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Weekend Wrap-up–Arrests for Burglary, Street Robbery, and Attempted Scooter Theft
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SANTA BARBARA, CA – 9/24/2007. On 9/21/07 at 9:20 p.m. a 43-year-old woman living in the 200 block of Santa Barbara Street was watching T.V in a back bedroom. She suddenly noticed a man in her backyard looking in through her bedroom window. She shouted at him to leave while calling 9-11. While on the phone with police dispatch, she looked out her front window and provided the suspect’s direction of travel. Officers Feller and Stagis arrived and started checking the neighborhood. They spotted a man matching the suspect’s description. The officers ordered him to stop but he took off running. As the officers gave chase, camera accessories were literally falling out of the suspect’s pockets. The officers caught the suspect, John Jeffery Wright, age 46 after a two block foot chase. The victim of the prowling identified Wright as the suspect seen in her backyard. Wright either possessed or dropped: a professional grade Canon 5D camera, flash, accessories, plus a cosmetics bag full of cosmetics. A crack pipe was found in his pocket. The investigation determined the camera equipment had just been stolen from a nearby residence also located in the 200 block of Santa Barbara Street. Wright was booked for residential burglary, prowling, resisting arrest, and possession of a crack pipe. His bail is $50,000. Wright stated he is homeless.
On 9/22/07 at 2:30 a.m. a 44-year-old woman returning home by taxi was dropped off at the corner of San Andres and Micheltorena Street. As she was walking the 150 feet to her residence, a man on a bicycle dismounted and confronted her. He grabbed her arm and pushed a sharp object against her ribs. He vulgarly demanded sex. The woman feared for her life and agreed to take him to her residence. They walked together; him holding her arm and pushing the sharp weapon against her side. When they reached her driveway, the woman broke the suspect’s grip and ran. The suspect grabbed her purse, but she escaped. The suspect fled with the purse. The purse contained: identification, cash, and her cell phone. The woman ran home and called 9-11. After obtaining a statement, the officers called the cell phone and the suspect answered. An officer pretended to be a friend of the victim and offered a cash reward for the return of the purse. A meeting was arranged a few blocks away. A team of officers staked out the area. A man matching the suspect’s description soon rode up on a bicycle. He was found to have the victim’s purse, cash, and cell phone in his possession. He also had a sharp pair of scissors, which is believed to be the weapon. Police arrested the suspect, Jesus Sambrano Santiago, age 33, who states he is homeless. He was booked for robbery, kidnapping, and attempted rape, bail: one million dollars.
On 9/22/07 at 9:30 p.m. officer Shawn Hill was working in an undercover police car. He noticed a man loitering at the dead-end of 100 Kimberly Avenue. The suspect was intently inspecting a parked motor scooter. The suspect grabbed the scooter and jiggled it back and forth. The officer maintained surveillance as the suspect walked away, returned, looked all around, and then knelt down next to the scooter. Officer Hill drove up and shined his light on the suspect, interrupting him in the process of cutting the lock with a hacksaw. The suspect, John Bergstrum, age 42 was arrested for attempted vehicle theft and parole violation. He is being held without bail. Bergstrum provided an address in the 1000 block of Del Sol.
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