COLLECTION: Most Wanted in Santa Barbara County
This is a list of the top active warrants put out by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's office as of June 16, 2020.
If you believe you have information on any of the subject’s listed on the Sheriff's webpage or Facebook page, you can contact Detective Toedte directly at the number below.
Phone Number: 805-681-4142 Fax Number: 805-681-5346
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Luis Alvarado
Wanted for Probation violation / felony resisting arrest
Name: Luis Alvarado
Also Known As:
Date of Birth: 2-27-74
Height: 5-10
Weight: 170
Warrant No: WARR#=WR039275
Date Issued: 5-6-20
Bail Amount: None
Charges: OFF=PC1203.2 OFF=69 PC F
David Bryson
Wanted for Probation violation / Harmful matter sent to seduce a minor
Name: David Bryson
Also Known As: David Tavitte
Date of Birth: 9-7-83
Height: 5-11
Weight: 200
Warrant No: WR039280
Date Issued: 5-20-20
Bail Amount: **NO BAIL**
Charges: OFF=PC1203.2 OFF=288.2(A)(2) PC
Jason Emery
Wanted for Robbery, conspiracy
Name: Jason Emery
Also Known As:
Date of Birth: 7-29-76Height: 5-10Weight: 190Build:Complexion:Warrant No: WARR#=WR038500Date Issued: 2-26-20Bail Amount: $90,000.00Charges: OFF=211 PC 2ND DEG OFF=182(A)(1) PC F
Andrew Brown
Wanted for Probation violation / Identity theft, conspiracy, welfare fraud.
Name: Andrew Brown
Also Known As:
Date of Birth: 10-20-75Height: 5-11Weight: 185Build:Complexion:Warrant No: WARR#=WR032234Date Issued: 8-2-19Bail Amount: **NO BAIL**Charges: OFF=PC1203.2 OFF=530.5(A) PC F
Virginia Lara
Wanted for Violate Post Release Supervision / bring controlled substances into a jail facility.
Name: Virginia Lara
Also Known As:
Date of Birth: 10-15-96
Height: 5-4
Weight: 190
Complexion:Warrant No: WARR#=2032580Date Issued: 4-28-20
Bail Amount: **NO BAIL**
Charges: OFF=3455(B)(1) PC OFF=4535(A)(2) OFF=4573 PC
Jesseca Butkovic
Wanted for Felony evading an officer, causing injury
Name: Jesseca Butkovic
Also Known As: Jesseca Berthiaume
Date of Birth: 10-15-89
Height: 5-5
Weight: 160
Warrant No: WARR#=WR039177
Date Issued: 10-15-89
Bail Amount: $100,000.00
Charges: OFF=2800.3 VC F OFF=2800.4 VC F OFF=2800.2(A) VC F OFF=12500(A) VC M
Troy Martinez
Wanted for Violation of post release supervision / Felony domestic battery
Name: Troy Martinez
Also Known As:
Date of Birth: 2-7-66
Height: 5-2
Weight: 152
Warrant No: WARR#=2026568
Date Issued: 2-25-20
Bail Amount: **NO BAIL**
Charges: OFF=3455(B)(1) PC OFF=273.5 PC
Mariel Nenejian
Wanted for Felony child endangerment
Name: Mariel Nenejian
Also Known As: Mariel Holcomb
Date of Birth: 4-19-82
Height: 5-4
Weight: 115
Warrant No: WARR#=WR034723
Date Issued: 4-19-82Bail Amount: $100,000.00
Charges: OFF=273A(A) PC F
Russell Bridge
Wanted for Felony resisting arrest
Name: Russell Bridge
Also Known As:
Date of Birth: 7-21-65
Height: 6-2
Weight: 190
Complexion: White male adult, blonde hair, blue eyes
Warrant No: WARR#=WR032170
Date Issued: 8-1-19
Bail Amount: $100,000.00
Charges: OFF=69 PC F
Joshua Bradbury
Wanted for Felony domestic assault
Name: Joshua Bradbury
A Ventura County music teacher who presented programs in the Santa Ynez Valley now faces a state indictment for committing lewd acts against five minors while he remains under federal indictment for child pornography and exploitation. The complaint filed in Orange County Superior Court brings six criminal charges for lewd acts upon children under the age of 14 against John Edward Zeretzke, founder of Flutes Across the World, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Thursday.
