TALES OF ISLA VISTA & BEYOND
June 28, 2009
by Rebecca Carroll

Going Commando

A young woman had her "entire clothing wardrobe" stolen when a burglar found her large suitcase-unattended- in the front yard of her Isla Vista apartment. Having the school year behind her, the victim was packing her car for summer break, she said, when she turned around to find her suitcase missing.

The report states the victim's entire wardrobe was stolen. But when the itemized list of missing clothing was delivered to authorities everything was covered except underwear. The inventory, over $1500 worth of clothing, included bras, jeans, dresses and sweaters, however, panties were not on the list. This leads the reader to think one of two things: Either the burglar didn't want her panties or, two, she didn't own any.

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In the Wee Wee Hours of the Morning

An unfamiliar sound awoke a Del Playa Drive resident, June 14, in the wee hours of the morning. Following the splat to her living room, the young woman found a man she did not know urinating on her coffee table. When told to leave, he headed out the sliding door to the patio where he proceeded to jump from the second story balcony. Complicating matters, after reaching the ground, the man then tried to climb back up to the second story patio.

Called to the scene at 7 a.m., deputies easily found the suspect and he was arrested for trespassing.

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You Talkin’ to Me?

Unable to discern his own level of intoxication, the man drinking from a can of King Cobra at 9:15 a.m., a mere 25 feet from a slide at a park for children in Isla Vista, was arrested.

"I'm not even drunk, yet," slurred the inebriated subject who nearly toppled over during the interview.

Noted in the report, the man had been drinking in the park for a couple days prior to his inevitable arrest.

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Boo-Ya!

Drinking from an open can of Tecate, deputies in Isla Vista stopped a youthful-looking male.

"I'm an informant for the FBI," he claimed. Adding, "I'm GS6. Classified insurance fraud."

When the interview became increasingly more bizarre, the subject was arrested for providing false identification to a peace officer.

The untruthful 20-year-old told authorities he was lying because he was soon joining the U.S. Marine Corp. During his arrest, the young man was reminded of the importance of telling the truth to a uniformed peace officer especially when worried about integrity issues associated with the Marines.

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Slummin’ it in IV

A taxi driver delivered a man to the Isla Vista Foot Patrol Office, June 20, after he passed out in the backseat of the cab with thousands of dollars spilling out of his pockets.

When deputies took custody of the incapacitated subject at 2:45 a.m. they found over $2500 in cash dropping out of his pockets. The 50-year- old was transported to Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital for a serious medical condition.

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Rebecca Carroll is a Sheriff's Blotter veteran. She can be heard every Monday morning on 92.9 KJEE, sometime around 7:00AM.