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Breaking News: Two Stabbings

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ROGER DODGER	2010-04-15 06:33 PM
Another stabbing just occured at Hendrys Beach numerous R.P..'s police responding code 3.
COMMENT 69653	2010-04-15 07:16 PM
Any clue on the race of the stabbers/stabbees?
COMMENT 69654	2010-04-15 07:18 PM
Is it just me, or are there "more than usual" stabbings happening these days?
COMMENT 69660	2010-04-15 07:27 PM
Gosh, I hate to say this,but there seems to be more crime in my long adopted home of Santa Barbara than in my newly adopted home here on the beach near Ensenada. I know the media picks up on the really bad cartel stuff that goes on down south of the border, but it is not random as all these crimes and stabbngs in our fair city.
COMMENT 69661	2010-04-15 07:27 PM
There is a police helicopter circling overhead, on the Mesa and the cable keeps going out.
COMMENT 69665	2010-04-15 07:32 PM
we've got helicopters circling..area of Oak Park/ Samarkand/San Roque.
ROGER DODGER	2010-04-15 07:34 PM
I'm not sure what they are looking for at the moment. Heard they had some 415's at the hospital alot of police searching. I'll be listening.
COMMENT 69668P	2010-04-15 07:36 PM
They seem to be right overhead at State and Alamar, now moving up State.
COMMENT 69669P	2010-04-15 07:39 PM
circling san roque neighborhood now
COMMENT 69665	2010-04-15 07:43 PM
Heli just took off towards Hendrys about 4 min ago from San Roque/Alamar
ROGER DODGER	2010-04-15 07:45 PM
They are looking for the suspects car it seems as if they are sealing all exits out of town...Meanwhile a woman just called 911 and stated shes on top of city lot 10 with a razor blade-Suicidal. When it rains it...
COMMENT 69674	2010-04-15 07:50 PM
Re 69653: Please, let's leave race out of any truly concerned conversation about violence and despair in our city or anywhere - socioeconomic condition, absolutely. Race, not so much. Poverty and the subsequent decline into antisocial behavior have nothing to do with the color of one's skin.
COMMENT 69675	2010-04-15 07:56 PM
Racial profiling is legitimate. It can save your life. That does not mean you are racist. It simply means you are using your brain and memory to keep you out of future trouble. All races cause crimes, we all know that, so what is your point EDFAN?
COMMENT 69676	2010-04-15 08:03 PM
@69653. ya, it was the human race
COMMENT 69678P	2010-04-15 08:12 PM
Edfan the gentle racism of saying its understandable due to economic reasons disregards the fact that the overwhelming number of people in poverty are not criminals. How very enlightened of you though, just as enlightened as those who would make a issue of someones race to fit their stereotype of a race or economic class's behavior. I think the description of the subject as Roger gave was appropriate in giving age, race, physical description, and vehicle type as it gave a least a basic sense of who the authorities are seeking.
COMMENT 69680	2010-04-15 08:28 PM
I just left the restaurant....there were no agitators, just efficient and polite police escorting all to their cars.
COMMENT 69668P	2010-04-15 08:29 PM
Well, initial report was about two hours ago, would expect it had dissipated by now.
ROGER DODGER	2010-04-15 08:31 PM
Fights breaking out at Hendry's beach and combative people at the hospital. Sheriff's were rolling code 3.
ROGER DODGER	2010-04-15 08:39 PM
Well 69680 were you at the restraunt when the stabbing occurred? Acouple hours ago? That's when I wrote that. And this newest report just came over my scanner a few moments ago. I report what I hear over the scanner.
COMMENT 69686	2010-04-15 08:47 PM
Roger, Thanks...I appreciate knowing what is happening, and where not to go until things settle down. What a tough night...thank you to the police and emergency response personel!
COMMENT 69687	2010-04-15 08:48 PM
OK: What restaurant? Does it have a name? Restaurant at Hendry's? Restaurant at La Cumbre? None of this makes any sense. If you're gonna post something, how about accuracy.
