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SANTA BARBARA, CA – 12/3/2007 – Here is a summary of recent SBPD activity:
On 11/29/07, Detective Brown arrested Eduardo Arzete Zermeno, age 19 in connection with the gang attack of two men on 11/12/07 at the Franklin School. Zermeno, a known gang member, and two other men attacked the two victims as they arrived to meet up with some females. Zermeno is suspected of stabbing one victim in the hand and kicking the other victim in the head. The victims were robbed of cash. Zermeno was identified due to one victim (not a gang member) knowing him from childhood. Zermeno was booked for assault with a deadly weapon, robbery, possession of an illegal knife, and committing the crime in furtherance of a street gang.
On 11/29/07 at 8:30 p.m. Detective Holtke spotted Michael Schoepp driving a 1983 Toyota at Garden and Yanonali Streets. Officer Holtke knew Schoepp had warrants and a suspended license. As the officer turned on his red lights, Schoepp accelerated up Garden Street, hitting speeds of 60 to 80 MPH and driving on the wrong side of the road. Due to the reckless driving, the pursuit was ended and Schoepp escaped. At 9:40 p.m. other officers, all familiar with Schoepp, spotted him on-foot near Lou Dillon and Salinas Street. This time, without a set of wheels, Schoepp was arrested without incident. Schoepp was booked for felony evading arrest, possession of stolen property, suspended license, no auto insurance and the two warrants which stemmed from prior incidents of driving on a suspended license.
On 12/1/07 at 2:50 p.m. Officer DeJohn stopped Rudy Corral Alarcon, age 48, in his 2000 GMC Sierra pickup on Pesetas Lane for the minor violation of no front license plate. The officer noticed Alarcon was “shaking uncontrollably” and showing symptoms of drug use. Officer DeJohn arrested Alarcon for suspicion of driving under the influence. In the vehicle were numerous baggies of suspected narcotics including: Heroin, Crystal Methamphetamine, Methadone pills, Ecstasy pills and a digital scale. Alarcon and the passenger, Ernest Lozano Cobos age 48, were brought to SBPD for investigation. Cobos gave inconsistent statements about where they came from and where they were headed. Both admitted some involvement in possessing the drugs. They were booked for possession for sales and transportation of controlled narcotics. Alarcon is from Camarillo and Cobos from Oxnard.
On 12/1/07 at 12:00 midnight gang enforcement officers spotted a Mazda sedan driving on the lower Eastside, speeding and having expired registration. The officers followed the vehicle north on Hwy 101 from Milpas Street and it exited at Garden Street. The officers noticed gang members crouching in the back seat as though trying to hide. The officers tried to stop the vehicle but it got back on the freeway traveling south on Hwy 101. The officers turned on their lights and engaged in a pursuit. The vehicle drove 70-75 MPH down Hwy 101 in light traffic. In Carpinteria, a loaded handgun and a crack-pipe were thrown out the window–both were recovered by police. SBSO briefly took the lead in the pursuit, before the CHP took over near the Mussel Shoals exit. The CHP followed the suspect vehicle to Ventura, where it got off the freeway. It got back on, this time traveling north on Hwy 101. The CHP deployed a spike strip near Mussel Shoals. The suspect vehicle hit the strip which disabled the tires and the vehicle stopped without further incident. Police arrested the driver, Beatrice Solize Lino, age 26, for parole violation, evading arrest, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Police arrested the three passengers, ages 16, 17, and 17 for violation of their probation. All three juveniles are gang members. Reportedly, the juveniles kept urging Lino to keep fleeing from police.
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