrillo High School vandalism investigation that began on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. At approximately 2:46 p.m. on Friday, June 3, 2022, 18-year-old Martin Perez of Lompoc was arrested for commission of a hate crime (felony), vandalism (felony), conspiracy (felony), and contributing to the delinquency of a minor (misdemeanor). He will be booked later this afternoon and his bail amount is pending.
Sheriff Brown said, “What occurred at Cabrillo High School wasn’t a prank. It was a premeditated and despicable hate crime that shocked the conscious of the school and our entire community. With support from our Criminal Investigation Division, School Resource Deputy Dennis Thomas swiftly and skillfully investigated the crime and has made this initial arrest. Let this send a strong message to the others who were involved in this hateful and destructive crime that they will be brought to justice. Santa Barbara County is no place for hate.”
This investigation remains ongoing, and we will share updates as any additional arrests are made. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact SRD Thomas by email at ddt3055@sbsheriff.org or at (805)683-2724. Anonymous information can be provided by calling our tip line at (805)681-4171 or online at SBSheriff.org.
Source: Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
June 1, 2022
Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a vandalism hate crime that occurred at Cabrillo High School [in Lompoc]. On Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at approximately 6:00 a.m., deputies were dispatched to Cabrillo High School for a report of vandalism. The reported vandalism included racial slurs painting on walls, over murals and on windows. Concrete was poured in front of classroom doors in an attempt to prevent the doors from opening.
School Resource Deputy Dennis Thomas is conducting a follow-up investigation to this incident in coordination with Cabrillo High School administration. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact SRD Thomas by email at ddt3055@sbsheriff.org. If you prefer to remain anonymous, you can provide information by calling our tip line at (805)681-4171 or online at SBSheriff.org.
concrete was poured in overnight to stop anyone from getting in, not sure how that would help a class shooting if the classroom is empty..
SHMONK – check out the question mark and what that suggests.
Seems by the number of comments no one is interested in this hate crime. This is what we need to be concerned about. Sorry this happened. Interesting that the county superintendent’s race gets 150 comments and almost half of those commenters support a candidate who espouses racist/white supremacist ideology. This incident shows how important it is to be teaching our children tolerance and respect of other races and cultures in our classrooms.
Actually we have no idea what this incident says as there really isn’t any information…
And most of the comments in the 150 thread were for Salcido or just anti the school board and failing admins on anything/everything Covid. But sure, wild conjecture combined with painting with a wide brush is fun!
“Concrete was poured in front of classroom doors in an attempt to prevent the doors from opening.” – Planning for a mass shooting? Sad, but in this day and age we need to take any little sign seriously. We can’t just blow it off anymore!
Unless I missed something, There isn’t a huge amount of info babycakes… what makes it “particularlyl hateful ?
Fitz, I absolutely agree with you on this matter, but I think you’re missing something here. It wasn’t a white person that committed this hateful crime.
Had it been so, this incident would’ve made national news, the comments would be endless and we’d most likely see protest marches and more.
Sorry to bring the “R” component into the mix, but this crime is based on the “R” component and even more apparent is that what is seen as the “usual suspect” -i.e. white- is not the suspect at all.
I am of dark skin and in a way that is an exemption from such behavior, but this crime proves a simple fact and that is no one ethnic or racial group has a monopoly on racist, sexist or whatever other “ist” type of behavior. All humans are capable of it.
This is a pathetic crime and the individual responsible should be put to task over it and again, yes, I agree that more attention should be payed to this incident. You are absolutely correct.
Much like you Duke to defend hate. It’s an “ongoing investigation” which usually means that more details are pending. I guess the following part of the story wasn’t enough for you – and you need to take your smarmy sundowner comment to make it political. But you do you. “Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a vandalism hate crime that occurred at Cabrillo High School [in Lompoc]. On Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at approximately 6:00 a.m., deputies were dispatched to Cabrillo High School for a report of vandalism. The reported vandalism included racial slurs painting on walls, over murals and on windows. Concrete was poured in front of classroom doors in an attempt to prevent the doors from opening.”
Duke, I had the same thought. Reading the article for some reason brought to mind Franz Kafka’s writings, specifically “The Trial”.
As for why this article has very few comments, perhaps that is because few if any edhat readers support either vandalism or racist slurs so the matter is pretty non controversial.
You are aware that a Hispanic person can be racist towards the Asian or Black communities, right? And from the government’s perspective Hispanics are considered “white” if you look at any official form: White-non-hispanic or White-Hispanic-descent. It’s more nuanced than this but here’s more info: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2015/06/11/chapter-7-the-many-dimensions-of-hispanic-racial-identity/
Fitz, couldn’t disagree more – no amount of “chalkboard teaching” of race, kindness, morality, etc. can supplant lessons learned from one’s own parents. This kid and others who are doing similar and even worse things will not benefit by hearing a teacher talk about the topics you’re describing. The key is to keep schools focused on all the diversity of subjects so that a kid like this can hopefully gravitate to one or the other along the way – maybe it’s Art, maybe Computer Science, etc.
If we try and plow through a didactic of socially-woke garbage instead of real teaching subjects, where does that leave us? Give them something they can be good at. Something they take pride in personally as a skill. Then they run with it and can look towards making a career out of it.
Does that make any sense?
Kudos for the capture. Now, let’s see what happens next with this fella. Hope it’s not the “Gascon treatment.”. Bending over backwards with a denial mindset actually exacerbates the obvious fissures in OUR society. Everyday is a shocking wake-up call in OUR community, and country and the whole wide world.
“Defending hate”… “political”…? What did I possibly say that was political and how did O defend “hate”? How can something be “particularly hateful” with essentially no details????!
Rypert, to add to your comment. There is a big problem of racism in the Hispanic community here in SB. The racial justice argument tends to focus on the white community (with good reason nationally) but the large Hispanic community tends to get a pass. The incident at SB Junior High earlier this year (where a black kid was kneeled on and called George Floyd) was perpetrated by Hispanic kids. I have heard horror stories from parents of Black and Asian kids at SB schools that are directly targeted by the Hispanic kids.
“a didactic of socially-woke garbage”
The use of “woke” as a pejorative is a hallmark of racists.