The Santa Maria Police Department are searching for two people suspected of being involved in a robbery and kidnapping that took place Thursday.
The Buellton man accused of sexually abusing three teenage boys from the Santa Ynez Valley had his bail substantially reduced Monday, down to $275,000 from $1 million. Santa Maria Superior Court Judge McGregor said bail for Gregory Scott Ray was originally set at $1.2 million so the court could later review the serial nature of Ray's abuse allegations, his employment and access to minors, as well as the potential for additional alleged victims to come forward.
A pickup stolen in Buellton was recovered two days later and a suspect was arrested in Atascadero following a short pursuit, a crash and a search through a creek bed.
A 31-year-old transient suspected of absconding from an electronic monitoring program was arrested earlier this week in an underground bunker …
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to locate the man who robbed a Solvang bank after sheriff’s deputies…
A Madera County man suspected of robbing a Solvang Rabobank in mid June was arrested in Missouri and extradited back to Santa Barbara County, …
A Lompoc juvenile was sentenced to eight years in custody on Tuesday for his role in a March shooting that injured an alleged rival gang member.
A Pismo Beach woman suspected of stealing mail from homes in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles and Orange counties was arrested Saturday in …
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office custody deputy Javier Antunez was charged with two counts of felony driving under the influence on Tuesday following a Sept. 14 head-on crash that injured six people.
Santa Maria police are asking for the public's help to locate a man suspected of being involved in a shooting that killed a 33-year-old on the west side of the city Sunday afternoon.
The arraignment for Javier Antunez, a Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office custody deputy, continued to Nov. 13 while he recovers in the hospital, according to his attorney, Elizabeth O'brien.
Santa Maria police arrest man suspected in Dec. 2 shooting on N. Palisade Drive that left one person injured.
Inmate Daniel Diaz, 27, was reported missing Saturday from the federal Satellite Prison Camp in Lompoc.
Christopher Tyrese Maxwell, 20, was booked at the Santa Barbara County Jail on multiple felony charges, including assault with a firearm, shooting at an inhabited dwelling, possession of a firearm with the serial number filed off, and carrying a loaded firearm in public.
A man was arrested Saturday on felony charges after an alleged assault in Solvang hospitalized one person with serious injuries, said Santa Barbara County Sheriff's spokeswoman Raquel Zick.
The following is taken from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department media report for the Santa Ynez Valley patrol.
San Luis Obispo County sheriff's investigators on Wednesday served a search warrant at the Los Angeles County residence of a man who police have long considered the main person of interest in the Kristin Smart investigation.
Crimes in Santa Barbara County increased slightly, although violent crimes decreased in 2019, according to statistics released by the Sheriff's Office on Wednesday.
The following is taken from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department media report for the Santa Ynez Valley patrol.
A man wanted in Missouri was arrested and a child is in protective custody after a 30-minute standoff with Santa Barbara County Sheriff's deputies in Buellton on Thursday.
A Lompoc teen has a new appreciation for the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office after a deputy reimbursed him the $100 he lost to a counterfeit bill he received at a Buellton Albertson's last week.
A former Goleta bus operator was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in state prison for felony DUI charges stemming from a rollover crash on Highway 101 near Los Alamos that injured several passengers.
Santa Barbara County prosecutors added three more charges and one additional victim to the complaint against former Buellton yearbook salesman accused of sexually abusing several teenage boys, including three from the Santa Ynez Valley, according to court records.
The following is taken from the Santa Maria Police Department's calls-for-service log and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office daily arrest log. Those appearing as "arrested" are only suspected of the crime indicated but are presumed innocent.
A Santa Barbara man was arrested Friday on suspicion of felony DUI following a two-car fatal head-on collision on Highway 154, which severely damaged both vehicles and required extrication.
A Santa Barbara County judge on Tuesday sentenced a Sunnyvale man to six years in prison for attempting to murder a Lompoc doctor at a local hospital in 2019.
A Los Angeles man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sex charges following a lengthy investigation by Santa Barbara County Sheriff's detectives into the case of a Buellton man who is also accused of sexually abusing minors, a spokeswoman said
A Santa Maria man was arrested on suspicion of vehicle theft-related charges Thursday hours after crashing a car in a Los Olivos neighborhood, according to a Santa Barbara County Sheriff's spokeswoman.
