Elderly Man Attacked in the Funk Zone

By an edhat reader
An elderly man using a cane was attacked in front of Shalhoob's Funk Zone Patio. A large group of people witnessed the attacked.
The perpetrator fled on foot. The Santa Barbara Police are on the scene investigating now.
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Jun 05, 2023 10:24 AMso it was the owner of Shalhoob and an associate that attacked the elderly man?
"From what I heard, the victim came to Shalhoob's to serve a subpoena - a second attempt, as the first time he came to serve the subpoena earlier in the day, the owner had claimed to be someone else. The second time, the owner almost ran him over while fleeing, and a second person attacked him, stealing his hat, his phone, and his cane, as shocked bystanders were screaming."
***If I find out that this is true, I will never, ever give them a dime of my money again.
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Jun 06, 2023 08:03 PM"anonymously" here means hiding one's ID, resulting in posting with an ID like A-1686087470
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Jun 06, 2023 02:37 PMGeneralTree, unless GENERALTREE is your real name, you are posting anonymously which is what you are criticizing others for doing here. Are you willing to share your real name here? Thought so. The pot calling the kettle black.
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Jun 05, 2023 03:40 PMKarma - you posted anonymously that Shalhoob's is somehow involved and you are considering this information?
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Jun 05, 2023 02:08 PMWe all have as much credible information as you have - none.
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Jun 05, 2023 01:56 PMI consider that the only piece of info we have other than what else has been posted here. If you have better information, please share it....since the bar is so low
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Jun 05, 2023 01:52 PMYou consider that proof? Pretty low bar there.
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Jun 05, 2023 01:14 PM"From what I heard, the victim came to Shalhoob's to serve a subpoena - a second attempt, as the first time he came to serve the subpoena earlier in the day, the owner had claimed to be someone else. The second time, the owner almost ran him over while fleeing, and a second person attacked him, stealing his hat, his phone, and his cane, as shocked bystanders were screaming."
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Jun 05, 2023 12:35 PM"From what I heard"
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Jun 05, 2023 08:42 AMI was wondering what was going on. I pulled up upon this scene, as I was meeting a bunch of friends at Shalhoob on Friday. Cops all around.
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Jun 04, 2023 10:16 AMEdhat is great if you think there is only one perspective.
Go against that and you will be banned.
I thought topics were to be stuck to instead of trying to bring politics into it.
I know, I know Orange man bad.
I don't like him and won't vote for him but dang, some people really are triggered in their heads about fear I guess, that he might win again.
Cue the triggered and get the popcorn out.
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Jun 05, 2023 10:43 AMFOND - oh.... I see what's going on. You think when someone disagrees with you or doesn't like your comment it's "censorship." Here's a great source for big words like that:
dictionary.com
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Jun 05, 2023 10:40 AMFOND and CHICO - I don't see any comments that were removed other than BASIC's (surprise surprise). Where were you or anyone "censored" or "banned" or anything other than disagreed with for saying something most don't agree with?
Also..... "triggered" is screaming and crying about being "banned" and "censored" while your comment remains posted with no penalty whatsoever. Seems kinda snowflake-y and trigger-y to me.....
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Jun 04, 2023 01:56 PMTroll-My name is Chico and that is the opposite of what I am.
I'm gonna guess yours has the same relevance.
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Jun 04, 2023 12:29 PMNot seeing your comment in the penalty box. Who "banned" you? Who "censored" you. You are on a privately owned website providing low information drivel and it doesn't seem to be getting deleted and you are still posting, so you are apparently not banned. Show us on this doll where other people's opinions hurt your precious feeling. The "F your feelings" crowd suddenly whimpers when they hear something they don't like.
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Jun 04, 2023 10:29 AMChico:
That's exactly right!
Try denouncing the horrors that happen more and more often and you get censored by those "free speech advocates"
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Jun 04, 2023 08:39 AMIs this another “nothing to see here” from SBPD & Mayor Rowse?
They say that a lot about crime.
How’s that for a “word salad”
Guess some oriole are paid to ignore and promote false narratives like “nothing to see here”
Trolls
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Jun 04, 2023 10:29 AMJust more schizophasia.
Do you ever read what you've written, and see whether it approximates English?
Or whether it expresses any rational thought?
Word salads like you regularly produce may indicate:
a) Incipient schizophrenia.
b) Thinking your smartphone can do speech recognition.
