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Gas Station Robbery Suspect Arrested
updated: Jan 18, 2013, 4:53 PM
Source: Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department
The suspect wanted for robbing two gas stations in a row in December has been arrested. 23-year-old
Federico Yepez, who has ties to both Santa Maria and Los Angeles, was taken into custody yesterday in
Santa Maria by Sheriff's Detectives and Santa Maria Police Officers. The arrest comes after a lengthy
investigation by Sheriff's Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Bureau and Special Investigations
Bureau.
The Turnpike Shell Gas Station in Santa Barbara was robbed just before midnight on December 30th,
2012. Forty minutes later, the AM/PM in Carpinteria was robbed by a suspect matching the same
description. In both cases, the suspect was armed with a small caliber firearm and robbed the gas
station attendee at gun point.
The suspect was identified as Yepez and a warrant was obtained for his arrest. Yepez was spotted in
the Santa Maria area Thursday and was taken into custody during a traffic stop near the intersection of
Donovan and Broadway at 1:16 pm. Yepez was booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail and is
charged with two counts of armed robbery.
The investigation is ongoing and no further details are being released at this time. Anyone with
information regarding the case is asked to call the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office Detective Bureau at
(805) 681-4150 or the anonymous tip line at (805) 671-4171
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MUG SHOT GALLERY
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COMMENT 365049
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2013-01-18 05:14 PM |
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Great Job Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office!
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COMMENT 365054P
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2013-01-18 05:17 PM |
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Yes, good detective work all around. I wonder if Federico thinks it was worth it now? I also wonder, if found guilty, how much time he will do?
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COMMENT 365058
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2013-01-18 05:26 PM |
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Considering that murderers are getting 2 years, it will be interesting to see what sentence this scum gets.
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COMMENT 365062
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2013-01-18 05:31 PM |
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058: Murderers getting two years? Who/when was this?
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COMMENT 365089
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2013-01-18 06:56 PM |
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His homeys will be proud ayee.
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SCEPTIC
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2013-01-18 07:25 PM |
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Great job sheriffs!
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COMMENT 365109
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2013-01-18 07:50 PM |
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Sure are a lot of criminals from out of town coming here.
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COMMENT 365115
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2013-01-18 08:17 PM |
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He would of gotten life without parole if he was found with pot at the time lol. Gotta justify the overcrowding somehow to get that jail
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COMMENT 365116
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2013-01-18 08:21 PM |
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Great work, Sheriff's Department! But are we not copy editing our press releases anymore? I guess AP or Chicago Style and punctuation is overrated.
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COMMENT 365166
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2013-01-19 03:14 AM |
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First report of the event can be found here: http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=106196&nc=t
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DIRTYHARRY
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2013-01-19 07:48 AM |
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Very good investigative work. I frequent Turnpike Shell for the great car wash there and everyone there is friendly and good people. Shame on this perp for putting a loaded gun in anyones face. I hope you are locked up for many years—we don't need your kind around here.
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FLICKA
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2013-01-19 08:11 AM |
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Don't need that type around anywhere!
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COMMENT 365253
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2013-01-19 10:18 AM |
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That mustache would be considered awful even in Mustache March. Good lord.
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COMMENT 365365P
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2013-01-19 06:50 PM |
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Send him packing!
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COMMENT 365461
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2013-01-20 08:32 AM |
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Deposit him in TJ
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COMMENT 365497
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2013-01-20 10:10 AM |
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He's so young and so foolishly messed up his young life. I hope he figures it out.
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