COMMENT 69689	2010-04-15 08:53 PM
The only restaurant at Henrys Beach is the Brown Pelican i think...
COMMENT 69691P	2010-04-15 08:55 PM
it's not called that anymore.
COMMENT 69692	2010-04-15 08:55 PM
The restaurant at Arroyo Burro/Hendry's is now called the Boathouse.
COMMENT 69693	2010-04-15 08:56 PM
LOL ok forget what I said..sorry!..I need to get out more...is the food better?
COMMENT 69695P	2010-04-15 08:57 PM
No its just as bad and more expensive.
COMMENT 69665	2010-04-15 08:58 PM
Thanks Roger for all your reporting
COMMENT 69695P	2010-04-15 08:59 PM
Roger, you rock! No one else in town has this story. Way to go Edhat!
COMMENT 69700	2010-04-15 09:00 PM
Restaurant at hendrys is the boathouse. We knew nothing until we left and were escorted to our car. Everything calm there
ROGER DODGER	2010-04-15 09:12 PM
Will Thank You for telling us what restraunt that is. I have been doing this for awhile now and I'm NOT A PROFESSIONAL JOURNALIST! Accuracy... Now what does that word mean? You know what? "FrancisLY I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT IT MEANS!!!" I understand some of you may have control issues butt I'm not under your control. Or maybe you'd like to SPANK ME, Don't be shy if that's what you want I'm here for you. :) Just be very accurate with that slap. Thank the rest of you for your comments.
COMMENT 69704P	2010-04-15 09:15 PM
@69660 - I don't know how big the area is where you're living --- but I offer that you don't have an edhat - and a Roger doing the reports. Prior to Roger's reports most of us had no idea as to the amount of crime going on; prior to edhat, almost none of us had an idea about the amount of crime. Now these reports are featured -- and we all know -- and it's the most looked-at reports on edhat. I don't think it means that there's more crime than there was, just that we know more.
COMMENT 69706	2010-04-15 09:15 PM
Gee it seems that after I move to Lompoc all hell breaks loose. Gang Injunction anyone? 2 stabbings in one night is way out of control. We need to fix this problem and NOW!! We need to teach these punks they cant away with this. If the chief of police wont listen or do anything then we have to stand up.
COMMENT 69707	2010-04-15 09:16 PM
in Santa Cruz, someone started a blog called 'stabsantacruz'. For some reason people visit the hotels and like to fight near the amusement park, and there are lots of stabbings.
COMMENT 69678P	2010-04-15 09:27 PM
Roger any word on the distraught person at the parking lot?
COMMENT 69665	2010-04-15 09:41 PM
Roger wasn't there a stabbing at Hendry's a few weeks ago in the parking lot?
COMMENT 69665	2010-04-15 09:43 PM
just found this from an Edhat post on 4/12/10. I thought Roger had posted it but I was mistaken. Here's the post.. coincidental that tonight's stabbing was at Hendry's? 4/12/10 post It all started at Hendry's beach, I was there. One man was walking from the parking lot toward the beach trying to blend in with a group, forked away from the group of people and then approached another man. An altercation started and one guy pulled out a gun waving it around and pointing it at the other guy. This was happening right between the restaurant and the slough in the dirt area in the middle of the day and NOBODY except for three of us even noticed. The guy with the gun took off to his car in the parking lot and one of the guys I was with got his license plate number, description of the guy/car and called the police. Needless to say he didn't get very far (He must have got caught right around Las Positas and Modoc). The guy that called the cops ID'd him and I assume he ended up in Jail with some major felonies. I can't believe Roger Dodger didn't hear this one on his scanner or I didn't see it on the news.