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Jun 03, 2023 09:17 PMHere is an excerpt about a career criminal with a very long resume of criminal activity
"[Smith] was arrested during an armed robbery attempt at an upper State Street motel. It was his second arrest in 48 hours, after he was apprehended trying to burglarize another nearby business." Here is a story about a person who has been in and out of some sort of lock up most of his life. The guy was arrested 48 hours before for attempted burglary and was already back on the street doing an armed robbery. A simple look at the rap sheet shows that within weeks if not days of release from prison, he re-offends but for some reason the State of CA keeps letting criminals go on their own recognizance... which is a joke
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Jun 03, 2023 08:42 PMThanks Randy Rowse!
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Jun 06, 2023 10:20 AMOr wait, maybe my bad.....? An anonymous poster said the owner attacked the man who was "trying to serve a subpoena." GT has been saying "where's the proof?" Also, "maybe it was a former employee" that posted that comment. OK, so what? Maybe it was. Either way, the REAL problem here is, was that comment about the attacker and victim true? If not, folks should be careful what theories they spread, especially when identifying the subject.
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Jun 06, 2023 10:03 AMKARMA - "No one here is a former employee, there is no conspiracy." - GT isn't the one pushing that theory. The anonymous poster you quoted yesterday was.
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Jun 05, 2023 12:46 PMSacjon - an anonymous poster made the claim that one of the Shalhoob family beat up the man while he was trying to serve a subpoena. Sounds like a disgruntled former worker - we shall see, I haven't heard any news that anyone on the Shalhoob team was arrested.
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Jun 05, 2023 12:01 PM"Besides, the burden of proof is on you." Your wife is your secretary, not me
"Like I'm going to identify myself which would enable one of LJ's henchmen to come after me. No thanks." So you're the disgruntled employee. That makes sense.
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Jun 05, 2023 10:53 AMWho is LJ?
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Jun 04, 2023 02:47 PMBesides, the burden of proof is on you. Provide proof that Randy Rowse caused this elderly man to be attacked. A far more outlandish assertion. Next you can ask around- I'd bet that someone who could identify LJ saw him speeding away from the scene.
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Jun 04, 2023 02:41 PMLike I'm going to identify myself which would enable one of LJ's henchmen to come after me. No thanks.
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Jun 04, 2023 12:34 PMAnd do show us the proof where Shalhoob was receiving a subpoena. That could be true - but not going to believe that until I see some proof. Otherwise it's likely a former employee making crap up.
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Jun 04, 2023 12:26 PMDon't be sad. You are anonymous and probably didn't speak up when people blamed the previous mayor for everything under the sun. But you do you.
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Jun 04, 2023 09:08 AMNon sequitur much? The victim was trying to deliver a subpoena that the intended recipient didn't want to receive. He was "somehow, mysteriously" attacked. This has nothing to do with Randy Rowse.
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Jun 03, 2023 04:33 PMThis is what happens, and will happen more and more in a SICK society who lets anything happen without retribution!
The CRIMINALS get excuse after excuse , shoplifting is being institutionalized and glorified and if you try to deter or keep the criminal to perpetrate his (sorry: "their") crime YOU will be prosecuted while the criminal is unprosecuted and left free so that they can keep commit their crimes, undeterred, more and more often!
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Jun 05, 2023 09:02 AMFOND
1) Your comment is still there, not "censored." LIE #1. 2) Again, none of that is happening. No one is letting criminals carry out criminal acts without taking action.
Just take a minute and imagine if your statement was actually, even partially true. Cops would be walking by crimes doing nothing. People would be beating each other up outside of bars and nothing would stop them. Shoplifters would be ravaging stores and no one would call the police or report it. DUDE.... read a local news site once in a while. ALL of this is being reported and cops are arresting people DAILY for crimes.
Life is not meant to be lived in so much fear and panic. Sorry, man. I really am sorry.
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Jun 05, 2023 08:41 AMFOND, you sound unhinged.
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Jun 04, 2023 02:52 PMYou misinterpret what's happening. Edhat removes crazy falsehoods and hateful utterances.
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Jun 04, 2023 10:26 AMSacjon:
Keep your head in the sand!
Everything I say is true and happening more and more often even when Edhat CENSORS me for saying it because, according to them, all you can say is that everything is fine and well in California's paradise!
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Jun 03, 2023 06:06 PMFOND - wowzers! Once again, thank goodness NOTHING that you said is actually true. No wonder people like you think they need guns. Heck, just walking outside must terrifying!
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Jun 03, 2023 05:53 PM@4:33
Another word salad. Don't worry, the orange moron will be paying for his crimes relatively soon, and you can rest easy in our rules-based society.