A Santa Maria Superior Court Judge on Thursday knocked $200,000 off the bail for a Buellton man charged with several sex crimes against three Santa Ynez Valley teenagers. Santa Barbara County sheriff's deputies arrested Gregory Scott Ray on April 9 amid allegations he engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with three male juveniles.
California Highway Patrol officials in Santa Barbara said the suspect accused of killing three in an Oct. 25 fiery crash on Highway 154 was denied bail.
A Santa Maria man was arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run and DUI charges after allegedly striking a pedestrian in Buellton
A man reportedly high on methamphetamine who led police on a pursuit in an RV and ended with a standoff in Buellton was arrested on Tuesday, CHP said.
The new charges were filed against Gregory Scott Ray, 53, on Nov. 6 in Santa Barbara County Superior Court, and include multiple acts of sodomy, lewd and lascivious acts and one charge of preventing or dissuading a witness.
A Santa Maria Superior Court judge on Friday approved attorney Michael Carty to withdraw as counsel in the Operation Matador case.
Three suspects, including a juvenile, were arrested Wednesday following a high-speed vehicle pursuit with police from Lompoc to Solvang and involved two minor traffic collisions, according to a Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman.
A Santa Ynez man was arrested on gun, drug charges following a search warrant at a Lompoc hotel on Wednesday, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office.
A Santa Barbara Superior Court judge on Friday issued a gag order in the case of a man accused of killing a Solvang mother and her two children in a car crash on Highway 154.
Police officers in court Wednesday recounted the details of an October vehicle pursuit in which a suspect allegedly rammed a patrol cruiser, then led them on a chase that exceeded 100 mph and spanned multiple cities across Northern Santa Barbara County.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's deputies are mourning the death of Chop, a two-year-old patrol K-9 trained in human scent detection and open area building searches, following emergency surgery on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said.
Chris Lambert is a Santa Maria native and producer of Your Own Backyard podcast, which sheds light on the case of Kristin Smart, who disappeared from Cal Poly nearly 24 years ago.
Seven parolees and probationers on Tuesday were arrested on various violations during a multi-agency sex registrant compliance operation spanning several cities across Northern Santa Barbara County, a Santa Maria Police spokesman said.
A Buellton man was arrested on drug charges Feb. 11 after Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office deputies allegedly found methamphetamine and psilocybin mushrooms inside of his car and at his residence, according to a spokeswoman.
Two suspects, including a Buellton man, were arrested by Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office deputies Wednesday after allegedly stealing a car and leading police on a brief foot pursuit, a spokeswoman said.
A Buellton man on Feb. 6 pleaded guilty to a felony count stemming from an incident in August in which he allegedly tried to kidnap a toddler at an Albertsons supermarket, according to a Santa Barbara County District Attorney's Office spokesman.
A Santa Maria Police dog is back on the job and ready to be a good boy again fighting crime after his tail was partially amputated following an arrest incident in early February, according to his K-9 handler.
Details of alleged abuse committed by two Santa Barbara County sheriff's custody employees were revealed in court documents filed Thursday in Superior Court, accusing the two men of using their positions inside the Main Jail to gain sexual favors from female inmates in exchange for candy and other items.
A Goleta bus operator accused of driving under the influence of methamphetamine pleaded no contest Tuesday in Santa Maria court to a felony DUI charge stemming from a January 2019 rollover crash along Highway 101 that allegedly injured several passengers.
A Buellton man was sentenced Thursday to one year in County Jail after pleading guilty to a felony charge after attempting to kidnap a toddler from an Albertsons grocery store in August 2019.
Santa Barbara County officials on Thursday have limited public access to court and jail facilities in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as the national response to preventing spread of the disease intensifies.
Since Friday, police officers in Santa Barbara County have implemented adjustments in the way they conduct business during the COVID-19 pandemic, including moving members of specialized units back into patrol and exercising discretion with arrest people.
A Central Coast attorney who tested positive for COVID-19 and at least a dozen Santa Barbara County Sheriff's employees are in self-isolation following two separate exposure incidents, according to a sheriff's spokeswoman.
The Santa Barbara County Public Defender on Tuesday called on the Sheriff's Office to release inmates who are most at risk for contracting COVID-19, although court closures are posing obstacles to attorneys who can't get defendants' cases in front a judge.
Essential services at the Santa Barbara County Probation Department are still being conducted, such as compliance checks, even as staff have indefinitely reduced to a "core" group of personnel amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a spokeswoman said on Monday.