COMMENT 69720	2010-04-15 09:54 PM
keyt just posted that the victim has died from his wounds.....I just had lunch at the Boathouse today with a friend....sad
ROGER DODGER	2010-04-15 10:07 PM
That's very sad. I really did not expect that. I'm sorry for his family and friends, RIP
COMMENT 69660	2010-04-15 10:09 PM
69717,I do remember seeing the report of that incidence, And I also did not see it on the news or internet local news. Although I am in Baja, I keep Santa Barbara as my "local" news. I am so grateful to my friend who introduced me to edhat last October, and I feel much more closely abreast of the happenings through this regular reporting. and 69704P , Ensenada is a very large city, one of the largest international ports on the Pacific, perhaps 350,000 pop, or more and I live about 7 miles north, like a suburb,from the harbor, on a beach. Kind of like the distance from our harbor to Noleta. If we had a super site like this here I probably would not understand it anyway as it would be in Spanish. But, the Mexican grapevine works very fast, and my husband, who is fluent in the language, hears things before it hits the papers. the helicopters and sirens and armed police and army are in sight as soon as there is trouble. Like Santa Barbara, we have only one highway and ALL cars are stopped and searched when there is a getaway. this takes place from Ensenada to Tijuana. By now, this should havebeen breaking news on KEYT-TV, but nothing. Only Roger and edhat is on the ball and the commenters .
COMMENT 69660	2010-04-15 10:16 PM
OK, I see that KEYT did report while I was writing. So sad. We did not expect that either. We are very sad. Condolences to the family.
COMMENT 69730	2010-04-15 10:39 PM
KSBY report on it said 200-300 people gathered around and the victim at Hendrys, seems a larger than usual number for that time of night.
COMMENT 69660	2010-04-15 10:46 PM
So much for the police securing a crime scene. How did this happen?
COMMENT 69704P	2010-04-15 11:10 PM
It was a friend of mine who was stabbed ---- it's just incredible...... I wasn't there; I just heard about it.... (I am the one who wrote there probably isn't more crime - we just know about it. I now think quite a bit differently!) I hope they catch the s.o.b. who did this.
COMMENT 69738P	2010-04-15 11:11 PM
Three police officers also got tied up during the 10:00 hour on the 1000 block of Chino. It was a domestic dispute with my neighbor who has spent jail time for breaking into my friends' house and stealing their underwear about a year ago. :( Thank you SBPD for your hard work. My condolences to the family of the person who was stabbed at Hendrys.
COMMENT 69660	2010-04-15 11:24 PM
To 69736P My heart goes out to you. You were experiencing this as notable SB local crime, and now it has become personal. I;m the one viewing from afar.
COMMENT 69741	2010-04-15 11:25 PM
Does anyone know who the person was that was stabbed?
COMMENT 69704P	2010-04-15 11:38 PM
@69741, yes, his identity is known; he's local. Some friends of his were there. I think they may be waiting to tell his family...... ...It's just about impossible to believe that something like that could happen for no reason, just, I guess, words exchanged at that beautiful beach, and one guy with a knife, willing to use it. Thanks, 69740.
COMMENT 69678P	2010-04-15 11:38 PM
69736 sorry for your loss
COMMENT 69752P	2010-04-15 11:50 PM
69751-oh yes, an abundance of brandished loaded firearms most certainly would have mitigated this tragedy. ARE YOU NUTS?
COMMENT 69752P	2010-04-15 11:54 PM
wonder what if any role the Boathouse happy hour drinkfest played in this?
COMMENT 69653	2010-04-15 11:58 PM
COMMENT 69752P No - but apparently others are. Take your chances how you wish. It's not a matter of if, but when. Good luck with that attitude.
EDONE	2010-04-16 05:24 AM
Sheriff's Department spokesman Drew Sugars reports that despite life-saving efforts immediate after a stabbing that took place at Hendry's Beach around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, the victim died from his injuries. The case is being treated as a homicide. Immediately after the attack, 200 to 300 people surrounded the victim. Officials are seeking help identifying the suspect in the attack. The Sherriff's Department's anonymous tipline number is 681-4171.