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Jun 03, 2023 12:16 PMI see that a new Shalhoobs is going to open up in Goleta in the Ralph's shopping center
on Hollister. In the old BBQ site.
Maybe the dangerous site in the Fun Zone is closing?
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Jun 05, 2023 10:22 AMthere is no danger in the funk zone, the only danger is the OWNER OF SHALHOOBS
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Jun 03, 2023 10:41 AM@Bubba1985 POINT BLANK...YOU ARE SO WRONG TO VICTIM BLAME! SHAME ON YOU FOR BEING SO PATHETICALLY IGNORANT. THIS HUMAN BEING HAS EVERY RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHATEVER CAREER PATH THEY CHOOSE. EVER HEARD OF THE SAYING, " DON'T KILL THE MESSENGER?"
ON ANOTHER NOTE. I hope the victim in this case makes a full and speedy recovery.
I also want to state that I have jumped in as a bystander to stop many fights. There is just no way I could stand there while someone was not only being assaulted but losing the fight. Especially an elderly person. Never once did I worry for my safety, that doesn't factor in when you need to act quickly in order to save someone's life. I have no plans on changing that about myself... it's an innate trait that I am proud to possess. I would hope someone would do the same for me, a loved one, and Yes, even you, Bubba1985.
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Jun 04, 2023 05:28 AMSame here. I may not physically put myself into the middle but there are a lot of ways you can help, and we should! Calling 911 isn't enough, in the time it takes help to arrive the person could be seriously injured or dead.
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Jun 03, 2023 10:19 AMPerhaps the man should think about a new route of employment, instead of a high-risk job serving subpoenas where obviously the recipient is going to be upset. I would think hobbling around on a cane while ruining other people's day with court papers is not the best job for you my friend!
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Jun 03, 2023 09:56 AMSome bystanders did chase the perpetrator and a blurry photo was taken. But they lost him on Santa Barbara St. It is hard to imagine that the victim, seen in the photo, was a target for a random act of theft or violence. There were a number of people in the immediate area that were better target's if this was simply about stealing a purse or something like that. It is very suspicious all around as I understand that the person the victim tried to serve a subpoena too was seen laughing at the victim after he was beaten with his cane!
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Jun 03, 2023 08:37 AMFrom what I heard, the victim came to Shalhoob's to serve a subpoena - a second attempt, as the first time he came to serve the subpoena earlier in the day, the owner had claimed to be someone else. The second time, the owner almost ran him over while fleeing, and a second person attacked him, stealing his hat, his phone, and his cane, as shocked bystanders were screaming.
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Jun 06, 2023 09:52 AMKARMA - nope. BABY and unfortunately you, have not read GT's comments it seems. GT is apparently the only one questioning the truth behind this (possibly defamatory) theory put forth by the anonymous poster at JUN 03, 2023 08:37 AM. GT is quoting other peoples comments and questioning them, not making those comments as his/her own. Weird that you guys are now accusing him of being an employee. I'm not seeing ANYTHING in GT's comments that would suggest he/she is making this up, but rather attacking the veracity of this "theory."
By the way, it's amazing Edhat leaves all these comments up, that identify a person, attribute some crime to them, which very likely may be false and definitely capable of damaging their reputation. Just a thought there.
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Jun 06, 2023 09:25 AMBABYCAKES IS correct in her assessment that GT is an insider or knows something. I too feel the same.
I think the former, disgruntled employee GT keeps refering to is himself.
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Jun 05, 2023 04:18 PMGeneralTree: Let's not get distracted from trying to find these perps and bring them to justice. I have read each of your dozen or more comments on this thread. These comments either correct or challenge other comments, so a reasonable person such as myself would conclude that you possibly might have knowledge of what happened prior/during/after this horrific attack. My comment clearly stated that IF you know something, spill the beans to LE. I believe you most likely misinterpreted my "IF you know" as "SINCE you know" or "BECAUSE you know"..., which is not what I wrote. We good....no harm...no foul (except this foul weather!).
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Jun 05, 2023 03:42 PMBabycakes - -what in the world makes you think I somehow have information? That is ridiculous. Please read the comments before replying to them.
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Jun 05, 2023 02:58 PMGeneralTree: Please report to LE if you in fact saw LJ nearly run the guy over and had one of his employees attack/beat/rob him. I get it that sometimes we want to protect our friends and family, but PLEASE, in this case, do the right thing!
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Jun 05, 2023 12:57 PM"LJ was the guy who was getting the subpoena, and later almost ran the elderly guy over." Where's the proof of this statement?
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