EDONE	2010-04-16 06:10 AM
Link to updated info provided by SBSO at 6 a.m. Friday. The suspect is still being sought.
ROGER DODGER	2010-04-16 06:14 AM
What about the victim of the other stabbing in the La Cumbre area? How come the police are not talking about that?
COMMENT 69768	2010-04-16 07:28 AM
Roger, you are one of the most valuable citizens in Santa Barbara. You really can have no idea what you mean to us. Thank you - AGAIN - for all your wonderful work. You are our treasure!
COMMENT 69665	2010-04-16 07:44 AM
@ 69768 Agreed.. .Roger your reports are outstanding and very much appreciated.
COMMENT 69792	2010-04-16 09:09 AM
I'm at a loss here. 1. Victim with multiple stab wounds in La Cumbre area. Did that really happen and if so why is there absolutely no information about that? 2. Hendry's: There's a description of the vehicle, passengers, even license number and no suspects? Did I miss something?
COMMENT 69794P	2010-04-16 09:12 AM
All of the information released by the SBSO, which is handling the investigation, is available at the link from Edone above. Nothing was reported by SBPD regarding the La Cumbre stabbing.
ROGER DODGER	2010-04-16 12:02 PM
Yea were all missing something here.. Were missing Marianne, the Professor, Mr. and Miss Howell, Gilligan, and the Skipper, Come On Ginger lets go back to the island where nothing bad ever happens a coconut might fall on your head. There's actually alot more going on I wasn't surprised when they didn't call this the first homicide of the year. Always question authority especally when your paying for it.
COMMENT 69860	2010-04-16 01:27 PM
Roger, thanks for keeping us informed. :) And my condolences, as well, to the family and friends of the victim who died. :( We may be able to know more about the crime in our area thanks to Roger, but I also think we may be having an increase in crime.
EDONE	2010-04-16 06:00 PM
Late Friday the SBSO released the identity of the victim. That information is here.
COMMENT 69978	2010-04-17 01:12 AM
I was listening to the scanner during the stabbing at Henry's Beach.' It was a bit strange because the police were scattered around looking for the suspect, then repeatedly said during the search "He's on the grass. On the grass behind the restaurant" Then a few moments later a reported "Code 4" which often means all clear/suspect in custody, etc. Perhaps there was another individual in a conflict at the time? Also heard that the suspect had fled with 2 females and was "hispanic, shaved head with tatts" Heard some of the helicopter traffic, and it didn't sound like they were searching much for the guy, other than reporting on some white cars seen on cliff drive. So I had assumed the whole time that they had already caught the suspect - given the "Code 4" and minimal radio traffic on the helicopter.
ROGER DODGER	2010-04-17 08:39 AM
Listening to the scanner when something is happening gets really confusing. There are so many different stories from witnesses and you know some people might be ui of one thing or another. I was alittle shocked they were not caught rightaway but now I think it's only a matter of time. The police know who they are looking for now. One of the accomplices should crack anytime if they want to have part of their life to live free. Not all of the occupants of the car killed Robert. There was an incident earlier near La Cumbre their recluctence to talk about that leads me to think of different things. But they know. the police here are pretty smart, it's only a matter of time before someone is picked up. As far as being afraid. I think it would be smart to pick up some mace, or a stun gun if you are afraid. Lock your doors and windows at night. We live in hard times and people are broke it's better to be safe than sorry.
COMMENT 69678P	2010-04-17 11:41 AM
Roger just a guess but the reason it wouldn't be called first homicide of the year is because its exact location is the county. I don't think its the 1st for the county, but the city in no way wants a murder on their books... However they phrase it, its our community though.
ROGER DODGER	2010-04-17 01:07 PM
I don't plat tennis, but thank you.
EDONE	2010-04-19 05:25 PM
Story from SBSO on arrest of a suspect in the homicide is here

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